{"product_id":"9780735843097","title":"The Little Boy and the Big Fish","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery child who goes fishing dreams of catching the biggest, most beautiful fish in the world . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hero of this tender, glowingly illustrated story catches a fish so large and splendid that he takes it home and puts it in the bathtub so we can keep it forever. He picks flowers from the fields to make his fish feel at home. He reads it stories about animal friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the fish is sad—and because the boy likes his fish so much and wants it to be happy, he learns a real lesson about love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMax Velthuijs, one of Holland's foremost graphic artists, has created lovely, bright colored pictures that are at once realistic and full childlike fantasy. \u003ci\u003eThe Little Boy and the Big Fish \u003c\/i\u003eis a memorable book, jolly, sad, and wise, with the honest emotion that children will recognize as their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Max Velthuijs’s \u003ci\u003eThe Kind-Hearted Monster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “With enduring themes of acceptance and kindness, these stories will charm a new generation.”—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NorthSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027946455280,"sku":"9780735843097","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780735843097_p0.jpg?v=1763791028","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780735843097","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}