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Chirri and Chirra, identical twins, are enjoying afternoon tea in their comfy home when they hear a noise downstairs, head down there to investigate, see a hole in the wall, and see that “something is scurrying inside!” They hop on their bicycles (“Dring-dring, dring-dring!”) to follow the creature, heading along a tunnel of roots until they see a light. At the end of that light is an underground peanut farm. After cycling the tunnel further, they come upon an underground flower garden. At each stop, they pause to explore and then continue on their journey \u2014 and at each spot they see unexpected delights and a host of friendly creatures. They bike under a vegetable garden, follow a family of badgers to an underground lake, and eventually feast with them. <\/p>\n
Doi’s detailed, velvety illustrations create a vivid and cozy world, something to which fans of the series will already be familiar. The page turns in this horizontally oriented book are compelling, as readers follow along to see where the tunnels will take Chirri and Chirra next. It’s another truly delightful book in the series, perfect for young readers. Here are some spreads so that the art can do the talking. … CHIRRI & CHIRRA UNDERGROUND. Text and illustrations copyright \u00a9 2013 by Kaya Doi. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Enchanted Lion Books, Brooklyn.<\/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 I fully intended to kick in a very seven kind of way today, but I’ve spent the day helping my husband clean out my mother-in-law’s home \u2014 or at least we got started and made a tiny dent in things. She passed away last week, and we have a lot of stuff to go through. <\/p>\n So, I’m. worn. out. I do, however, want to hear about your week, so do tell me … <\/p>\n What are YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week? Dring-dring. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Dring-dring, dring-dring! They hop aboard a boat and …” Here’s a quick post to share some art from the fourth book in the Chirri & Chirra series from Japanese author-illustrator Kaya Doi. Chirri & Chirra Underground (Enchanted Lion, July 2019), translated from the Japanese by David Boyd, features the same inquisitive twins of the […]<\/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-4933","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\/4933","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=4933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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