{"id":5351,"date":"2021-05-30T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T06:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5351"},"modified":"2021-05-29T08:45:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T14:45:20","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-745-featuring-lucy-ruth-cummins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5351","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #745: Featuring Lucy Ruth Cummins"},"content":{"rendered":"


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“I rescue tiny creatures. It’s a special job. …”<\/em><\/center>
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\nOver at BookPage<\/em>, I’ve a review of Curtis Manley’s<\/a><\/strong> The Rescuer of Tiny Creatures<\/em> (Roaring Brook, June 2021), illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins<\/a><\/strong>. As I note in the review, it’s a story that captures the experiences of quiet, observant, inquisitive children \u2014 those who may not be found in the midst of a big crowd at school but who are considerately looking out for those on the periphery.<\/p>\n

That review is here<\/a><\/strong>, and below are some spreads from the book. <\/p>\n


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“I rescue tiny creatures. It’s a special job.
A job no one else seems to care about.”<\/em><\/center>
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“I carry the ladybug outside. ‘Fly away home,’ I whisper.”<\/em><\/center>
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“‘THE KRAKEN? No, that’s too big for just two of us.'”<\/em><\/center>
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(Click cover to enlarge)<\/em><\/center>
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THE RESCUER OF TINY CREATURES. Text copyright \u00a9 2021 by Curtis Manley. Illustrations \u00a9 2021 by Lucy Ruth Cummins and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Roaring Brook, 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> Sadly, children’s literature lost two greats this week. Huge losses. But we are to find the kicks, right? I’m grateful for the life and legacy of Eric Carle<\/a><\/strong> … <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> … particularly the museum<\/a><\/strong> he left us. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> And the work of Lois Ehlert<\/a><\/strong>. I got to interview her<\/a><\/strong> back in 2014 for BookPage<\/em> (via phone, though I wish<\/em> it’d been in person!), and she said to me on a chilly day early in the year: \u201cIt is these gray winter days that stir my creativity. I am so happy to stay in and work. I am sitting here right now with a bag of scraps on my drawing board. I have green paint underneath my fingernails. I am as happy as a clam.\u201d<\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> I like this tribute to Carle<\/a><\/strong> from Jon Klassen.<\/p>\n

5)<\/strong><\/font> We’ve had a nest of robins in our rose bush for weeks now. The babies have been born! They have even flown away. But we got to see them first. <\/p>\n

6)<\/strong><\/font> Emily Dickinson once said, “If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.” My kick is recently reading a poem that made me feel that way. <\/p>\n

7)<\/strong><\/font> Those children always on the look-out for vulnerable tiny creatures. <\/p>\n

What are YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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