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What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week, Plus What I Did
Last Week, Featuring Jillian Tamaki and Geraldo Valério

h1 March 16th, 2018 by jules


“But when I hold the water in my hands, it’s as clear as glass.
I toss it up in the air to make diamonds.”
— From Jillian Tamaki’s They Say Blue
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— From Geraldo Valério’s Blue Rider
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Over at Kirkus today, I’ve got a Swedish picture book import.

That is here.

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Last week, I wrote here about Jillian Tamaki’s They Say Blue (Abrams, March 2018), as well as Geraldo Valério’s Blue Rider (Groundwood, March 2018). I’m following up today with art from each book.

Enjoy!



 

From They Say Blue:


 


“… Which is true today! They say the sea is blue, too.
It certainly looks like it from here.”
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“I stretch to the sky with my fingers open wide. I sprouted!”
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From Blue Rider:


 


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THEY SAY BLUE. Text and illustrations copyright © 2018 Jillian Tamaki. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Abrams, New York.

BLUE RIDER. Copyright © 2018 by Geraldo Valério. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Groundwood, Toronto.





One comment to “What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week, Plus What I Did
Last Week, Featuring Jillian Tamaki and Geraldo Valério”

  1. Jillian Tamaki has SUCH a specific, movement-evocative style. I just love how her little girls are so boldly, bodily expressive – the lines and flow of background art and foreground character just meld so well.

         by tanita March 16th, 2018 at 11:31 am

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