{"id":4858,"date":"2019-04-14T00:01:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T06:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4858"},"modified":"2019-04-13T09:40:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T15:40:18","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-634-featuring-juana-martinez-neal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4858","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #634: Featuring Juana Martinez-Neal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Drowsy contentment. Cool night air. We’re cuddled in the rocking chair.
Familiar lullabies to croon. This gentle time, our babymoon.”<\/em>
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\nI’ve got a review over at BookPage<\/em> of Hayley Barrett’s<\/a><\/strong> Babymoon<\/em>, illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Juana Martinez-Neal<\/a><\/strong>. That is here<\/a><\/strong> if you’d like to read about the book. <\/p>\n

I’ve got a few spreads from the book here today, and BONUS! Juana shares different versions of sketches for one spread. I’m tellin’ ya … I could look at her beautiful sketches all day. Here’s what she said about it: <\/p>\n

[I’m sharing] the initial thumbnail for that spread, the first sketch, and the revised sketch. As you can see in the thumbnail, I initially considered showing only the dad and the baby. As I went to a full-size sketch, I kept a more dream-like background with very few details that could determine place, as I wanted to represent any family and remove details that would place the family in any socioeconomic group. Later, we decided to make the family feel more grounded by adding subtle hints of the home. The sketch also changed by including the mom, kitty, bunny soft toy, and a copy of a book.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First, here is a spread from the book:
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“Endearing sneezes. Solemn eyes.
Delighting in each small surprise.”<\/em>
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\nAnd here are Juana’s sketches, followed by the final corresponding spread:
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“Our long-awaited dream \u2014 is you.
Amazed at all we thought we knew.”<\/em>
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\nThanks to Juana for sharing!
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BABYMOON. Text copyright \u00a9 2019 by Hayley Barrett. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2019 by Juana Martinez-Neal and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA. Sketches reproduced by permission of Juana Martinez-Neal.<\/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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1)<\/strong><\/font> This book. It takes me back to two Danielson babymoons that feel simultaneously like yesterday and very far away. <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> Texting this to my nephew, who liked the same line I did (“Good at Lent”):
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