{"product_id":"9780689867217","title":"Carnival of the Animals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut oh! what a fabulous night he had had,\u003cbr\u003e When his world was turned into a zoo!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e After wandering off from a school field trip, a young boy falls asleep in the Natural History Museum. There he sees his classmates, teachers, and family transformed into a menagerie of animals, from wild hyenas to stately peacocks. \u003cbr\u003e John Lithgow's exhilarating word play, inspired by Camille Saint-Saëns's 1886 composition, provides a narrative arc to the piece for the first time. Lithgow created the text for the New York City Ballet, where the \u003ci\u003eCarnival of the Animals\u003c\/i\u003e ballet, with his narration, debuted in 2003. Boris Kulikov's witty artistic interpretation of the story adds to the fun. \u003cbr\u003e A new recording of Saint-Saëns's suite, performed by Chamber Music Los Angeles under the direction of Bill Elliott, complete with John Lithgow's recitation of the text, is included on an enclosed CD.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Books For Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48728836112624,"sku":"9780689867217","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780689867217_p0.jpg?v=1768851668","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780689867217","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}