{"product_id":"jims-lion-isbn-9780763665173","title":"Jim's Lion","description":"\u003cb\u003eRussell Hoban’s moving, unflinching tale of a boy who finds bravery during illness is reimagined in graphic-novel format with art by Alexis Deacon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsleep in his hospital bed, Jim dreams of a great lion with white teeth and amber eyes. This lion is Jim’s finder. According to Nurse Bami, everyone has a finder, a creature who comes looking for us when we are lost. But when the time comes for Jim’s operation, will his lion be able to find him and bring him safely home? Dramatically reimagined as a graphic novel by award-winning illustrator Alexis Deacon, with the inclusion of powerful dream sequences, Russell Hoban’s tale of a boy’s search for strength and courage will resonate with any child dealing with adversity.In watercolors simultaneously delicate and taut with emotion, Deacon imagines Jim and his lion fighting his sickness. Small panels capture with marvelous powers of invention the hallucinatory nature of sickness. Dreamlike worlds of death threaten to engulf Jim, are beaten back, then gather strength and attack again. Deacon’s images enhance but do not overwhelm Hoban’s story, which holds its own potent magic. Nurse Bami tells Jim how he’ll know he’s found his finder: “The real thing is always more than you’re ready for,” she says. This is the real thing.\u003cbr\u003e—Publishers Weekly (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDramatic... Wordless dream (or more accurately, nightmare) sequences presented in panels make up more than half the pages, expanding the vision and intensifying the impact of Hoban's words. ... The spare, low-key telling heightens the paintings' emotional heft. ... This ... inventive work is most likely to be appreciated for its artistic vision.\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a spare allegory, and Deacon’s illustrations complement and extend the brief text. ... The art highlights the feverish terror of Jim’s dreams... Sophisticated art... The unique story and remarkable art warrant this a place in library collections.\u003cbr\u003e—School Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe intensity of the imagery calls to mind the respect afforded to children’s emotional capacities found in Shaun Tan’s “The Red Tree.\" ... Just what the doctor ordered for children with vivid imaginations facing their own traumatic ordeals.\u003cbr\u003e—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompelling and disquieting, Deacon’s artwork, a dazzling emotional tour de force, takes this old story to exciting new levels.\u003cbr\u003e—Jules Danielson, Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBreathtaking... The book is a lovely blurring of what is dream, what is reality, as Jim finds courage to free himself from his fears. ... Inspiring.\u003cbr\u003e—The Buffalo News\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe deftly illustrated watercolor paintings support the delicate tone of the text.\u003cbr\u003e—Library Media Connection\u003cb\u003eRussell Hoban \u003c\/b\u003e(1925–2011) once described himself as “an addict to writing” and wrote more than fifty books for children, including such classics as \u003ci\u003eBedtime for Frances \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen. \u003c\/i\u003eWith Candlewick, he was the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sea-Thing Child, \u003c\/i\u003eillustrated by Patrick Benson, \u003ci\u003eSoonchild,\u003c\/i\u003e also illustrated by Alexis Deacon, and \u003ci\u003eRosie’s Magic Horse,\u003c\/i\u003e illustrated by Quentin Blake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexis Deacon \u003c\/b\u003ecreated the acclaimed picture books \u003ci\u003eSlow Loris\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhile You Were Sleeping\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBeegu\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year. He is also the illustrator of Russell Hoban’s \u003ci\u003eSoonchild\u003c\/i\u003e. Alexis Deacon lives in London.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299814854885,"sku":"NP9780763665173","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780763665173.jpg?v=1767730422","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/jims-lion-isbn-9780763665173","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}