{"id":182,"date":"2013-12-20T02:45:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T02:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=182"},"modified":"2014-05-03T02:53:19","modified_gmt":"2014-05-03T02:53:19","slug":"a-lot-of-otters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=182","title":{"rendered":"A Lot of Otters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0941.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-185\" alt=\"IMG_0941\" src=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0941-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0941-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0941-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0941-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been meaning to write about a number Christmas books this holiday season, but somehow this sweet book keeps slipping to the front of the queue.\u00a0 In short, a lot of otters find a baby and a book that belong to a very unusual (and yet ultimately very relatable) mother.\u00a0 But the seemingly simple story quietly addresses being lost and found, bold and safe, curious and content (often all at once).<\/p>\n<p><em>A Lot of Otters<\/em> seems to have been inspired by a legend about otters and books that Ms. Berger explored in an earlier work<em><\/em>, <em>Animalia<\/em> (which I expect will also show up here someday).\u00a0 It is calming and soft, with beautiful illustrations that are perfect for for kids who are enthralled by otters (like my youngest).\u00a0 I especially recommend it for bedtime.<\/p>\n<p>Author:\u00a0 Barbara Helen Berger<br \/>\nIllustrator:\u00a0 Barbara Helen Berger<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=insofadog-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=0698118634&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=FFFFFF&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;npa=1&amp;f=ifr\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been meaning to write about a number Christmas books this holiday season, but somehow this sweet book keeps slipping to the front of the queue.\u00a0 In short, a lot of otters find a baby and a book that belong &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=182\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[80,81,119,79,82,314],"class_list":["post-182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-books","tag-a-lot-of-otters","tag-animalia","tag-animals","tag-barbara-helen-berger","tag-bedtime","tag-diverse-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions\/187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}