Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast

“But then he noticed how the sunlight shone through the onion’s layers.”
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Today over at Kirkus, I’ve two new picture books about loss, seeking comfort, and being found.

That is here.

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Last week, I wrote here about Alexandria Giardino’s Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda and his Muse (Cameron Kids, September 2018), illustrated by Felicita Sala. I’ve some spreads from the book here today.

Enjoy!

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Maps. Discoveries. Inquiry. Over at BookPage, I’ve a feature on Deborah Marcero’s My Heart Is a Compass (Little, Brown, November 2018) and Joyce Hesselberth’s Mapping Sam (Greenwillow, October 2018).

That is here.

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Over at Kirkus about two weeks ago, I chatted here with author Jonathan Auxier about his novel Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster (Amulet, September 2018). When I write about picture books over at Kirkus, I always do follow-up posts here at 7-Imp with lots of art, so you’d think there’d be no Sweep follow-up post, seeing as how it’s a novel without any illustrations. But I do have art! Jonathan is sharing his journal sketches, ones he made during the course of writing this book, which you know (if you’ve read it) is a novel that has been many years in the making. You also know, if you’ve read it, that Jonathan has been fascinated with and drawing golems since the age of 19, when he lived for some time in the Czech Republic. (Those older drawings are quite possibly lost to time, he says.) Read the rest of this entry �

 

At Kirkus today, I’ve got a picture book about gratitude and, more specifically, an onion that “came out of the dark earth to shine like a bright moon.”

That is here.

Until Sunday . . .

 
Up for some tiny baby horses and/or very big dogs today? I’ve a review over at BookPage of Elliott Kalan’s Horse Meets Dog (Balzer + Bray, October 2018), illustrated by Tim Miller. That review is here, and here today at 7-Imp is some art from the book.

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Top: Early sketch of Tiger; bottom: final art from the book

 
This morning over at Kirkus, I’ve an interview with author Jonathan Auxier about his newest novel, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster.

That is here.

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Last week, I wrote here about Emily Tetri’s Tiger vs. Nightmare (First Second, November 2018). Today, I’ve some art from the book, and Emily also shares some preliminary images — some art from the book pitch and a couple images showing early Tiger and Monster art.

Enjoy!

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Over at BookPage, I’m shining a spotlight on Yuyi Morales’ Dreamers (Neal Porter Books/Holiday House, September 2018) and Juan Felipe Herrera’s Imagine (Candlewick, September 2018), illustrated by Lauren Castillo.

That is here.

(If you missed it, Yuyi Morales visited 7-Imp in August to share a photo essay on the making of Dreamers.)

“Cherries! Cherries from Paghman here!”

 
On shelves now, dedicated to “the children of Afghanistan,” is a picture book originally published in Japan in 1995 but brought here to the States (as the first book in a series) just last month — Yutaka Kobayashi’s The Most Beautiful Village in the World (Museyon, October 2018). This unusual picture book gives child readers a glimpse into life in Afghanistan, specifically the village of Paghman.

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Because it is beautiful and because I thought we could all use a shot of hope and love this week, I’ve some spreads here today from Chris Raschka’s newest picture book, Paul Writes (a Letter), published by Eerdmans in September.

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— From Clémentine Beauvais’s Hello, Monster!,
illustrated by Maisie Paradise Shearring

 

— From Gusti’s Mallko and Dad

 

— From Hallee Adelman’s My Quiet Ship,
illustrated by Sonia Sánchez

 
Over at Kirkus today, I write about the debut book from Emily Tetri.

That is here.

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Last week, I wrote here about Hallee Adelman’s My Quiet Ship (Albert Whitman, October 2018), illustrated by Sonia Sánchez; Gusti’s Mallko and Dad (Enchanted Lion, November 2018); and Clémentine Beauvais’s Hello, Monster! (Thames & Hudson, October 2018), illustrated by Maisie Paradise Shearring.

I’m following up today with some art from each book.

Enjoy!

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