{"id":5343,"date":"2021-05-16T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T06:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5343"},"modified":"2021-05-15T10:44:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T16:44:45","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-743-featuring-claire-keane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5343","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #743: Featuring Claire Keane"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nI love a good story about a misfit. Enter Kelly DiPucchio’s<\/a><\/strong> Not Yeti<\/em> (Viking, May 2021), illustrated by Claire Keane<\/a><\/strong>. I’ve a review of this one over at BookPage<\/em>. <\/p>\n

That review is here<\/a><\/strong>. Below are some spreads. <\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n


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“And when he read that humpback whales sing …
he rode his scooter to the pier just so he could sing back to them.”<\/em>
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“In the distance, Yeti could hear the riotous sounds of the Monster Bash & Barbecue \u2014 dishes breaking, heads butting, and Lloyd shouting.”<\/em>
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\nNOT YETI. Text copyright \u00a9 2021 by Kelly DiPucchio. Illustrations \u00a9 2021 by Claire Keane and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, New York.<\/em><\/p>\n

* * * Jules’s Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font>
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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

1)<\/strong><\/font> I’ll be having dinner with some friends this week. It’s been since the pandemic that we’ve gathered. I’m so excited. Yay, science. <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> My youngest is getting vaccinated today. Yay, science. Again. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> Walks. <\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> Beautiful weather. <\/p>\n

5)<\/strong><\/font> Committee work. <\/p>\n

6)<\/strong><\/font> This, from Rita Pay\u00e9s<\/a><\/strong> and featuring Elisabeth Roma:
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