{"id":4715,"date":"2018-09-09T00:01:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T06:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4715"},"modified":"2018-09-08T11:08:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T17:08:10","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-603-featuring-ekua-holmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4715","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #603: Featuring Ekua Holmes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“And the ash of those dying stars gathered into planets, and the planets circled other stars. But still … no bluebirds, no butterflies, still no snails, no giraffes,
still no you, no me.”<\/em>
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\nAre you all ready to get cosmic? I’ve a review over at BookPage<\/em> of Marion Dane Bauer’s<\/a><\/strong> The Stuff of Stars<\/em> (Candlewick, September 2018), illustrated by Ekua Holmes<\/a><\/strong>. That is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Today here at 7-Imp, I’ve a bit of art from the book. <\/p>\n


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“Waiting, waiting, dividing, changing, growing.
Until at last, YOU burst into the world.”<\/em>
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\nTHE STUFF OF STARS. Text copyright \u00a9 2018 by Marion Dane Bauer. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2018 by Ekua Holmes. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.<\/em><\/p>\n

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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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Dear kickers, I’m sorry, once again this week, to not<\/em> have seven separate kicks, but I’m keeping it short today, too. There is a Danielson birthday this week, so I’m going to get back to celebrating. Please do tell me … <\/p>\n

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

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