{"id":2463,"date":"2018-12-18T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/?p=2463"},"modified":"2018-11-05T08:21:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T13:21:37","slug":"wintry-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/blog\/2018\/12\/18\/wintry-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Wintry Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2491\" src=\"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/books11.18-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/books11.18-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/books11.18.jpg 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/>As cuddle and cocoa and lap blanket time arrives, take a trip to the picture book section in your public library to read a few wise-beyond-their-age- group books.<\/p>\n<p>We often get so deeply into adult fare that we don&#8217;t look back to appreciate the children&#8217;s books that line those lower shelves, probably near a fish tank and tiny bean bag chairs; maybe beside a puppet stage or a small, low table circled by tiny chairs.<\/p>\n<p>Wander the shelves and pick random books, ask the librarian for suggestions, or look up the ALA (American Library Association)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www\/ala\/alsc\/awards-grants-nota\/ncb\"><strong>http:\/\/www\/ala\/alsc\/awards-grants-nota\/ncb<\/strong><\/a> for a list of notable children&#8217;s books of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>OR&#8230;Look for these books and other books by these authors to get you started. They&#8217;ll impress you with their simple messages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Stay: A Girl, a Dog, a Bucket List<\/em> by Kate Klise<\/li>\n<li><em>Where the Wild Things Are<\/em> by Maurice Sendak<\/li>\n<li><em>The Boy and the Whale<\/em> by Mordicai Gerstein<\/li>\n<li><em>Imagine a Night<\/em> by Sarah L. Thomson<\/li>\n<li><em>Stars<\/em> by Mary Lyn Ray and Maria Frazee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As cuddle and cocoa and lap blanket time arrives, take a trip to the picture book section in your public library to read a few wise-beyond-their-age- group books. We often get so deeply into adult fare that we don&#8217;t look back to appreciate the children&#8217;s books that line those lower shelves, probably near a fish tank and tiny bean bag chairs; maybe beside a puppet stage or a small, low table circled by tiny chairs. Wander the shelves and pick random books, ask the librarian for suggestions, or look up the ALA (American Library Association)\u00a0 http:\/\/www\/ala\/alsc\/awards-grants-nota\/ncb for a list of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[286,285,13,180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-an-activity","category-book-lists","category-musings","category-reader-suggestions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2463"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2503,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463\/revisions\/2503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}