What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week,
Featuring Intelaq Mohammed Ali,
Emma Chichester Clark, Omer Hoffmann,
Briony Stewart, and Duncan Tonatiuh

— From Orna Landau’s Leopardpox!,
illustrated by Omer Hoffmann
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who opened a school where I taught logic and astronomy. …”
— From Fatima Sharafeddine’s The Amazing Discoveries of Ibn Sina,
illustrated by Intelaq Mohammed Ali
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— From Briony Stewart’s Here in the Garden
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— From Jorge Argueta’s Salsa: Un Poema Para Cocinar / A Cooking Poem, illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
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That’s a very long post title, but I have a lot of art today.
Last week, I wrote here at Kirkus about some new picture book imports, so I’m following up today here at 7-Imp with some art from each book (some art above and some more below).
Today over at Kirkus, I have three new picture books that are oh-so lovely, and that link is here.
Enjoy the rest of the art below.
Bears Don’t Read! (Kane Miller, March 2015)


‘WAIT!’ cried George. …”
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illustrated by Omer Hoffmann
(Clarion, February 2015)

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‘Who brings a leopard to a pediatrician?’ they shouted.
Mama was insulted. ‘This isn’t a leopard! It’s my girl.’ …”
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The Amazing Discoveries of Ibn Sina,
illustrated by Intelaq Mohammed Ali
(Groundwood, March 2015)

I was born in 980, over a thousand years ago …”
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light travels faster than sound. …”
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(Kane Miller, March 2015)

as the sky burned every shade of blue. “
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Un Poema Para Cocinar / A Cooking Poem,
illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
(Groundwood, March 2015)

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I am ready with four tomatoes. …”
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My mother warms up tortillas, / and she’s dancing salsa. …”
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THE AMAZING DISCOVERIES OF IBN SINA. Text copyright © 2013 by Fatima Sharafeddine. Illustrations copyright © 2013 by Intelaq Mohammed Ali. First published in English in Canada and the USA in 2015 by Groundwood Books. Illustrations reproduced by their permission.
BEARS DON’T READ! Text and illustrations copyright © Emma Chichester Clark 2014. First American Edition 2015 Kane Miller. Illustrations reproduced by their permission.
HERE IN THE GARDEN. Copyright © 2014 Briony Stewart. First American Edition 2015 Kane Miller. Illustrations reproduced by their permission.
LEOPARDPOX! Text copyright © 2012 by Orna Landau. Illustrations copyright © 2012 by Omer Hoffmann. Translated from the Hebrew by Annette Appel. Published in English in the United States by Clarion Books, 2014. Illustrations reproduced by their permission.
SALSA: UN POEMA PARA COCINAR / A COOKING POEM. Text copyright © 2015 by Jorge Argueta. Illustrations copyright © 2015 by Duncan Tonatiuh. English translation copyright © 2015 by Elisa Amado. Published in the Canada and the USA in 2015 by Groundwood Books. Illustrations reproduced by their permission.
Curses that Leopardpox! isn’t in our system yet. That looks very like my kind of a book.