{"id":5184,"date":"2020-09-13T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T06:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5184"},"modified":"2020-09-13T08:29:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T14:29:16","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-708-featuring-ben-hatke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5184","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #708: Featuring Ben Hatke"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Julia’s back!<\/p>\n

Remember Ben Hatke’s<\/a><\/strong> introduction to Julia in 2014’s Julia’s House for Lost Creatures<\/em>? (I wrote about it here<\/a><\/strong>, and Ben shared some art and preliminary artwork here<\/a><\/strong>.) She will return later this month in Julia’s House Moves On<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (First Second), and her fans will be delighted. <\/p>\n

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If you are familiar with Julia’s house, you know it is lodged on the back of a giant turtle, and you know that it’s filled with misfit fantasy creatures of all sorts, including a patchwork cat. After all, “Julia’s House was for lost creatures of every kind.” But as you can see below, the house (and its occupants) are getting restless. Julia has a plan (a “nice spot picked out in the mountains”), but the turtle doesn’t care about that plan. And (as you can also see below in those two dramatic spreads) the turtle simply picks himself up and moves along. This leaves everyone stuck at sea, but don’t worry. Even when Julia runs out of the plans, her friends devise one. Everyone also gets an assist from the Queen of the Sea in, arguably, the book’s most gorgeous spread. <\/p>\n

As always, Hatke’s fluid line work and warm watercolors are beguiling. And in this new story, we get to meet a ghillie. (I’ll leave that for you to discover.) The book has a never-too-heavy-handed point to make about how beauty sometimes comes from chaos and the unexpected (thoughtful friends are also handy), despite the best possible kinds of plans. Also, if you have a second to read this Goodreads review<\/a><\/strong>, I recommend it. I don’t know that person, but I stumbled upon that \u2014 and I love what she writes. <\/p>\n

Here are some spreads so that the art can do the talking ….
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Two images above: Click second image to see spread in its entirety<\/em><\/center>
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“… the house started moving on its own!”<\/em>
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“Not at all.”<\/em>
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\nJULIA’S HOUSE MOVES ON. Copyright \u00a9 2020 by Ben Hatke. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, First Second, New York.<\/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’s Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font>
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1)<\/strong><\/font> Kicking off Calling Caldecott<\/a><\/strong> this week over at the Horn Book<\/em> and the supportive comments people have left. <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> The support of a study buddy. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> This poem<\/a><\/strong>. (I noticed on social media this week that a friend had shared it.) <\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> This interview<\/a><\/strong> of that same friend! <\/p>\n

5)<\/strong><\/font> Catching up with friends, even if I’d rather see them in person. <\/p>\n

6)<\/strong><\/font> I approve of this collaboration<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

7)<\/strong><\/font> Laura Marling’s<\/a><\/strong> performance at the Royal Albert Hall this past week (BBC Proms 2020) and the way they did “For You”:
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