{"id":5609,"date":"2022-06-19T00:01:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T06:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5609"},"modified":"2022-06-19T10:29:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T16:29:35","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-799-featuring-rahele-jomepour-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5609","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #799: Featuring Rahele Jomepour Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Final spread: “Anger comes from deep inside and bursts out. But then, it’s gone.
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\nIt’s a pleasure to welcome illustrator Rahele Jomepour Bell<\/a><\/strong> to 7-Imp today. She shares some early sketches from Angry Me<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (Groundwood, May 2022), Sandra V. Feder’s<\/a><\/strong> new picture book. “I get angry,” the book opens. A girl stares in the mirror, her body hunched and rage on her face. The book explores the girl’s sources of anger: when she feels that people are being mean, even when it’s all “a mistake”; when things don’t feel fair; when she’s fatigued or frustrated; when other children hurt her feelings; and when she’s sad. The second half of the book explores the ways in which she attempts to deal with the strong feeling: “When I get angry, I try to remember to use my words. … But sometimes, even my words come out sounding angry.” <\/p>\n

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Feder’s sensitive text never chastises the girl for her anger. It’s a story that honors the complexities of dealing with it, that treats children with respect, and that eschews suggesting that there are quick fixes for this strong emotion. And that the main character is a girl is rewarding, given that we live in a culture that, unfortunately, often sends mixed signals to girls about anger. Rahele’s textured illustrations on a vivid palette capture body language particularly well. As you’ll see below, her daughter was inspiration for the look of the character. <\/p>\n

Let’s turn it over to Rahele to show her early sketches, and I’ve also got some final spreads below. I thank her for sharing. …
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Rahele on the two images above:
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Rahele: “The final character …”<\/em><\/center>
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Rahele: “The very first sketches …”<\/em>
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Rahele: “And the source of inspiration: Darya, my daughter …”<\/em><\/center>
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Rahele: “An early sketch …”<\/em>
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Rahele: “The source of inspiration …”<\/em><\/center>
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Rahele: “I make textures with real gouache and then scan those textures. And in Procreate and Photoshop I can make brushes with those handmade textures and paint over my traditional paintings.”<\/em>
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Rahele: “The cover sketch …”<\/em>
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Rahele: “The full dust jacket …”<\/em>
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Final Art:<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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“Sometimes I get angry even though it was a mistake. ‘You ate my cookie?’ angry. …”<\/em>
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“Sometimes I get angry when my feelings are hurt. ‘What about me?’ angry. …”<\/em>
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“Sometimes I get angry when I’m sad. ‘But why?’ angry. …”<\/em>
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“And sometimes, it’s not my words that help but someone else’s. …”<\/em>
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\nANGRY ME. Text copyright \u00a9 2022 by Sandra V. Feder. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2022 by Rahele Jomepour Bell and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Groundwood Books. All other images reproduced by permission of Rahele Jomepour Bell.<\/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> It’s Father’s Day, and my daughters are really lucky to have the father they have. <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> A special quilt made for my daughter. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> Iman Vellani<\/a><\/strong> as Ms. Marvel. <\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> Key lime pie. <\/p>\n

5)<\/strong><\/font> FKJ’s<\/a><\/strong> “Stay a Child.”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

6)<\/strong><\/font> New music from Angel Olsen<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

7)<\/strong><\/font> New music from Andrew Bird<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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

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