{"id":4566,"date":"2018-02-18T00:01:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T06:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4566"},"modified":"2018-02-17T20:59:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T02:59:24","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-574-featuring-david-a-carter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4566","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #574: Featuring David A. Carter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“You are a burst of joy and … I love you.”<\/em>
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\nHere’s something a bit different today. <\/p>\n

It’s not often that I feature novelty books here at the blog, including pop-up books. For one, you all know I love to show you the art inside<\/em> of a book, and it’s challenging, for a couple of reasons, to show you pop-up art. But I’m going to do my best today. The book is from David A. Carter<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 I Love You: A Pop-Up Book<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (Abrams), which was actually released at the tail end of last year.<\/p>\n

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The book’s unnamed narrator professes abundant love on each page, using a series of metaphors (“You are a burst of joy”) and always ending with “… and I love you.” As you can see from the cover, for the letter “I,” Carter uses the symbol of an eye \u2014 and he does so throughout the book. It’s the pop-up art that steals the show, though. The starred Kirkus<\/em> review calls it “a spectacular 3-D valentine.” There are seven eye-popping spreads, each one adorned with a heart, either large or small; those who linger over these geometric spreads with their moving parts (one even makes sound) will enjoy trying to find where the minuscule hearts are hidden on several spread. The spreads range from a simple wave (my favorite, which is pictured below) to the abstract “burst of joy” that opens the book (pictured above). <\/p>\n

Here are some images from the book so that the art can do the talking. …
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“You are a gentle wave and … I love you.”<\/em>
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“You are blossoms in the sky and … I love you.”<\/em>
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“I love you! …”<\/em>
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\nI LOVE YOU. Text and art copyright \u00a9 2017 David A. Carter. Design and paper engineering by David A. Carter. Images reproduced by permission of the publisher, Abrams Young Readers, New York.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

* * * Jules’ Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font>
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This was a week of highs and lows. It was thrilling to watch the ALA Youth Media Awards<\/a><\/strong> this past Monday, and to hear that Matthew Cordell<\/a><\/strong> won the Caldecott for Wolf in the Snow<\/a><\/strong><\/em> was my wish-come-true. I was exceedingly pleased with the Honor books too. <\/p>\n

But then …. Valentine’s Day and the school shooting in Florida. I am, as many of us are, filled with rage at Republicans for the NRA blood money in their hands. My kicks two to seven, since Wolf in the Snow<\/em> and its shiny new sticker is my first kick, are embodied in Emma Gonzalez and those of her generation who are saying, enough is enough<\/em>:
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You need to stop whatever you\u2019re doing and watch this.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to be the kids you read about in textbooks. We are going to be the last mass shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n

– Emma Gonzalez pic.twitter.com\/8druX3A1KW<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) February 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n