{"id":4819,"date":"2019-02-17T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T06:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4819"},"modified":"2019-03-01T14:07:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T20:07:48","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-626-featuring-the-100th-anniversary-childrens-book-week-poster-illustrated-by-yuyi-morales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4819","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #626: Featuring the 100th Anniversary Children\u2019s Book Week Poster, Illustrated by Yuyi Morales"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nI’m doing something a little bit different today. When I saw the announcement this week of this year’s Children\u2019s Book Week poster, I knew I wanted to be sure to share it here at 7-Imp, for those of you who haven’t seen it yet. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales<\/a><\/strong>, it celebrates the centennial celebration of Children\u2019s Book Week. Children’s Book Week, established in 1919 and administered by the Children\u2019s Book Council and Every Child a Reader, is an annual celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading. You can read more about it (and the poster) here<\/a><\/strong>. And then head to everychildareader.net<\/a><\/strong> (where you can, if you’re so inclined, download your own hi-res version of this poster). <\/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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1)<\/strong><\/font> The sit-back-and-wait and cross-fingers part of a writing project. <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> Lucy Knisley’s Kid Gloves<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> I enjoyed, for many reasons, interviewing Vesper Stamper<\/a><\/strong> this week, but I particularly like what she had to say about balancing work and friendships: <\/p>\n

One very important thing I realized was that, over the years of being incredibly devoted to my career, I had isolated myself by diving in to my work at the expense of my friendships. I have to confess that the week I announced my book deal was the single loneliest time of my life. There were 150 Facebook likes, but not one phone call, no text, no email, no friends to take me out for a celebratory drink. It was crickets. And it was no one\u2019s fault but my own. Even though I\u2019m an extrovert, I had neglected my relationships \u2014 and I was alone.<\/p>\n

I knew that I could not continue to do work on the Holocaust \u2014 or anything else \u2014 without emotional support, and I couldn\u2019t put that exclusively on my husband or kids. So, I reached out to about four people whom I knew I didn\u2019t have to explain myself to and purposely asked them to walk with me, check on me, and help me re-build my relationships with them. They all stepped up to the plate, and one \u2014 my friend Noelle Rhodes \u2014 even came with me to the concentration camps.<\/p>\n

Being an artist has its work hazards, and mental\/emotional health is a major one to watch. I share this lesson about work obsession and relationships, because I know I\u2019m not the only one. I hope it will help others to reach out for help.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A good reminder.<\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> Plans to hear live music. <\/p>\n

5)<\/strong><\/font> I love how a children’s book<\/a><\/strong> is a prominent plot point as Russian Doll<\/em> comes to a close. <\/p>\n

6)<\/strong><\/font> Abbi at Soulstice Games Day in season 3, episode 3 of Broad City<\/em>. <\/p>\n

7)<\/strong><\/font> I put a cat bed in my home office, and now Pumpkinfacehead spends most of the day with me. Sleeping. Because he is LAZY. But he’s cute. <\/p>\n

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

  I’m doing something a little bit different today. When I saw the announcement this week of this year’s Children\u2019s Book Week poster, I knew I wanted to be sure to share it here at 7-Imp, for those of you who haven’t seen it yet. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales, it celebrates the centennial celebration of […]<\/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-4819","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\/4819","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=4819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}