{"id":4278,"date":"2017-02-24T09:32:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T15:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4278"},"modified":"2017-02-24T10:57:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T16:57:29","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-ekua-holmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4278","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Ekua Holmes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“How to Write a Poem,” celebrating Naomi Shihab Nye<\/a><\/strong>,
written by Kwame Alexander<\/em>
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\nThis week over at Kirkus<\/em>, I’ve got two French picture book imports on the mind. That is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Last week, I wrote here<\/a><\/strong> about Kwame Alexander’s<\/a><\/strong>, Chris Colderley’s<\/a><\/strong>, and Marjory Wentworth’s<\/a><\/strong> Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets<\/em> (Candlewick), illustrated by Ekua Holmes<\/a><\/strong> and coming to shelves in March. I’m following up today with a couple of spreads from the book (one above and one below). <\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n


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“Song of<\/em> Uhuru,” celebrating Okot p’Bitek<\/a><\/strong>,
written by Kwame Alexander<\/em>
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OUT OF WONDER. Text copyright \u00a9 2017 by Kwame Alexander. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2017 by Ekua Holmes. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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