{"id":4573,"date":"2018-03-02T09:15:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T15:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4573"},"modified":"2018-03-02T10:33:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T16:33:59","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuringlaetitia-devernay-steve-light-and-chris-sheban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4573","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring
La\u00ebtitia Devernay, Steve Light, and Chris Sheban"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Shade your eyes from a bright CIRCLE.”
— From Kate Riggs’ <\/em>Shapes All Around,
illustrated by La\u00ebtitia Devernay<\/em>
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— From Steve Light’s <\/em>Black Bird Yellow Sun
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“You can climb inside and there read a book.”
— From the board book edition of Jane Yolen’s <\/em>What To Do With a Box,
illustrated by Chris Sheban<\/em><\/center>
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\nThings \u2014 that is, three brand-new picture books \u2014 are all-in-the-family over at my Kirkus<\/em> column today. That is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Last week, I wrote here<\/a><\/strong> about Kate Riggs’ Shapes All Around<\/em>, illustrated by La\u00ebtitia Devernay<\/a><\/strong> (Creative Editions, March 2018); Steve Light’s<\/a><\/strong> Black Bird Yellow Sun<\/em> (Candlewick, March 2018); and the board book edition of Jane Yolen’s<\/a><\/strong> What To Do With a Box<\/em> (Creative Editions, April 2018), illustrated by Chris Sheban<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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

Enjoy!<\/p>\n


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From Shapes All Around<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“Rest on a SQUARE spread beneath a tree.”<\/em>
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“Watch bees buzz around HEXAGONS.”<\/em>
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From Black Bird Yellow Sun<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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Details from What To Do With a Box<\/em>
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“It can be a library, palace, or nook.”<\/em><\/center>
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“You can sail in that box off to Paris and back.”<\/em>
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“A box! A box is a wonder indeed.
The only such magic that you’ll ever need!”<\/em>
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Chris: “This was the first piece [for the first picture-book edition]
to see if I could draw on the cardboard surface …”<\/em><\/center>
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BLACK BIRD YELLOW SUN. Copyright \u00a9 2018 by Steve Light. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA. <\/p>\n

SHAPES ALL AROUND. Text copyright \u00a9 2018 by Kate Riggs. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2018 by La\u00ebtitia Devernay and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Creative Editions, Mankato, MN. <\/p>\n

WHAT TO DO WITH A BOX. Text copyright \u00a9 2016 Jane Yolen. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2016 Chris Sheban and reproduced by permission of the illustrator and the publisher, Creative Editions, Mankato, MN.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Shade your eyes from a bright CIRCLE.”— From Kate Riggs’ Shapes All Around,illustrated by La\u00ebtitia Devernay(Click to enlarge spread)   — From Steve Light’s Black Bird Yellow Sun(Click to enlarge spread)   “You can climb inside and there read a book.”— From the board book edition of Jane Yolen’s What To Do With a Box,illustrated […]<\/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-4573","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\/4573","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=4573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}