{"id":5241,"date":"2020-12-06T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T06:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5241"},"modified":"2020-12-05T10:41:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T16:41:08","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-720-featuring-qin-leng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5241","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #720: Featuring Qin Leng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2020\/12\/ayearopen.jpg\"><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\nLet&#8217;s take a look today at <em>A Year of Everyday Wonders<\/em> (Abrams, December 2020), written by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cherylklein.com\/\">Cheryl B. Klein<\/a><\/strong> and illustrated by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/news-and-features\/articles\/building-forts-and-books-qin-leng\/\">Qin Leng<\/a><\/strong>. I reviewed this one over <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookpage.com\/reviews\/25712-cheryl-b-klein-year-everyday-wonders-childrens#.X8uuE9hKguU\">here<\/a><\/strong> at <em>BookPage<\/em>, if you&#8217;d like to read more about it. It&#8217;s a charmer. <\/p>\n<p>Here today at 7-Imp are some of the book&#8217;s illustrations &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2020\/12\/ayear1full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2020\/12\/ayear1left.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2020\/12\/ayear1right.jpg\"><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center><em>Two images above: Click first image to see spread in its entirety<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2020\/12\/ayear2full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2020\/12\/ayear2left.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2020\/12\/ayear2right.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>Two images above: Click first image to see spread in its entirety<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2020\/12\/ayear3left.jpg\"><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2020\/12\/ayear3full.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2020\/12\/ayear3right.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>Two images above: Click second image to see spread in its entirety<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2020\/12\/ayearcoverlarge.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2020\/12\/ayearcoversmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click cover to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<em>A YEAR OF EVERYDAY WONDERS. Text copyright \u00a9 2020 Cheryl B. Klein. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2020 Qin Leng and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center>* * * <\/center><\/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><center><font size=3><strong>* * * Jules&#8217;s Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font><br \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>1)<\/strong><\/font> Walks. <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>2)<\/strong><\/font> <em>Star Trek: Discovery<\/em> continues to kick ass. I want <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PRI_169629364.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;zoom=1&#038;resize=644%2C448&#038;ssl=1\">Michael Burnham<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/memory-alpha.fandom.com\/wiki\/Hugh_Culber\">Hugh<\/a><\/strong> to be my BFFs. Also, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/memory-alpha.fandom.com\/wiki\/Sylvia_Tilly\">Tilly<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>3)<\/strong><\/font> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/child-poster\">ALA&#8217;s new &#8220;Read&#8221; poster and bookmarks<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>4)<\/strong><\/font> Discovering Buck Owens&#8217;s rendition of &#8220;Jingle Bells.&#8221; (I know. It&#8217;s so Nashville of me.) Get up and dance.<br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KHGYtM5EDQc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<font size=4><strong>5)<\/strong><\/font> Catherine O&#8217;Hara. <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>6)<\/strong><\/font> Starting <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780393349726\">this book<\/a><\/strong>, because I&#8217;m a nerd like that. <\/p>\n<p><font size=4><strong>7)<\/strong><\/font> Surprises in the mail. <\/p>\n<p>What are <strong><font size=4>YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Let&#8217;s take a look today at A Year of Everyday Wonders (Abrams, December 2020), written by Cheryl B. Klein and illustrated by Qin Leng. I reviewed this one over here at BookPage, if you&#8217;d like to read more about it. It&#8217;s a charmer. Here today at 7-Imp are some of the book&#8217;s illustrations &#8230;<\/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-5241","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\/5241","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=5241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}