^ 'Poetry Book Winners by Year' (PDF).Author Wins Poetry Award for Her Children's Book'. '2012 NCTE/CLA Notable Children's Books in the English Language Arts'. A cheery ode to a boy and his cat, this is one of the books to grab the next time someone asks you for 'fun haiku'. 'Review of the Day: Won Ton by Lee Wardlaw'. Yelchin's graphite and gouache pictures match the poems' sensitivity and humor. The animal's fear, pride, and gradual trust come across clearly in Wardlaw's poems. ^ 'Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku'.This is a touching tale, made even more dramatic by Eugene Yelchin's sublime illustrations, which vary on every page, adding drama, emotion, fun and beauty. ^ 'Sweet Words For Little Readers: Telling Tales'.Like Bob Raczka's Guyku (2010), this title shows that poetry can be fun, free, and immediate, even as it follows traditional structure. ^ 'Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku (starred review)'.It is a 2012 NCTE/CLA Notable Children's Book in the English Language Arts, won the 2012 Lee Bennett Hopkins Award for Poetry, and won the 2013 Beehive Poetry Book Award. Won Ton has also been reviewed by Booklist, BookPage, Horn Book Guides, School Library Journal, and Library Media Connection.

Told in senryu, it is about a shelter cat that is adopted by a family.Ī review in Kirkus Reviews of Won Ton wrote 'Wardlaw's terse, traditional verse captures catness from every angle, while Yelchin's graphite and gouache illustrations telegraph cat-itude with every stretch and sinuous slink', and Publishers Weekly called it 'A surprisingly powerful story in verse.' Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku is a 2011 children's picture book by Lee Wardlaw and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin. Children's picture book by Lee Wardlaw and Eugene Yelchin.

Won-Ton by Lee Wardlaw