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9781452150512
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"When Jim wakes up one Tuesday morning, he doesn't feel like eating his pancakes. In fact, Jim doesn't feel like Jim. He feels rather, well, beastly. But he is hungry. Very hungryThis clever and relatable tale of moods from Laurel Snyder and Chuck Groenink offers a lighthearted depiction of the beastliness that lives inside all of us and the power we have to put it in its place. Surprising yet satisfying, this richly illustrated book brims with humor that readers of all ages will be roaring to devour."
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Biographisches: "Laurel Snyder is the author of many books for children, including the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award–" Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from July 22, 2019 In this clever tribute to Maurice Sendak, Snyder and Groenink gleefully subvert picture book norms by embracing the beastliest behavior. Jim wakes up one Tuesday as a lion—and a hungry one at that. His growly stomach underscores a growly mood: “He wanted to eat anything. He wanted to eat everything . He wanted to cry.” In fairy tale fashion, Jim devours his mother (but not her pancakes), a butcher (but not his meats), and several other townspeople in a conflicted rampage. Perfectly matched prose and pictures ring with deadpan humor—Groenink’s expressive pencil drawings reveal the extent of Jim’s feeding frenzy as Snyder playfully hints that Jim “met” people along his way. As his ferocity grows, warmly lit illustrations shift into stormy tones, matching the lion’s feelings. After encountering a bigger, meaner foe, he returns home “to find things mostly as he left them,” and a transformation takes place that leaves him hungry (“for pancakes”) and, at least for the moment, contented. Snyder and Groenink’s audacious allegory acknowledges Sendak’s attention to children’s turbulent inner worlds and mighty capacity for imagination, and empowers readers to face their own difficult days. Ages 3–5. Author’s agent: Tina Dubois, ICM Partners. Illustrator’s agent: Stephen Barr, Writers House. " Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: July 15, 2019 When Jim wakes up as a lion with a beastly appetite, it takes him a while to learn impulse control. Rightly and properly dedicated to Maurice Sendak, the tale takes Jim--waking at his mother's invitation to pancakes and thinking that she sound[s] delicious--on a rampage that has him gobbling down his parent (She was delicious) and everyone he meets. Even as he does this, however, he feels worse and worse about it and finally remorsefully coughs his victims back up one by one, becoming a boy again hungry only for pancakes (plus perhaps a large bear for an appetizer). Enhanced by familiar lighting, angles, and stagey perspectives, Groenink's illustrations have a similarly psycho-Sendakian cast, centering on a magnificently leonine protagonist with lightly anthropomorphized features who bounds down a street of antique, neatly drawn shops and into a gloomy forest. He discreetly does his chowing down (aside from the occasional glimpse of ankle or empty shoe) and urping up out of sight (except for one delighted child who emerges, smiling, on the sidewalk following a braap). Upon returning to his bedroom, Jim is transformed into a small but jaunty white lad in pajamas. Aside from the bear, his similarly light-skinned provender ends up sprawled on the ground, disheveled and astonished but unharmed. A reassuring promise that it's OK to be beastly: The pancakes will still be there, and they'll be hot. (Picture book. 6-8) COPYRIGHT(2019) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. " Rezension(4): "〈a href=http://www.slj.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/schoollibraryjournal_logo.png alt=School Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: September 1, 2019PreS-K- Young Jim wakes up one morning supremely hungry. He is also feeling beastly. He wanders downstairs, only to eat his mother. Conflicted, he flees the house, running through town, gobbling nearly everyone he encounters. His stomach continues to growl, but Jim feels sad and ashamed. Finally, contemplating his next move in the woods, Jim is confronted by a bear that he quickly gobbles up. Now satiated, Jim makes the journey home, and along the way, things begin to return to their normal, more pleasant, state. Part Kafkaesque tale and part homage to Maurice Sendak, as noted in the dedication, this book is a pure delight. The text is straightforward, with simple sentences and boldface words for emphasis, making it very accessible to young readers. Jim's internal struggle with his stomach, with the hyperbole of being hungry enough to eat a bear, is comical and whimsical, while also extremely relatable. The dialogue is cheeky and funny, as the bear tells Jim he must eat him because, well, he's a bear. Groenink's illustrations are stunning, reminiscent of Sendak with a touch more lightness. VERDICT A definite celebration of his style and not an outright copy, this is a must-have for fans of Sendak who adore tales of wildness,sure to have readers young and old giggling with joy.- Kaitlin Malixi, Kensington Health Sciences Academy, PhiladelphiaCopyright 2019 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. "
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