{"id":5239,"date":"2020-11-30T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5239"},"modified":"2020-11-30T09:00:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T15:00:50","slug":"the-bear-and-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5239","title":{"rendered":"The Bear and the Moon<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nToday, I’m featuring one of my favorite picture books of 2020 \u2014 Matthew Burgess’s<\/a><\/strong> The Bear and the Moon<\/em> (Chronicle, September 2020), illustrated by C\u00e1tia Chien<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

My Horn Book<\/em> review of the book is here<\/a><\/strong>, if you’d like to read more about it. <\/p>\n

And here today at 7-Imp, I’ve got some of the book’s beautiful spreads. C\u00e1tia also visits to share some early sketches and partial storyboards. I thank her for sharing. <\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n


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Some Final Spreads:<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“First, he tried to catch the string between his teeth …”<\/em>
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“And when dinnertime arrived, he tied the silver string to a stone. …”<\/em>
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“… and when evening became night, it glowed softly in the moonlight.”<\/em>
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Two images above: Click first to see spread in its entirety<\/em><\/center>
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“Good bear. Kind bear. Don’t worry, bear.”<\/em>
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THE BEAR AND THE MOON. Text copyright \u00a9 2020 by Matthew Burgess. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2020 by C\u00e1tia Chien. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Chronicle Books, San Francisco. All other images reproduced by permission of C\u00e1tia Chien.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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