{"id":5154,"date":"2020-07-27T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T06:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5154"},"modified":"2020-07-26T19:13:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T01:13:58","slug":"my-bookpage-qa-with-naoko-stoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5154","title":{"rendered":"My BookPage<\/em> Q&A with Naoko Stoop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOn shelves this month is the final book from author-illustrator Yumi Heo<\/a><\/strong>, who passed away in 2016. It’s called Sun and Moon Have a Tea Party<\/em> (Schwartz & Wade Books), and it was illustrated by Naoko Stoop<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Over at BookPage<\/em> is my review, as well as a Q&A I did with Naoko about this book, what it was like to illustrate Yumi’s final story, what she’s currently working on, and more. The review of this altogether charming book is here<\/a><\/strong>, and the Q&A is here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Below are a couple of spreads from the book. Enjoy!<\/p>\n


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“‘How can birds snuggle down,’ said Sun, ‘when they are flying over everything but us\u2014above streams like mirrors and wildflowers that bow hello in the wind?'”<\/em>
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“‘Rivers can only reflect my face,’ said Moon.”<\/em>
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SUN AND MOON HAVE A TEA PARTY. Text copyright \u00a9 2020 by Yumi Heo. Jacket art and interior illustrations copyright \u00a9 2020 by Naoko Stoop. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, New York.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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