{"id":1727,"date":"2015-05-28T12:42:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T12:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2015-05-28T12:42:41","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T12:42:41","slug":"sir-lilypad-by-anna-kemp-sara-oglive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/2015\/05\/sir-lilypad-by-anna-kemp-sara-oglive\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Lilypad by Anna Kemp &#038; Sara Oglive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_8769.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_8769.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">We were very pleased to receive a review copy of Sir Lilypad, a tall tale of a small frog, from the publisher. We had high expectations of this new story from the talented duo that created The Worst Princess and we werent disappointed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">This is a fun tale of a teeny-tiny hero with big dreams who, with the help of two familiar characters, finds a happy ending.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">We all fell in love with the brave and adventurous Sir LilyPad. His&nbsp;quest to become a hero finds him confronting an ogre, peeking under a witches hat and finally spotting a princess to rescue.&nbsp;Bryn &amp; Freya would argue over who got to be Sir Lilypad when acting out the story.&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"\">Swords (the cardboard variety) in hand they too were keen on defeating villains with a poke to the bottom.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">With it vibrant illustrations, witty rhymes and aspirations to dream big this is a glorious book to share with the children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<span id=\"img_container_6AF17F8A-3D5C-403B-986A-B7A68949E561\" class=\"img_container failed\" data-failed=\"Failed\"><progress id=\"progress_6AF17F8A-3D5C-403B-986A-B7A68949E561\" value=\"0.999997\" class=\"wp_media_indicator failed\" contenteditable=\"false\"><\/progress><\/span>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_8764-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_8764-01.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Disclaimer: I received these book from the publisher. I was not asked to write this post, nor was I given any money for doing so, and the review represents my own honest opinion.<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;We were very pleased to receive a review copy of Sir Lilypad, a tall tale of a small frog, from the publisher. We had high expectations of this new story from the talented duo that created The Worst Princess and we werent disappointed. This is a fun tale of a teeny-tiny hero with big dreams [&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":[],"class_list":["post-1727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727","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=1727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}