{"id":4617,"date":"2018-04-27T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T06:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4617"},"modified":"2018-04-27T09:27:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T15:27:58","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-claude-k-dubois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4617","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at <em>Kirkus<\/em> This Week,<br>Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Claude K. Dubois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOMopening.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;Teddy!&#8221;<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\nToday over at <em>Kirkus<\/em>, I&#8217;ve got a Swedish picture book import. <\/p>\n<p>That is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/following-kokos-compass\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Last week, I wrote <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/finding-shelter-kind-gesture\/\">here<\/a><\/strong> about a Belgian import, Sarah V. and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claude_K._Dubois\">Claude K. Dubois\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> <em>The Old Man<\/em> (Gecko Press, March 2018). <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m following up with art from the book today. <!--more--><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOM1large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOM1small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOM2full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOM2left.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOM2full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOM2right.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click either image to enlarge and see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOM3full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOM3left.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOM3full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOM3right.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click either image to enlarge and see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOM4large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOM4small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOM5full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOM5left.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOM5full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOM5right.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click either image to enlarge and see spread in its entirety)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2018\/04\/TOMcover.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>THE OLD MAN. English-language edition \u00a9 Gecko Press Ltd 2018. Translation \u00a9 Daniel Hahn 2018. Illustrations published by permission of Gecko Press.<\/em>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Teddy!&#8221; &nbsp; Today over at Kirkus, I&#8217;ve got a Swedish picture book import. That is here. * * * Last week, I wrote here about a Belgian import, Sarah V. and Claude K. Dubois\u2019s The Old Man (Gecko Press, March 2018). 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