{"id":4863,"date":"2019-04-23T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T06:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4863"},"modified":"2019-04-22T18:01:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T00:01:24","slug":"music-for-mister-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4863","title":{"rendered":"Music for Mister Moon<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nOver at BookPage<\/em> is a piece I wrote about Music for Mister Moon<\/em> (Neal Porter Books\/Holiday House, March 2019)), written by Philip C. Stead<\/a><\/strong> and illustrated by Erin E. Stead<\/a><\/strong>, and David Zeltser’s<\/a><\/strong> The Night Library<\/em> (Random House, April 2019), illustrated by Ra\u00fal Col\u00f3n<\/a><\/strong>. That is here<\/a><\/strong>, if you’d like to read about both books. <\/p>\n

I’ll have some art another day this week from The Night Library<\/em>, but today I’ve got some preliminary images and final spreads from Erin from Music for Mister Moon<\/em>. I thank her for sharing. <\/p>\n

Note:<\/em> To read more about the book and how Erin created the illustrations, head here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n


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Preliminary Images:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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An early sketch<\/em>
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Some Final Spreads:<\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“And when everything was quiet and still she would draw her bow, and \u2014”<\/em>
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“… Then she made herself a ladder, climbed up to the roof,
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“Then Hank made herself a wagon. …”<\/em>
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“‘Do you like being the moon?’ asked Hank. …”<\/em>
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(Click to enlarge dustjacket)<\/em><\/center>
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MUSIC FOR MISTER MOON. Text copyright \u00a9 2019 by Philip C. Stead. Illustrations \u00a9 2019 by Erin E. Stead. Published by Neal Porter Books\/Holiday House, New York. All images reproduced by permission of Erin E. Stead.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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