{"id":4930,"date":"2019-08-14T00:01:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T06:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4930"},"modified":"2019-08-13T17:02:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T23:02:17","slug":"curiosity-frustration-and-patience-before-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4930","title":{"rendered":"Curiosity, Frustration, and Patience Before Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nI’ve got a review over at BookPage<\/em> of Laura Vaccaro Seeger’s<\/a><\/strong> newest picture book, Why?<\/em> (Neal Porter \/ Holiday House, August 2019). That is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Below, Laura shares some early sketches, as well as some final art, from the book. <\/p>\n


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“‘Why?’ asked the rabbit.
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“‘Why?’
‘Because I am way too big to fit.'”<\/em>
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“‘I don’t know why.
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“Because then I would miss my friend. …'”<\/em>
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WHY? Text and illustrations copyright \u00a9 2019 by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. Published by Neal Porter Books \/ Holiday House, New York. All images here posted by permission of Laura Vaccaro Seeger.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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