{"id":4908,"date":"2019-07-07T00:01:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T06:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4908"},"modified":"2019-07-05T16:25:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T22:25:41","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-645-featuring-raul-the-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4908","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #645: Featuring Ra\u00fal the Third"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nIn case you missed it earlier this year, by chance, I’m spotlighting the engaging \u00a1Vamos! Let\u2019s Go to the Market<\/a><\/strong><\/em> from Mexican American artist and illustrator Ra\u00fal The Third<\/a><\/strong>. This was released in April from Kwame Alexander’s<\/a><\/strong> new imprint, Versify<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

This is the story of the wolf Little Lobo and his dog Bernab\u00e9. They eat breakfast, and then they head out to deliver supplies to people at the Mercado, the marketplace near where they live. On their way, we see their neighbors and take in all the many details of Little Lobo’s Mexican community. These are bustling spreads, but Ra\u00fal knows how to compose a spread well; in part, his palette choices make it easy for our eyes to follow the action, see all the details, and read the Spanish labels, marked in a red font, for what we see. As the Kirkus<\/em> review notes<\/a><\/strong>, Little Lobo’s journey serves as “a crash course in Mexican culture.” In the end, Little Lobo even gets a big surprise, the chance to meet his hero, but I won’t spoil it for you. <\/p>\n

Don’t miss this short Horn Book<\/em> Q&A<\/a><\/strong> with Ra\u00fal the Third (aka Ra\u00fal Gonz\u00e1lez). <\/p>\n

I may only have two spreads below, but there’s a lot to take in with your eyes in each one. Enjoy!
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“Little Lobo stops to watch the dancers performs.”<\/em>
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“The Mercado is a maze of pathways, shops, and booths.”<\/em>
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(Click to enlarge cover)<\/em><\/center>
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\n\u00a1VAMOS! LET’S GO TO THE MARKET. Copyright \u00a9 2019 by Ra\u00fal Gonzalez. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Versify, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston.<\/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> A break. <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> Volunteering<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> Reading<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> Listening<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

5)<\/strong><\/font> Singing<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

6)<\/strong><\/font> Biking. <\/p>\n

7)<\/strong><\/font> KITTIES<\/a><\/strong> on Friday. <\/p>\n

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

  In case you missed it earlier this year, by chance, I’m spotlighting the engaging \u00a1Vamos! Let\u2019s Go to the Market from Mexican American artist and illustrator Ra\u00fal The Third. This was released in April from Kwame Alexander’s new imprint, Versify.<\/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-4908","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\/4908","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=4908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}