{"id":980,"date":"2010-01-01T23:04:29","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T03:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=980"},"modified":"2010-02-12T00:36:48","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T04:36:48","slug":"review-of-the-lion-and-the-mouse-by-jerry-pinkney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=980","title":{"rendered":"Review of The Lion and the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/lion_and_the_mouse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/lion_and_the_mouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"lion_and_the_mouse\" width=\"160\" height=\"139\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-981\" \/><\/a><em>The Lion and the Mouse<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Jerry Pinkney<\/p>\n<p>Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers, New York, 2009.  36 pages.<br \/>\nStarred Review<br \/>\n2010 Caldecott Medal Winner<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Standouts2010.html\">Sonderbooks Stand-out 2010<\/a>: #6 Picture Books<\/p>\n<p>This stunning picture book is my pick for the 2010 Caldecott Medal.  The amazingly detailed paintings tell the story of the well-known fable without words, the only text being animal sounds as part of the pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Without words, I was surprised at what a success this book was at Storytime.  The big, beautiful pictures captured the children&#8217;s attention, and there was lots for them to talk about on each page.  The expressions on the faces of the characters show emotion beautifully.  There&#8217;s lots of variety in the format, from close-ups to wide angle shots.  It would take many readings before you had noticed all the detail in the backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>I got to hear Jerry Pinkney talk about writing this book at the National Book Festival.  He clearly loves animals, and that comes across in this magnificent book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0316013560\/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\/lion_and_the_mouse.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/lion_and_the_mouse.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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers, New York, 2009. 36 pages. Starred Review 2010 Caldecott Medal Winner Sonderbooks Stand-out 2010: #6 Picture Books This stunning picture book is my pick for the 2010 Caldecott Medal. The amazingly detailed paintings tell the story of the well-known [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,66,38,15,31,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-characters","category-award-winners","category-folk-tales","category-picture-book-review","category-stand-outs","category-starred-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980","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=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}