Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku

Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku
AuthorLee Wardlaw
IllustratorEugene Yelchin
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book
Published2011 (Henry Holt)
Publication placeUSA
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages32 (unpaginated)
ISBN9780805089950
OCLC432594956

Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku is a 2011 children's picture book by Lee Wardlaw and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin. Told in senryu, it is about a shelter cat that is adopted by a family.

Reception

A review in Kirkus Reviews of Won Ton wrote "Wardlaw's terse, traditional verse captures catness from every angle, while Yelchin's graphite and gouache illustrations telegraph cat-itude with every stretch and sinuous slink",[1] and Publishers Weekly called it "A surprisingly powerful story in verse."[2]

Won Ton has also been reviewed by Booklist,[3] BookPage,[4] Horn Book Guides,[5] School Library Journal,[6] and Library Media Connection.[7]

It is a 2012 NCTE/CLA Notable Children's Book in the English Language Arts,[8] won the 2012 Lee Bennett Hopkins Award for Poetry,[9] and won the 2013 Beehive Poetry Book Award.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. June 12, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  3. ^ "Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku (starred review)". Booklist. American Library Association. 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2022. Like Bob Raczka's Guyku (2010), this title shows that poetry can be fun, free, and immediate, even as it follows traditional structure...
  4. ^ "Sweet Words For Little Readers: Telling Tales". BookPage. BookPage. Retrieved February 11, 2022. This is a touching tale, made even more dramatic by Eugene Yelchin's sublime illustrations, which vary on every page, adding drama, emotion, fun and beauty.
  5. ^ "Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku". Horn Book Guides. Media Source Inc. 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2022. The animal's fear, pride, and gradual trust come across clearly in Wardlaw's poems. Yelchin's graphite and gouache pictures match the poems' sensitivity and humor,...
  6. ^ Elizabeth Bird (January 24, 2011). "Review of the Day: Won Ton by Lee Wardlaw". School Library Journal. Media Source Inc. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved February 11, 2022. A cheery ode to a boy and his cat, this is one of the books to grab the next time someone asks you for "fun haiku". Or really, any poetry in general.
  7. ^ Laura Dooley-Taylor (2011). "Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku". Library Media Connection. Linworth Publications. Retrieved February 11, 2022. This is a feast for the senses!
  8. ^ Donalyn Miller (March 13, 2012). "2012 NCTE/CLA Notable Children's Books in the English Language Arts". Education Week. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  9. ^ Allie Cole (April 13, 2012). "Won Ton, the Winning Cat: S.B. Author Wins Poetry Award for Her Children's Book". Santa Barbara Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  10. ^ "Poetry Book Winners by Year" (PDF). claubeehive.org. Children's Literature Association of Utah. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved February 11, 2022.