{"id":32492,"date":"2025-09-20T01:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T01:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/32492\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T01:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T01:54:06","slug":"time-for-kids-step-into-another-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/32492\/","title":{"rendered":"TIME for Kids | Step into Another World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TFK Kid Reporter Vicky Sun read The Library of Unruly Treasures and interviewed its author, Jeanne Birdsall. Read Vicky\u2019s thoughts below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/line-2.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"13\" alt=\"Line Break\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In The Library of Unruly Treasures, a bold 11-year-old named Gwen MacKinnon goes to stay with her Uncle Matthew for a few weeks over the summer. Then she embarks on an otherworldly adventure. She encounters a species of tiny creatures\u2014part human, part bird\u2014called the Lahdukan. At the heart of the story is a magical library, which is where Gwen meets the MacKinnon Lahdukan clan. Their language, customs, and traditions are different from those of other clans. When Gwen learns they\u2019re in danger of losing their home, she must help them unite with another clan to share a safe place to live.<\/p>\n<p>The most heartwarming part of the story is how Gwen does everything she can to help the Lahdukan, even in unfamiliar situations. Birdsall told TIME for Kids that she wants kids to enjoy the humor in Gwen\u2019s efforts to understand the Lahdukan. She also acknowledges the difficulties kids face. \u201cChildhood is extraordinary, and it can also be wearying,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d strongly recommend The Library of Unruly Treasures to readers who enjoy adventure. The book is full of lessons about bravery, resilience, and helping others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TFK Kid Reporter Vicky Sun read The Library of Unruly Treasures and interviewed its author, Jeanne Birdsall. Read&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[489,156,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-32492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}