{"id":5019,"date":"2020-01-05T00:01:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T06:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5019"},"modified":"2020-01-04T18:18:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T00:18:21","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-672-featuring-i-want-a-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5019","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #672: Featuring <em>I Want a Dog<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2020\/01\/IWantaDog-coverusez.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\nHappy new year, Imps! <\/p>\n<p>The <em>Horn Book<\/em> has posted my review of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonagee.com\/\">Jon Agee&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <em>I Want a Dog<\/em> (Dial). Did any of you see this one back in September? Agee, I think, is a picture book master. <\/p>\n<p>That review is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbook.com\/?detailStory=review-of-i-want-a-dog\">here<\/a><\/strong>, if you\u2019d like to read more about the book.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>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<p>My kicks, one to seven, are the new year (new DECADE!) and taking it easy all week to relax and read (and get over a head cold). I hope you kickers are having a lovely start to your 2020. <\/p>\n<p>What are <strong><font size=4>YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week? Please do tell. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Happy new year, Imps! The Horn Book has posted my review of Jon Agee&#8217;s I Want a Dog (Dial). Did any of you see this one back in September? Agee, I think, is a picture book master. That review is here, if you\u2019d like to read more about the book.<\/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-5019","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\/5019","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=5019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}