{"product_id":"the-amazing-bone-1","title":"The Amazing Bone","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Amazing Bone\u003c\/i\u003e is a 1976\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year, a 1977 Caldecott Honor Book, and a 1977 \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e - Horn Book Awards Honor Book for Picture Books. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWilliam Steig, incomparable master of the contemporary picture book, has never been better than in \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Amazing Bone\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt's a bright and beautiful spring day, and Pearl, a pig, is dawdling on her way home from school. Most unexpectedly, she strikes up an acquaintance with a small bone.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"You talk?\" says Pearl. \"In any language,\" says the bone. \"And I can imitate any sound there is.\" (Its former owner was a witch.) Pearl and the bone immediately take a liking to each other, and before you know it she is on her way home with the bone in her purse, left open so they can continue their conversation.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWon't her parents be surprised when she introduces her talking bone!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut before that happy moment comes, the resourceful bone must deal with a band of highway robbers in Halloween masks and, worse, a fox who decides that Pearl will be his main course at dinner that night. And deal it does, with gambits droll and thrilling.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMade into a short animated film voiced by John Lithgow, available on streaming and home video. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFormat: Paperback \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished: USA, 2011\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Feiwel \u0026amp; Friends\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePages: 32 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN 13: 9780312564216\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN 10: 031256421X\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Steig","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43777654522122,"sku":"","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/9780312564216.jpg?v=1665571833","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-amazing-bone-1","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}