{"product_id":"9780989785945","title":"Tamara Shopsin: What Is This?","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is never too early to learn about abstraction—especially if celebrated illustrator Tamara Shopsin is doing the teaching. \u003ci\u003eWhat Is This?\u003c\/i\u003e is Shopsin's wordless children's book that will encourage imaginative thinking in readers both young and old. The miniature book, made for small hands, is filled with simple line drawings, executed with characteristic charm by Shopsin. Each drawing playfully adds to and alters the same basic squiggle, which is transformed across different contexts on each successive page: first the squiggle appears as the petals of a flower, next as a bird's nest, then a cowboy's lasso, then a plume of smoke from a factory chimney. Each time, only a few extra lines are required to suggest the conversion. By the end of the book, faced with an innocent squiggle, the question is not \"what is this?\" but rather, \"what isn't this?\" \u003cbr\u003eTamara Shopsin (born 1979) is a graphic designer and illustrator whose work has been featured in The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eMumbai New York Scranton\u003c\/i\u003e, designer of the \u003ci\u003e5 Year Diary\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor, with Jason Fulford, of the children's book \u003ci\u003eThis Equals That\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also a cook at her family's restaurant, Shopsin's, in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ice Plant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024261726448,"sku":"9780989785945","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780989785945_p0.jpg?v=1763941517","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780989785945","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}