{"id":4627,"date":"2018-05-13T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T06:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4627"},"modified":"2018-05-12T19:52:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T01:52:50","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-586-featuring-helen-oxenbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4627","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #586: Featuring Helen Oxenbury"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“‘Sun,’ said Big Momma, ‘you take care of this day business for me.'”<\/em>
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\nI’m featuring one spread today from an older picture book, one of my very favorites of all-time \u2014 Phyllis Root’s<\/a><\/strong> Big Momma Makes the World<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/em>, published in 2002 and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury<\/a><\/strong>. This is in honor of Mother’s Day. <\/p>\n

If you’ve never read the book, be sure to click on the image above to see the goodness inside — and be sure to find a copy and experience it. It is spectacular in many directions. <\/p>\n


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BIG MOMMA MAKES THE WORLD. Text copyright \u00a9 2002 by Phyllis Root. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2002 by Helen Oxenbury. Illustration reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.<\/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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I’m keeping things short and sweet and simple today, because I have been out of town this weekend for my nephew’s wedding (my first kick) and because it’s Mother’s Day, so I’m spending it with my children (my second kick). <\/p>\n

If you are celebrating Mother’s Day in any way, I hope you enjoy it. As always, I’m grateful for the people in my life who have mothered me, and I’m extra grateful to be a mother to my clever and wonderful daughters. <\/p>\n

What are YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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