{"id":37968,"date":"2020-09-12T22:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T02:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37968"},"modified":"2020-09-12T22:05:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T02:05:00","slug":"review-of-sunny-by-celia-krampien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37968","title":{"rendered":"Review of Sunny, by Celia Krampien"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Sunny<\/em><\/p>\n

by Cecilia Krampien<\/p>\n

Roaring Brook Press, 2020. 36 pages.
\nReview written July 11, 2020, from a library book
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

This little picture book is in the tradition of tall tales of bad luck followed by good luck followed by bad luck followed by good luck. In this case, there\u2019s a sequence of apparently terribly bad things that happen to a little girl named Sunny \u2013 but she sees the bright side. And has some really good luck to offset the bad luck.<\/p>\n

It starts with just a dreary day, windy and rainy, with kids trudging through the rain on the way to school. Most people would say that\u2019s a bad day.<\/p>\n

But not Sunny.
\nSunny thought this day was the perfect day to use her big yellow umbrella. And it was.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But then the wind catches the umbrella and Sunny\u2019s flying through the air. Most people would say that\u2019s a bad situation, but not Sunny. Not even when she gets blown out to sea and stranded in a little boat and washed up on a lonely big rock.<\/p>\n

When things finally get so very dreary that even Sunny starts to cry \u2013 that\u2019s when there\u2019s a dramatic, lovely, and perhaps slightly unlikely rescue.<\/p>\n

So, sure, she\u2019s a little bit late to school, but she has a mighty good story to tell.<\/p>\n

This fun picture book gives readers a chance to think about looking at the bright side with a story whose unlikeliness makes it all the more enjoyable.<\/p>\n

And hmmm. Perhaps I liked it all the more because I read it during 2020, when a successive series of unlikely bad events have happened. I wonder if I can find good sides like Sunny?<\/p>\n

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Source: This review is based on a 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

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