{"id":3577,"date":"2011-05-21T22:54:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-22T02:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=3577"},"modified":"2011-05-21T22:54:41","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T02:54:41","slug":"review-of-won-ton-by-lee-wardlaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=3577","title":{"rendered":"Review of Won Ton, by Lee Wardlaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/won_ton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/won_ton.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"won_ton\" width=\"108\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3964\" \/><\/a><em>Won Ton<\/p>\n<p>A Cat Tale Told in Haiku<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Lee Wardlaw<br \/>\nillustrated by Eugene Yelchin<\/p>\n<p>Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2011.  34 pages.<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p>This book works both as a collection of short, accessible poems and as an entertaining picture book.  The author&#8217;s note at the beginning informs us that technically the poems inside are senryu, not haiku.  But the syllable format is the same, and I think it was a good choice to use &#8220;Haiku&#8221; in the title, since that is a term most school children are familiar with.<\/p>\n<p>This book takes us from a cat in a pet store waiting to be bought to a cat in a home with his very own beloved boy.  The illustrations show a true cat nature, and so do the poems.  <\/p>\n<p>Here are a few I particularly like:<\/p>\n<p>Yawn.  String-on-a-stick.<br \/>\nFine.  I&#8217;ll come out and chase it<br \/>\nto make you happy.<\/p>\n<p>Scrat-ching-post?  Haven&#8217;t<br \/>\nheard of it.  Besides, the couch<br \/>\nis so much closer.<\/p>\n<p>Letmeoutletme<br \/>\noutletmeoutletmeout.<br \/>\nWait &#8212; let me back in!<\/p>\n<p>Your tummy, soft as<br \/>\nwarm dough.  I knead and knead, then<br \/>\nbake it with a nap.<\/p>\n<p>Definitely charming.  Reading this to a small child will prompt them to look at a cat with new eyes.  Reading it to an older child may get them writing haiku of their own.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0805089950\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Nonfiction\/won_ton.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Nonfiction\/won_ton.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: This review is based on a library book from the Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Won Ton A Cat Tale Told in Haiku by Lee Wardlaw illustrated by Eugene Yelchin Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2011. 34 pages. Starred Review This book works both as a collection of short, accessible poems and as an entertaining picture book. The author&#8217;s note at the beginning informs us that technically the poems [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,11,15,28,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-characters","category-childrens-nonfiction-review","category-picture-book-review","category-poetry","category-starred-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}