{"id":37278,"date":"2024-04-28T19:03:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T23:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37278"},"modified":"2024-04-29T21:24:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T01:24:44","slug":"review-of-where-lily-isnt-by-julie-paschkis-illustrations-by-margaret-chodos-irvine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37278","title":{"rendered":"Review of Where Lily Isn’t, by Julie Paschkis, illustrations by Margaret Chodos-Irvine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Where Lily Isn\u2019t<\/em><\/p>\n

by Julie Paschkis
\nillustrations by Margaret Chodos-Irvine<\/p>\n

Godwin Books (Henry Holt and Company), 2020. 32 pages.
\nReview written March 5, 2020, from a library book
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a simple but beautiful book about loss. I wouldn\u2019t use it for storytime. But I think it would be appreciated if you read it with a child who\u2019d lost a pet. It leaves room for sadness, but has a message of hope that transcends being trite because the weight of this beautiful book is behind it.<\/p>\n

Lily was a loving, happy dog. Here\u2019s how the book begins:<\/p>\n

Lily ran<\/p>\n

and jumped and barked and whimpered and growled and wiggled and wagged<\/p>\n

and licked and snuggled.<\/p>\n

But not now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And then the book catalogs all the places where Lily isn\u2019t now, places like \u201cbeside my chair, waiting for some food to fall\u201d or \u201cwaiting just inside the door.\u201d At the park now, the bushes are unsniffed. And when the letter carrier puts letters through the slot, they just fall to the floor, with no barks.<\/p>\n

The book ends with the sentiment that Lily will always be in the girl\u2019s heart, and shows her drawing many pictures of Lily in places we\u2019ve already discussed.<\/p>\n

This book wouldn\u2019t have to be as nice as it is. But the pictures go beautifully with the words, and thinking about all the ways Lily interacted with her owner as she went through her day makes the reader feel the loss, too.<\/p>\n

juliepaschkis.com<\/a>
\nchodos-irvine.com<\/a>
\nmackids.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n

What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n

*Note* To try to catch up on posting reviews, I\u2019m posting the oldest reviews I\u2019ve written on my blog without making a page on my main website. They\u2019re still good books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where Lily Isn\u2019t by Julie Paschkis illustrations by Margaret Chodos-Irvine Godwin Books (Henry Holt and Company), 2020. 32 pages. Review written March 5, 2020, from a library book Starred Review Here\u2019s a simple but beautiful book about loss. I wouldn\u2019t use it for storytime. But I think it would be appreciated if you read it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,15,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contemporary","category-picture-book-review","category-starred-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37278","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=37278"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43696,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37278\/revisions\/43696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}