{"id":22355,"date":"2014-02-25T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T17:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=22355"},"modified":"2015-08-15T23:22:09","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T03:22:09","slug":"hi-koo-a-year-of-seasons-by-jon-j-muth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/hi-koo-a-year-of-seasons-by-jon-j-muth\/","title":{"rendered":"Hi, Koo! A Year of Seasons by Jon J. Muth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hi,<\/a>What is it about panda bears that makes them soooo utterly irresistible? Click here to see if you could possibly be immune to those “chubbly-wubbly.”<\/a>\u00a0Curmudgeon that I usually am, even I succumbed to “beary love.”<\/p>\n

Jon Muth<\/a>\u00a0personally knows their inevitably undeniable appeal: his giant panda, Stillwater, and his nephew, Koo, have helped make Muth a mega-bestselling, multi-award-winning author\/illustrator many times over with\u00a0Zen Shorts, Zen Ties<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0and Zen Ghosts<\/em>, as well as dozens of other titles to Muth’s name.<\/p>\n

His latest \u2013 hitting shelves today\u00a0\u2013\u00a0is an ingenious celebration of young Koo’s multifaceted talents: Koo is a prolific poet\u00a0who can embed all 26 letters of the alphabet (watch for the capitalizations) as he shares his appreciation of the unique sights of the changing seasons in 26 haiku. The wordplay is especially clever and entertaining: a charming challenge for older kiddies, a lyrical delight for the youngest.<\/p>\n

Koo opens with autumn, anticipating a change in wardrobe, leaves, and warmth. He’s joined by two friends as they chase melting icicles and a vanishing cat. Crocuses announce the coming of spring, when too much indoor TV time finally turns to outdoor adventures. Birds make nests, and Koo mourns the accidental death of a bug (oh, be still my heart!). Summer arrives with violet petals and butterfly kisses, and Koo takes a moment of quiet, sharing the splendor with two avian companions lovingly perched … on his head, of course!<\/p>\n

Spring is in the air (finally!), the perfect reason to share this whimsy and glee: say ‘hi, Koo’ with his heartfelt haiku.<\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Children<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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