{"id":1263,"date":"2012-11-16T21:57:52","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T21:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2013-01-17T15:03:13","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T15:03:13","slug":"christophers-caterpillars-by-charlotte-middleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/2012\/11\/christophers-caterpillars-by-charlotte-middleton\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher&#8217;s Caterpillars by Charlotte Middleton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a review Bryn &#038; I wrote for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/childrens-books-site\/2012\/jun\/02\/christophers-caterpillars-charlotte-middleton-review\">Guardian Family Review section<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20130117-150235.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20130117-150235.jpg\" alt=\"20130117-150235.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The stars of the book are two nattily dressed guinea pigs, Christopher and Posie, who get embroiled in a caterpillar mystery.<\/p>\n<p>The guinea pigs find six colourful caterpillars and decide to keep them as pets, with help from the local cafe owner Mr Rosetti who &#8220;knows everything about everything.&#8221; They are however taken by surprise one morning when the caterpillars go missing.<\/p>\n<p>Bryn immediately unravelled the mystery, having been a keen reader of The Hungry Caterpillar. A simple story but one Bryn repeatedly asks for. He is fascinated by the illustrations, a mixture of collage and drawing, and enjoys picking out the photographic detail. The last page is a favourite with its witty take on a few classic paintings.<\/p>\n<p>On our first reading I thought that Christopher&#8217;s Caterpillars was a little young for Bryn. However, with Bryn&#8217;s clear enjoyment of the book, and repeated readings, I find myself admiring how the guinea pigs take charge of the situation, making lists, getting advice, checking email and drawing up posters. I am taking more notice of the rich, colourful illustrations and beginning to appreciate this charming fun tale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a review Bryn &#038; I wrote for the Guardian Family Review section The stars of the book are two nattily dressed guinea pigs, Christopher and Posie, who get embroiled in a caterpillar mystery. The guinea pigs find six colourful caterpillars and decide to keep them as pets, with help from the local cafe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,28],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bryn","tag-guardian"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}