{"id":8819,"date":"2012-04-02T21:52:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T01:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=8819"},"modified":"2012-04-02T21:52:45","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T01:52:45","slug":"review-of-what-animals-really-like-by-fiona-robinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=8819","title":{"rendered":"Review of What Animals Really Like, by Fiona Robinson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/what_animals_really_like.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/what_animals_really_like.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"what_animals_really_like\" width=\"160\" height=\"159\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/what_animals_really_like.jpg 160w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/what_animals_really_like-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a><em>What Animals Really Like<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Fiona Robinson<\/p>\n<p>Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York, 2011.<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p>If you like silly picture books; if you like reading books that make kids giggle, this is just the book.<\/p>\n<p>When a child is big enough to know basic animal facts, know how books use rhyme to give you hints, he&#8217;s going to appreciate the surprises here.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Herbert Timberteeth, a beaver, is preparing for a big event.  There&#8217;s an elaborate fold-out of many animals assembled on stage, dressed in their finest.  Mr. Timberteeth is the conductor.<\/p>\n<p>The song begins, with the groups of animals singing:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are lions, and we like to prowl.<br \/>\nWe are wolves, and we like to howl.<br \/>\nWe are pigeons, and we like to coo.<br \/>\nWe are cows, and we like to . . . *turn page*<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;. . . dig.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Timberteeth tries to ignore it and move on.  The next page:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are monkeys, and we like to play.<br \/>\nWe are horses, and we like fresh hay.<br \/>\nWe are worms, and we like to wiggle.<br \/>\nWe are warthogs, and we like to . . . <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;. . . blow enormous bubbles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the animals decide they aren&#8217;t going to sing about what Mr. Timberteeth thinks they like, but about what they really like.  Thus, a truly silly song begins.  It doesn&#8217;t rhyme, but the pictured antics are hilarious.  In fact the silly details in the pictures will reward reading this book again and again.<\/p>\n<p>Only for silly readers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/081098976X\/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\/Picture_Books\/what_animals_really_like.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/what_animals_really_like.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>What Animals Really Like by Fiona Robinson Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York, 2011. Starred Review If you like silly picture books; if you like reading books that make kids giggle, this is just the book. When a child is big enough to know basic animal facts, know how books use rhyme to give [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,14,15,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-characters","category-delightfully-silly","category-picture-book-review","category-starred-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8819","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=8819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}