![]() ![]() ![]() The majority of them appeared in that draft, but I was disappointed to have forgotten naming 7 as the “prime suspect.” Luckily, I got that one into the endpapers, which Ross MacDonald and I brainstormed as the last piece of the 7 Ate 9 pi. Tara: I’m a life-long lover of puns, so they zoomed out of me as I was writing the first draft. How many revisions did it take to get those polished to perfection or were those there from the very beginning? I loved all of the puns and clever asides. This mad cap concept is wonderful!ġ: This is perhaps your funniest picture book yet. He was giggling at some of the lines right along with me. I’m a HUGE fan of film noir, Dashiell Hammett, and puns! I was SO delighted with the story when I dove in that I had to read it out loud to my husband. This film-noir style harkens back to Dashiell Hammett’s “The Maltese Falcon” but with a giant slice of humor thrown in. Tara’s story is told by a Private “I” who is given a case by a very nervous 6 to try and solve: the mysterious disappearance of 9. ![]() This time it’s for a different picture book that was released just last week: “7 Ate 9: the Untold Story.” It’s GENIUS! It’s hilarious! If you are a fan of puns that is, but then you should know what you’re in for with a title that plays on the classic joke “Why is 6 afraid of 7?” I realize we JUST had a Simply 7 interview with Tara not too long ago, but it’s already time for another 1. ![]()
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