{"id":4358,"date":"2017-05-28T00:01:52","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T06:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4358"},"modified":"2017-05-27T18:22:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T00:22:46","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-536-featuring-isabelle-arsenault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4358","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #536: Featuring Isabelle Arsenault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/colette-03small.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got a <em>BookPage<\/em> review of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isabellearsenault.com\/\">Isabelle Arsenault&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> newest picture book, one she both wrote and illustrated. <em>Colette&#8217;s Lost Pet<\/em> was just released (Random House); my review is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bookpage.com\/reviews\/21397-isabelle-arsenault-colettes-lost-pet#.WSoPQWjyuUk\">here<\/a><\/strong> over at <em>BookPage<\/em>; and I&#8217;m following up with some art from the book here at 7-Imp today, thanks to Isabelle. <\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/colette-04left.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/colette-04right.jpg\"><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/colette-05left.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/colette-05right.jpg\"><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/colette-02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/colette-02small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;Until it became <u>TOO BIG<\/u> to fit in the house!&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge &#8212; Note: Text appears slightly different here than in final book)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/colette-01left.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/colette-01right.jpg\"><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/Colette's Lost Pet.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<em>COLETTE&#8217;S LOST PET. Copyright \u00a9 2017 by Isabelle Arsenault. Published by Random House, New York. Illustrations reproduced by Isabelle Arsenault.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome.<\/p>\n<p><center><font size=3><strong>* * * Jules&#8217; Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font><br \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>1)<\/strong><\/font> School&#8217;s out for my girls. <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>2)<\/strong><\/font> Brunch with friends yesterday. <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>3)<\/strong><\/font> My daughters&#8217; faux movie trailer:<br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M_T7Z8QD5bQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<font size=4><strong>4)<\/strong><\/font> Being a part of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildlifeart.org\/news\/national-museum-wildlife-art-announces-2017-bull-bransom-award-winner\/\">this<\/a><\/strong> every year makes me happy. <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>5)<\/strong><\/font> Last weekend&#8217;s children&#8217;s festival of reading in Knoxville was very fun. <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>6)<\/strong><\/font> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/allsongs\/2017\/05\/18\/528653705\/the-beatles-first-take-of-lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds\">This!<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>7)<\/strong><\/font> This hasn&#8217;t happened yet, but I&#8217;m looking forward to the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards announcements <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hbook.com\/bghb\/winners_honorees.php\">this week<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>What are <strong><font size=4>YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I&#8217;ve got a BookPage review of Isabelle Arsenault&#8217;s newest picture book, one she both wrote and illustrated. Colette&#8217;s Lost Pet was just released (Random House); my review is here over at BookPage; and I&#8217;m following up with some art from the book here at 7-Imp today, thanks to Isabelle. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seven-good-things-before-monday","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4358","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=4358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}