{"id":4591,"date":"2018-03-25T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T06:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4591"},"modified":"2018-03-25T07:36:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T13:36:28","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-579-featuring-gerard-dubois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4591","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #579: Featuring G\u00e9rard DuBois"},"content":{"rendered":"


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“‘And wonderful!’ added their mother.
She wrapped Joey in a hug.”<\/em><\/center>
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\nOver at BookPage<\/em>, I’ve got a review of Candace Fleming’s<\/a><\/strong> The Amazing Collection of Joey Cornell<\/em> (Schwartz & Wade, February 2018), illustrated by G\u00e9rard DuBois<\/a><\/strong>. That is here<\/a><\/strong>, if you’re so inclined to read about it, and here at 7-Imp today, I’ve got some spreads from the book. <\/p>\n


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“That same year, his father brought home two tickets to see . . . HARRY HOUDINI!
Tied with chains. Locked in an iron box. Joey sat spellbound.”<\/em>
(Click to enlarge spread)<\/center>
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“By the time he was thirteen, his collection looked like this . . .”<\/em>
(Click to enlarge spread)<\/center>
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“Now the house felt cold and empty. And Joey lost himself in his collection \u2014
sifting, layering, mixing, making. Oh, how he wished his family
could feel happy, just for one afternoon. …”<\/em>
(Click to enlarge spread and read text in its entirety)<\/center>
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“‘Heavenly,’ whispered Robert. ‘Exotic,’ whispered Helen.
‘Magical,’ whispered Betty. …”<\/em>
(Click to enlarge spread and read text in its entirety)<\/center>
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(Click to enlarge cover)<\/em><\/center>
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\nTHE AMAZING COLLECTION OF JOEY CORNELL. Text copyright \u00a9 2018 by Candace Fleming. Jacket and interior illustrations copyright \u00a9 2018 by G\u00e9rard DuBois. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Schwartz & Wade, 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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1)<\/strong><\/font> Yesterday’s marches. <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> A lovely meal at a friend’s home. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> My oldest daughter placed second (for a charcoal drawing she did) in a county-wide school art contest. My youngest daughter was chosen for a county-wide band competition. <\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> That makes it a good week for the arts. <\/p>\n

5)<\/strong><\/font> I’m a little bit obsessed with the lyrics of Neko Case’s new song<\/a><\/strong>. Pure poetry. <\/p>\n

6)<\/strong><\/font> Soon, I will have bifocals. I must be officially middle-aged, given that I’m looking forward to the optometrist’s call, telling me they’re in. <\/p>\n

7)<\/strong><\/font> Finishing Lissa Evans’s Wed Wabbit<\/em><\/strong><\/a> with my girls. Such a funny book.
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\nWhat are YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“‘And wonderful!’ added their mother.She wrapped Joey in a hug.”   Over at BookPage, I’ve got a review of Candace Fleming’s The Amazing Collection of Joey Cornell (Schwartz & Wade, February 2018), illustrated by G\u00e9rard DuBois. That is here, if you’re so inclined to read about it, and here at 7-Imp today, I’ve got some […]<\/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-4591","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\/4591","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=4591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}