{"id":4401,"date":"2017-07-20T07:43:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T13:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4401"},"modified":"2017-07-20T07:43:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T13:43:27","slug":"my-kirkus-chat-with-seymour-simon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4401","title":{"rendered":"My <em>Kirkus<\/em> Chat with Seymour Simon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/07\/SS_Headshot_300dpicreditCharles Harbuttforpost.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><font size=6>&#8220;<\/strong><\/font><em><strong><font color=\"#777777\">When I write, I\u2019m more interested in arousing enthusiasm in kids than in trying to teach facts. The facts may change, but the enthusiasm for exploring the world will remain with them for the rest of their lives.\u201d<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>This morning over at <em>Kirkus<\/em>, I talk to author-illustrator <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seymoursimon.com\/\">Seymour Simon<\/a><\/strong> about his newest nonfiction picture book and his career of making books for children, which has spanned over 300 books and nearly 50 years. <\/p>\n<p>That is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/career-solid-rock\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo of Seymour Simon \u00a9 Charles Harbutt and used by permission.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When I write, I\u2019m more interested in arousing enthusiasm in kids than in trying to teach facts. The facts may change, but the enthusiasm for exploring the world will remain with them for the rest of their lives.\u201d * * * This morning over at Kirkus, I talk to author-illustrator Seymour Simon about his newest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,26,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-interviews","category-nonfiction","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4401","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=4401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}