{"id":44262,"date":"2024-09-12T22:16:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T02:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=44262"},"modified":"2024-09-12T22:16:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T02:16:25","slug":"review-of-the-ship-in-the-window-written-by-travis-jonker-illustrated-by-matthew-cordell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=44262","title":{"rendered":"Review of The Ship in the Window, written by Travis Jonker, illustrated by Matthew Cordell"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Ship in the Window<\/em><\/p>\n

written by Travis Jonker
\nillustrated by Matthew Cordell<\/p>\n

Viking (Penguin Random House), 2024. 40 pages.
\nReview written September 6, 2024, from a library book.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

First, I have to give a disclosure: The author of this book, Travis Jonker, is a friend of mine, or at least a librarian acquaintance. When we see each other at library conferences, we smile and say Hi! So — I’m for sure going to like his books, and I continue to be excited for him that he’s writing books that are getting published.<\/p>\n

But let me tell you about his latest. The illustrator is Caldecott Winner Matthew Cordell – so you know it’s going to be good!<\/p>\n

The story is simple. Who among us hasn’t looked at an intricately crafted miniature ship and wondered if it could actually sail? In this book, the participants find out!<\/p>\n

The story opens in wordless pictures before the title page. We see house close to the shore, and then inside the house, a man is carefully crafting a miniature ship. We see a boy by his side, looking on, and if you look closely, you’ll also see a mouse.<\/p>\n

When the story opens, we get the viewpoint of the mouse, Mabel, who lives in the house with the man and the boy – and the magnificent untouched ship in the window.<\/p>\n

Mabel knew it was the man’s prized possession because she had watched him spend months building it, carefully perfecting every last detail.<\/p>\n

He wouldn’t even let the boy help.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mabel wonders if it could sail like a real ship. She daydreams about being the captain of this ship. She can see that the boy shares in her wondering.<\/p>\n

And then one night, the door gets left open, and Mabel sees her chance to find out!<\/p>\n

This book is about Mabel’s adventure that night and what happens when the man discovers the ship is gone. (His alarm is expressed, but the ending softens it beautifully.)<\/p>\n

This is simply a lovely little book about imagination and adventure. And new friends.<\/p>\n

TravisJonkerBooks.com<\/a>
\nMatthewCordell.com<\/a>
\nPenguin.com\/kids<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Find this review on Sonderbooks<\/a> at: www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/ship_in_the_window.html<\/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

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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ship in the Window written by Travis Jonker illustrated by Matthew Cordell Viking (Penguin Random House), 2024. 40 pages. Review written September 6, 2024, from a library book. Starred Review First, I have to give a disclosure: The author of this book, Travis Jonker, is a friend of mine, or at least a librarian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,15,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-characters","category-picture-book-review","category-starred-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44262","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=44262"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44276,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44262\/revisions\/44276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}