{"id":4505,"date":"2017-12-01T09:55:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T15:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4505"},"modified":"2017-12-01T09:55:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T15:55:41","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-lane-smith-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4505","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Lane Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"


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— From “The Cyclops Just Got Glasses”<\/em><\/center>
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\nI’ve got two brand-new picture books over at Kirkus<\/em> today. That is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Last week, I chatted here<\/a><\/strong> with author Chris Harris about I\u2019m Just No Good at Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups<\/em> (Little, Brown, September 2017), illustrated by Lane Smith<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

I’m following up today with some art \u2014 and poetry \u2014 from the book. <\/p>\n

Enjoy!
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The first half of “Alphabet Book (By the Laziest Artist in the World)”<\/em>
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“… Dad’s breath is warm. I feel his sighs. \/ The night is still. I close my eyes. …”
— From “The World’s Best Offer”<\/em><\/center>
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I’M JUST NO GOOD AT RHYMING: AND OTHER NONSENSE FOR MISCHIEVOUS KIDS AND IMMATURE GROWN-UPS. Copyright \u00a9 2017 by Chris Harris. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2017 by Lane Smith and used by permission of the publisher, Little, Brown and Company, New York.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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