{"id":1385,"date":"2018-11-20T12:22:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T12:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2018-11-20T12:24:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T12:24:45","slug":"just-buy-it-advises-lindas-book-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=1385","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Just buy it&#8217; advises Linda&#8217;s Book Blog!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/c7406972.myzen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/front-cover-for-jules-final-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1318 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/c7406972.myzen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/front-cover-for-jules-final-1-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/front-cover-for-jules-final-1-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/front-cover-for-jules-final-1-300x376.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/front-cover-for-jules-final-1-768x963.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/front-cover-for-jules-final-1-817x1024.jpg 817w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/front-cover-for-jules-final-1-624x782.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/front-cover-for-jules-final-1.jpg 823w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a>So totally thrilled by the wonderful review on the lovely Linda&#8217;s Book Bag Blog! You can read the full review on the blog <a href=\"https:\/\/lindasbookbag.com\/2018\/11\/20\/jacob-starke-loves-the-dark-by-peta-rainford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, but I can&#8217;t resist reproducing some of the (many) highlights below:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">&#8220;It\u2019s absolutely brilliant and a must read with any child who is afraid of the dark.&#8221;<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">&#8220;The quality of illustration in\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Jacob Starke Loves the Dark<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0is outstanding. Even though many of the images need to be dark to support the text, they are still vibrant, beautiful and stunning. I loved the way so many animals feature, from domestic cats to turtles, especially as there fantastic messages about caring for the environment and the need to allow nature to experience darkness to thrive. Indeed, I think adults should read this book, never mind children, so that they can appreciate the environment more too.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">&#8220;The way the illustrations personify the dark works flawlessly.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">&#8220;The language in\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Jacob Starke Loves the Dark\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">is fabulous. Not only does Peta Rainford maintain the rhyme scheme impeccably without straining the language to fit, she balances familiar and challenging language so well, meaning that the book is accessible for independent readers as well as improving their own vocabulary.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">&#8220;I\u2019d love to see a copy of this book in every primary school in the UK. I can see so many educational and emotional benefits from reading it with and to children.&#8221;<\/span><\/h5>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">&#8220;It\u2019s difficult to convey what a triumph I think\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Jacob Starke Loves the Dark\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">is. It\u2019s a wonderful book and I cannot recommend it highly enough. Just buy it!&#8221;<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If you would like to follow Linda&#8217;s advice, you can buy\u00a0<em>Jacob Starke Loves the Dark\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.eu\/d\/aQIvkYS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So totally thrilled by the wonderful review on the lovely Linda&#8217;s Book Bag Blog! You can read the full review on the blog here, but I can&#8217;t resist reproducing some of the (many) highlights below: &#8220;It\u2019s absolutely brilliant and a must read with any child who is afraid of the dark.&#8221; &#8220;The quality of illustration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1387,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions\/1387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}