Welcome to our weekly 7 Kicks list, the meeting ground for listing 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. (If you’re new, please know that everyone is welcome to leave their lists). <\/p>\n
This week we have Mo Willems<\/a><\/strong> to thank for our illustration: It’s Trixie and her daddy! They’re back in Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, which we co-reviewed here<\/a><\/strong> at 7-Imp this week. If you didn’t read that review or don’t have time now, here’s our official analysis: It completely delivers in every way, and we pretty much thought it was flawless. I believe it has a September release date (Hyperion<\/a><\/strong>), so people won’t have much longer to wait to find out what the pre-school-aged Trixie and her beloved bunny are up to this time. <\/p>\n In this image, Trixie and her daddy — who was initially reluctant to head out and retrieve Trixie’s rightful bunny (“Trixie’s daddy tried to explain what ‘2:30 a.m.’ means”) — are on a mission to right a wrong. Our review<\/a><\/strong> has much more info if you’re interested in hearing more about this great book. We thank Mo Willems most kindly for sharing an ilustration with us and our readers this week. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Woo-hoo! Thanks, Mo Willems, for the image from KB2. Love<\/em> that book!<\/p>\n 1* Well, obviously, the incredible birthday cento<\/strong><\/a> that Jules created for me was a fabulous gift. Thank you again! And thanks to everyone who chimed in on the birthdayness.<\/p>\n 3* Various cards, emails, phone calls, presents, and love from far-flung family and friends – including studio portraits of my nephew. Oh. My. God. Be glad the husband took the scanner with him, ’cause you’d be getting yet-another-eyeful of beautiful bald baby right now.<\/p>\n 4* I drove out to the Berks on Friday (where my husband’s current theatre gig<\/strong><\/a> is), and he treated me to a yummy sushi birthday dinner. <\/p>\n 6* My sister just went back to college, and is taking a required course in Logic and Critical Thinking (which I’m nerdy enough to think sounds awesome<\/em>). She called me the day after her first class and told me how the professor told them that they’re new best friend is going to be their librarian (!!!), and spent most of the class period talking about research methods and evaluating information sources. YEAH!!! ROCK ON!!! That’s<\/em> what I’m talkin’ about!<\/p>\n 7* This week over at Brotherhood 2.0<\/strong><\/a>, John took his punishment like a man. A man eating a blenderized girl’s Happy Meal* and waxing his leg, that is:<\/p>\n
2* Jules also sent me a book that her daughters made for me, based on Ashley Bryan’s Let It Shine<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, which has apparently become a huge hit in the Jules household. It has construction paper collage art, and my name spelled perfectly<\/em> in blue crayon. There’s even an original poem that, while it looks<\/em> like a bunch of scribbles over a construction paper tree, I am certain<\/em> is eloquent, brilliant, and lovely. (According to Jules’s margin notes, when she asked for a translation, Miriam said “I already DID write it down!”)<\/p>\n
5* I got my new library card! And I used it to check out Rats Saw God<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Rob Thomas<\/strong><\/a>, which a friend of mine has been telling me to read for years. Guess what? It’s really good.<\/p>\n