{"id":9630,"date":"2010-09-28T08:08:14","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T12:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=9630"},"modified":"2014-05-19T13:28:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T17:28:07","slug":"the-boy-in-the-garden-by-allen-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/the-boy-in-the-garden-by-allen-say\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boy in the Garden by Allen Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/09\/Boy-in-the-Garden.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-28802\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/09\/Boy-in-the-Garden-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"Boy in the Garden\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a>Jiro and his father arrive at Mr. Ozu&#8217;s to wish him a happy new year. As the grown-ups talk, Jiro wanders first out of the room, then into the garden where he sees a striking, unmoving large bird. As he approaches it, laughter breaks out and his father and Mr. Ozu tell Jiro it&#8217;s only a statue.<\/p>\n<p>Embarrassed \u2013\u00a0with thoughts of the &#8220;Grateful Crane&#8221; story his mother just read to him, about a crane whose life was saved by a woodcutter \u2013 Jiro runs further into the expansive grounds until he comes upon a small cottage. Convinced he&#8217;s found the very woodcutter&#8217;s home, Jiro wanders in where wonderful and brave adventures await &#8230; This newest title from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/mgrps\/divs\/alsc\/awardsgrants\/bookmedia\/caldecottmedal\/caldecotthonors\/1994caldecott.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Caldecott Medalist<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com\/authors\/allensay\/author.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Allen Say<\/a> is another visual stunner.<\/p>\n<p>From young Jiro first seen holding his father&#8217;s hand, looking every which way admiring the magnificent gardens he&#8217;s just entered, to his tininess (emphasized by his oversized red indoor slippers) contrasted against a wide wall of wood windows, to his bundled up and rounded form lurking as he catches his first glimpse of the crane, Say&#8217;s panels are stupendous, revealing even more of his story than his words. But to make sure you miss nothing, Say includes &#8220;The Grateful Crane&#8221; at book&#8217;s beginning so readers will know exactly what &#8220;the story that Mama read to Jiro&#8221; is when it re-appears some pages in.<\/p>\n<p>Say has thought of everything to create an ultimate testament to the power of a young&#8217;s child&#8217;s imagination. Just reading his stories with our kiddies will surely stoke their creativity &#8230; not to mention fire up our wizened minds, as well!<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/tag\/allen-say\/\">here<\/a> to see the rest of Allen Say&#8217;s titles included in BookDragon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Children<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jiro and his father arrive at Mr. Ozu&#8217;s to wish him a happy new year. As the grown-ups talk, Jiro wanders first out of the room, then into the garden where he sees a striking, unmoving large bird. 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