{"id":2044,"date":"2019-01-09T03:17:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T03:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=2044"},"modified":"2025-10-11T04:16:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T04:16:39","slug":"morriss-disappearing-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=2044","title":{"rendered":"Morris&#8217;s Disappearing Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_0011-e1547047509898-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2062\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_0011-e1547047509898-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_0011-e1547047509898-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_0011-e1547047509898-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> It is Christmas morning and at first everyone in Morris&#8217;s family is very happy.  But while Morris&#8217;s three older siblings are all interested in swapping with each other for playtime with their new presents (a beauty kit, hockey outfit, and chemistry set), they don&#8217;t want to swap for playtime with Morris&#8217;s new bear.  Morris is deeply disappointed.  But what is that under the tree?  And what is a disappearing bag anyway?   The answer surprising, and the book is a total pleasure&#8211;perfect for any sibling, or anyone who&#8217;s ever felt in need of a bit of magic.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nEvery year, after Thanksgiving, I bring out the Christmas books.  Every \nyear, after New Year&#8217;s Day, I put them away again.  I still read the \nbooks aloud to the boys in the order they pick, and each year this book \n(along with <em>Shall I Knit You a Hat?<\/em>, which I&#8217;ll be posting about soon; <em>Mr. Willowby&#8217;s Christmas Tree<\/em>; and <em>The Christmas Wombat<\/em>)\n is one of the first chosen.   My oldest likes it so much that in 2017 \nhe asked for (and received) a bear just like Morris&#8217;s as his Christmas \npresent.  \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author:  Rosemary Wells<br>Illustrator:  Rosemary Wells <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is Christmas morning and at first everyone in Morris&#8217;s family is very happy. But while Morris&#8217;s three older siblings are all interested in swapping with each other for playtime with their new presents (a beauty kit, hockey outfit, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=2044\">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":[119,21,551,314,706,552,768,279,707,134,456],"class_list":["post-2044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-books","tag-animals","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-wombat","tag-diverse-books","tag-morriss-disappearing-bag","tag-mr-willowbys-christmas-tree","tag-portal-fantasy","tag-rosemary-wells","tag-shall-i-knit-you-a-hat-a-christmas-yarn","tag-toys","tag-tradition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044","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=2044"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2148,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044\/revisions\/2148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}