{"id":4797,"date":"2019-01-18T09:52:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T15:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4797"},"modified":"2019-01-18T10:35:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T16:35:11","slug":"what-im-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-red-nose-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4797","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Red Nose Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Early sketch<\/em>
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Final spread: “… He’s so nervous he can’t stop shaking, even when he’s onstage, even when he starts to sing. But that shaking, that shaking starts an AVALANCHE of screaming \u2014 in a good way! And so it begins: Brand-New Elvis now knows what to do onstage \u2014 and he will never forget. It is a thing to behold.”
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\nOver at Kirkus<\/em> today, I’ve got thoughts on bibliotherapy, the debut picture book from a Dutch author-illustrator named Eva Eland, and a Norwegian import (coming in March) called Angryman<\/em>. The latter is about domestic violence and is unlike any picture book I\u2019ve seen before. <\/p>\n

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Last week, I wrote here<\/a><\/strong> about Jonah Winter’s<\/a><\/strong> Elvis Is King!<\/em> (Schwartz & Wade, January 2019), illustrated by Chris Sickels, aka Red Nose Studio<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Today, I’ve got a bit of art from the book, as well as some early sketches and such from Chris. Chris gave me permission to lift these images from his blog, where he’s written a handful of posts about this book. I link to the corresponding blog post under each image below. Here’s<\/a><\/strong> the link to his blog, if you want to read even more about his other projects. A visit to Chris’s site is always rewarding. <\/p>\n


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More early sketches; head here<\/a><\/strong> to read more<\/em>
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The flip side of the dustjacket for the book; head here<\/a><\/strong> to read more
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A final illustration: “Elvis Is Born! But alas, he is born in a humble shack on the wrong side of the railroad tracks, the side where the poorest of the poor people live,
down down down in the Deep South \u2014 Tupelo, Mississippi.”
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A final illustration, followed by details of the image (head here<\/a><\/strong> to read and see more): “There it is, hanging from a strap behind the counter. With pennies she saved, Mama buys her eleven-year-old birthday boy the most important gift he will ever receive.
It will be the key to his salvation.”
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Bill Black from the final spread pictured at the top of this post. Head here<\/a><\/strong> to read more about the Blue Moon Boys and to see more photos …<\/em>
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ELVIS IS KING! Text copyright \u00a9 2019 by Jonah Winter. Illustrations \u00a9 2019 by Red Nose Studio. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Schwartz & Wade Books, New York. All other images reproduced by permission of Chris Sickels.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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