{"id":4326,"date":"2017-04-21T09:08:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T15:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4326"},"modified":"2017-04-21T09:08:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T15:08:35","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-maria-dekmatt-forsythe-lois-long-and-marc-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4326","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Maria Dek,
Matt Forsythe, Lois Long, and Marc Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"


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— from John Cage’s <\/em>Mud Book: How to Make Pies and Cakes,
illustrated by Lois Long<\/em><\/center>
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— from Marc Martin’s <\/em>A River
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“The forest grew still. The only sound was the wind rustling the leaves ….”
— From Kirsten Hall’s <\/em>The Gold Leaf, illustrated by Matthew Forsythe<\/em>
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“The forest is full of burrows, hollows, and nests. …”
— From Maria Dek’s <\/em>A Walk in the Forest
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\nThis morning over at Kirkus<\/em>, I’ve got Helen Oxenbury on the mind. That is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Last week, I wrote here<\/a><\/strong> about Maria Dek’s<\/a><\/strong> A Walk in the Forest<\/em> (Princeton Architectural Press, April 2017); Marc Martin’s<\/a><\/strong> A River<\/em> (Chronicle, March 2017); Kirsten Hall’s The Gold Leaf<\/em> (Enchanted Lion), illustrated by Matthew Forsythe<\/a><\/strong> and arriving on shelves next month; and John Cage’s<\/a><\/strong> Mud Book: How to Make Pies and Cakes<\/em> (Princeton Architectural Press, April 2017), illustrated by Lois Long<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

I’ve got art from each book today. Enjoy!<\/p>\n


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From Mud Book<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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From A River<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“The river flows into the jungle ….”<\/em>
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“If I peer over the edge of my boat,
I can see many fish swimming in and out of the light.”<\/em>
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From The Gold Leaf<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“Meanwhile, a squirrel crept from its burrow, nose twitching. …”
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“Autumn arrived, with its brilliantly-colored leaves and many yellows ….”
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“And then spring arrived once more. …”
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From A Walk in the Forest<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“Find treasure. …”
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THE GOLD LEAF. Text copyright \u00a9 2017 by Kirsten Hall. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2017 by Matthew Forsythe. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Enchanted Lion Books.<\/p>\n

MUD BOOK. Copyright \u00a9 1983, 2017 John Cage and Lois Long. First Princeton Architectural Press edition published in 2017. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher. <\/p>\n

A RIVER. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Marc Martin. First published in the United States of America in 2017 by Chronicle Books LLC. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher. <\/p>\n

A WALK IN THE FOREST. First published in France by Marcel & Joachim \u00a9 2015. English edition \u00a9 2017 Princeton Architectural Press. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

— from John Cage’s Mud Book: How to Make Pies and Cakes,illustrated by Lois Long   — from Marc Martin’s A River(Click to enlarge spread)   “The forest grew still. The only sound was the wind rustling the leaves ….”— From Kirsten Hall’s The Gold Leaf, illustrated by Matthew Forsythe(Click to enlarge spread — the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}