Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast

— From David Covell’s Run Wild(Click image to enlarge)   “Crows charge and chase, darting and diving,driving Father Hawk from their roost.”— From Maria Gianferrari’s Hawk Rising, illustrated by Brian Floca(Click image to enlarge)   Over at Kirkus today, I’ve got a picture book I find to be a bit of a balm for one’s […]

“You are a burst of joy and … I love you.”(Click to enlarge spread, which is sans text)   Here’s something a bit different today. It’s not often that I feature novelty books here at the blog, including pop-up books. For one, you all know I love to show you the art inside of a […]

  Author-illustrator David Soman visits 7-Imp this morning for a cyber breakfast and gives just the right answer to my question about what he would like to have on our cyber-table. “Coffee,” he says. “Coffee and blueberry banana pancakes. With coffee. Sweet Sue’s, a great breakfast joint in somewhat nearby Phoenecia, New York, calls blueberry […]

  It’s the first Sunday of the month, which means that here in 7-Imp Land I take a look at the work of an up-and-coming illustrator. Today, instead of a student, I’ve got a debut author-illustrator. David Litchfield’s new book, The Bear and the Piano (Clarion), was evidently inspired (in part) by the White Stripes’ […]

— From Beatrix Potter &the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig(Click to enlarge)   — From Say It!   Today at Kirkus, I look at some reissues that make me happy. That link is here. * * * Last week, I wrote here about, in part, Deborah Hopkinson’s newest picture book, Beatrix Potter & […]

I couldn’t let 2014 go by without posting this interview with British author-illustrator David Roberts. I’ve enjoyed his books over the years, but he also provided spot illustrations for Wild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature, the book I wrote with Betsy Bird and the late Peter D. Sieruta, which was released in August […]

(Click to enlarge) Happy Sunday, all … Right here over at BookPage, I reviewed Lucky from British designer and illustrator David Mackintosh, released by Abrams this month. Below, I’ve got some art from it, ’cause you know we just GOTTA take a peek inside the pages.

“And Mama Bear, being a mother, looked at each one of her three little bears,hugged them all very, very tight, kissed the tops of their furry heads,and forgave them. Then she brought them inside for a warm supper.”(Click to enlarge)   Now, wouldn’t this have been the perfect post for Mother’s Day a couple Sundays […]

I love to see a beautifully-crafted Mother Goose collection, and there’s a new one on shelves — David McPhail’s My Mother Goose: A Collection of Favorite Rhymes, Songs, and Concepts, released by Roaring Brook in October. As the sub-title indicates, these are classic nursery rhymes—McPhail sticks to the most beloved ones and doesn’t throw any […]

From “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” an English tale; Art by Graham Annable   This morning at Kirkus, I write about an intriguing international import called Laughing Penguins, written by Jesse Goossens and illustrated by Marije Tolman. That link is here. * * * Last week, I wrote about a handful of story collections (of […]