{"id":5552,"date":"2022-03-20T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T06:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5552"},"modified":"2022-03-19T13:08:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T19:08:27","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-787-featuring-barbara-chotiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5552","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #787: Featuring Barbara Chotiner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Spring arrived. The snow melted. …”<\/em>
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\nThis past week, the Horn Book<\/em> posted “Picture books for National Poetry Month 2022” at their site. It’s a great round-up, and in that list is a book I reviewed for them \u2014 the playful Moving Words About a Flower<\/em> (Charlesbridge, March 2022), written by K.C. Hayes and illustrated by Barbara Chotiner<\/a><\/strong>. If you’d like to read about it, that review is here<\/a><\/strong> (along with some other wonderful picture books). Here today at 7-Imp are some spreads. <\/p>\n

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“And while all the people hurried by in their great big boots and shoes,
a tiny sprout popped up.”<\/em>
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“That evening the dandelion’s last three seeds blew away.”<\/em>
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\nMOVING WORDS ABOUT A FLOWER. Text copyright \u00a9 2022 by K.C. Hayes. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2022 by Barbara Chotiner. Concept envisioned by K.C. Hayes. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Charlesbridge, Waterdown, MA.<\/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> A long walk with friends … <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> … in warmer weather!<\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> Daffodils in the front yard. <\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> Ruth Slenczysnska’s<\/a><\/strong> new album. She is 97 years old.
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