{"id":196,"date":"2011-10-13T05:48:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T05:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/aliteraryspirit\/?p=196"},"modified":"2011-10-11T13:48:17","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T13:48:17","slug":"bestselling-childrens-book-review-lost-and-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/aliteraryspirit\/2011\/10\/bestselling-childrens-book-review-lost-and-found.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bestselling Children&#8217;s Book Review] Lost and Found"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"644\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"4\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\" width=\"263\" height=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/aliteraryspirit\/files\/2011\/09\/8LFD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-198\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/aliteraryspirit\/files\/2011\/09\/8LFD-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/301\/2011\/08\/4stars.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/301\/2011\/08\/4stars.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a>Purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/store.beliefnet.com\/amazon_store\/item\/0007304331\">Lost and Found<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/store.inspiredfaith.com\/storefront.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Beliefnet Shopping Mall<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"375\"><strong><big>Lost and Found<big><br \/>\n<\/big><\/big><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong>By Oliver Jeffers<\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong>Oliver Jeffers is a British author and illustrator with a quirky sense of humor.\u00a0 He has written many children\u2019s books that have become been highly acclaimed by children and parents alike.\u00a0 What I like most about Lost and Found is powerful moral lesson underlying the story of a lost penguin.<\/p>\n<p>The little boy who finds the penguin goes to great lengths to get him home\u2014and eventually rows him to the South Pole.\u00a0 But eventually he realizes that the penguin wasn\u2019t lost at all\u2014he was merely lonely\u2014and needed a friend more than a home.<\/p>\n<p>My 3-year old daughter loves the way in which they are reunited at the end of the story.\u00a0 But I know that in a year or two, we\u2019ll be able to discuss the spiritual dilemma at the heart of the story\u2014that when we stop listening and paying attention we can inflict harm on others.\u00a0 Had the little boy really paid attention at the outset, he would have seen that the penguin was in need of love.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended for<\/strong>: It is a rare book that entertains <em>and<\/em> teaches, and that does so for parents <em>and<\/em> children.\u00a0 Buy this book!<strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purchase Lost and Found from the Beliefnet Shopping Mall. 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