{"id":39927,"date":"2015-11-24T10:33:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T14:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=39927"},"modified":"2015-11-24T14:23:15","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T18:23:15","slug":"good-little-book-kyo-maclear-marion-arbona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/good-little-book-kyo-maclear-marion-arbona\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good Little Book by Kyo Maclear, illustrated by Marion Arbona"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Good<\/a>Winter is quickly settling around us … do you know where your favorite cuddle-up books are? Hopefully the ones you’ve loved again and again are out in the world spreading more love, which means you’ve got more room to add a few beloveds-to-be\u00a0to your waiting shelves.<\/p>\n

Consider this\u00a0Good Little Book<\/em>, because we all need reminders about the glee-inducing, happy-making\u00a0power of regularly indulging in\u00a0really, truly, magnificently good books.<\/p>\n

“Once there was a good little book,” our inviting\u00a0tale begins. “It had fine printed pages and a simple cover and a strong spine.” And indeed this does. Into the study in\u00a0which the good book keeps literary company\u00a0enters an angry boy sent to “think things over.” After exactly 12 seconds of cogitating, he pulls out the good little book and begins\u00a0to read. Well … we all know what happens with a good little book, right? Oh, the joy, the joy: “It dazzled him and stumped him and made him laugh and gasp. He read it through. Then he turned back to the beginning and read it again.”<\/p>\n

Boy\u00a0and book embark\u00a0on astonishing adventures … at least\u00a0until (oh no!)\u00a0the book goes\u00a0missing. In spite of the boy’s worry, not all is lost. Because when a favorite something gets found \u2013 even if by someone else \u2013 the joy just spreads.\u00a0And that’s what happens when the good little book gets discovered\u00a0and read, again and again and again.<\/p>\n

To\u00a0hapa Canadian Kyo Maclear<\/a>\u2019s fantabulous fable, French Canadian artist Marion Arbona<\/a>\u00a0adds vibrant color, ticklish humor, and stupendous wonder. Before the story even begins, a nameplate with crossed-out monikers\u00a0\u2013 Kyo<\/del> and Marion<\/del> included\u00a0\u2013 surrounded by whimsical doodles on top of the flowered background sets a giggly, conspiratorial tone. Inside the shiny pages are sprightly surprises galore, from books wearing their own reviews (“Redolent of stinky socks”), to the best positions (hanging upside down to empower the brain)\u00a0and\u00a0places (beyond the bathroom, ahem) to read, to all the endless possibilities any and every book might release.<\/p>\n

Brimming\u00a0with wit, imagination, attitude, and oh-so-much-style, this good little book couldn’t be better … all you need to do is open up and read.<\/p>\n

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

Published<\/strong>: 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Winter is quickly settling around us … do you know where your favorite cuddle-up books are? 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