Reviews
Praise for Jangles: A BIG Fish Story *"Picture-book art doesn't get much more rousing than this; for anglers in particular and adventure lovers in general, it's a slam-dunk." - Publishers Weekly "Working with a palette as dark and evocative as the depths in which his elusive character dwells, Shannon provides formidable close-up views of battle-scarred Jangles, a larger-than-life character with a memorable tale." - Horn Book "Action-packed close-ups capture the seemingly omniscient, omnipotent Jangles from arresting angles, allowing readers to feel they are front and center in this fantastic fishing fable. Some fish indeed!" - Kirkus "The big reveal of where the tall tale ends and the truth begins ties it all up with the warmth and magic of a fatherly wink. Shannon's lustrous paintings are packed full of magic-hour hues, and fairly glow right off the pages. A neat bonding story, this will become a fast favorite." - Booklist, Awards and Honors for David Shannon The Bunyans (by Audrey Wood) School Library Journal Best Book of the Year American Booksellers Pick of the Lists How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball New York Times Best Illustrated Book No, David! Caldecott Honor Book New York Times Best Illustrated Book School Library Journal Best Book Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon The Rain Came Down SCBWI Golden Kite Award Good Boy, Fergus! New York Times Notable Book Too Many Toys New York Times Bestseller, * "A slam-dunk." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "[A] fantastic fishing fable." - Kirkus Reviews Texas Bluebonnet Award, 2013-2014 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award, 2014-2015Winner A Show Me Readers Award, 20151st place Treasure State Award, 2014Winner, "The heroes of most picture books are furry and adorable. Not Shannon's (Too Many Toys!) trout Jangles, who lunges out of a spread with his gold eye gleaming, fins tense, underslung jaw studded with dozens and dozens of fishing lures and hooks: "They clinked and clattered as he swam. That's why he was called Jangles." The unnamed narrator's father shares a story his father told him, a highly embellished tale about his father's boyhood, when Jangles was the fish everyone wanted to catch. The trout's wily ways were the stuff of myth: "[H]e ate eagles from the trees that hung out over the lake and full-grown beavers that strayed too far from home" (a spray of feathers and a glimpse of trout tail can be seen in midair as an astonished beaver looks on). The boy in the story catches Jangles-he claims-but few will foresee what happens next, in a series of events that owe both to folklore and suburban legend. Picture-book art doesn't get much more rousing than this; for anglers in particular and adventure lovers in general, it's a slam-dunk. Ages 4up. (Oct.)" - Publisher's Weekly starred review Awards and Honors for David Shannon The Bunyans (by Audrey Wood) School Library Journal Best Book of the Year American Booksellers Pick of the Lists How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball New York Times Best Illustrated Book No, David! Caldecott Honor Book New York Times Best Illustrated Book School Library Journal Best Book Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon The Rain Came Down SCBWI Golden Kite Award Good Boy, Fergus! New York Times Notable Book Too Many Toys New York Times Bestseller, * "A slam-dunk." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)"[A] fantastic fishing fable." - Kirkus Reviews Texas Bluebonnet Award, 2013-2014Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award, 2014-2015Winner AShow Me Readers Award, 20151st place Treasure State Award, 2014Winner, Praise for Jangles: A BIG Fish Story *"Picture-book art doesn't get much more rousing than this; for anglers in particular and adventure lovers in general, it's a slam-dunk." -- Publishers Weekly "Working with a palette as dark and evocative as the depths in which his elusive character dwells, Shannon provides formidable close-up views of battle-scarred Jangles, a larger-than-life character with a memorable tale." -- Horn Book "Action-packed close-ups capture the seemingly omniscient, omnipotent Jangles from arresting angles, allowing readers to feel they are front and center in this fantastic fishing fable. Some fish indeed!" -- Kirkus "Shannon's lustrous paintings are packed full of magic-hour hues, and fairly glow right off the pages. A neat bonding story, this will become a fast favorite." -- Booklist, "The heroes of most picture books are furry and adorable. Not Shannon's (Too Many Toys!) trout Jangles, who lunges out of a spread with his gold eye gleaming, fins tense, underslung jaw studded with dozens and dozens of fishing lures and hooks: "They clinked and clattered as he swam. That's why he was called Jangles." The unnamed narrator's father shares a story his father told him, a highly embellished tale about his father's boyhood, when Jangles was the fish everyone wanted to catch. The trout's wily ways were the stuff of myth: "[H]e ate eagles from the trees that hung out over the lake and full-grown beavers that strayed too far from home" (a spray of feathers and a glimpse of trout tail can be seen in midair as an astonished beaver looks on). The boy in the story catches Jangles--he claims--but few will foresee what happens next, in a series of events that owe both to folklore and suburban legend. Picture-book art doesn't get much more rousing than this; for anglers in particular and adventure lovers in general, it's a slam-dunk. Ages 4-up. (Oct.)" - Publisher's Weekly starred review Awards and Honors for David Shannon The Bunyans (by Audrey Wood) School Library Journal Best Book of the Year American Booksellers Pick of the Lists How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball New York Times Best Illustrated Book No, David! Caldecott Honor Book New York Times Best Illustrated Book School Library Journal Best Book Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon The Rain Came Down SCBWI Golden Kite Award Good Boy, Fergus! New York Times Notable Book Too Many Toys New York Times Bestseller
