{"id":4980,"date":"2019-10-27T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T06:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4980"},"modified":"2019-10-26T20:02:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T02:02:12","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-661-featuring-oge-mora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4980","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #661: Featuring Oge Mora"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI’ve a review over at BookPage<\/em> of Caldecott Honoree Oge Mora’s<\/a><\/strong> newest picture book, Saturday<\/em> (Little, Brown, November 2019). So good, this one. You can head here<\/a><\/strong> to read the review, and below are some spreads from the book, as well as a few preliminary images from Oge. I thank her for sharing. <\/p>\n


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SATURDAY. Copyright \u00a9 2019 by Oge Mora. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Little, Brown and Company, New York. Preliminary images reproduced by permission of Oge Mora.<\/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> I’m inordinately excited to see this documentary (below) coming together. If you like what you see here, consider donating to their Kickstarter campaign, which is here<\/a><\/strong>. Or please please spread the word about the film \u2014 to everyone you know who cares about children and the books we give them. <\/p>\n