{"product_id":"9781585678280","title":"The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine, or The Hithering Thithering Djinn","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne morning in 1887, Mathilda went out into the back yard and discovered that a mysterious Chinese house had planted itself there overnight. She had wanted a fire engine, but the mysterious Chinese house was intriguing too. From inside came strange sounds: growls, howls, whispering, trumpeting.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePlucky Mathilda walks right in. She finds all sorts of peculiar things: a sulky captured pirate, a giant popcorn-popping machine, an elephant that falls downhill once a day truly every kind of flawless flourishy footlooseness. Mathilda gets to see everything in every room, guided by the hithering thithering djinn, who even arranges to leave her a souvenir that is just about exactly what she wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eRenowned author Donald Barthelme presents Mathilda s escapade in a witty and whacky text with collage illustrations made entirely from nineteenth-century engravings. It's a unique, fun, and ultimately wonderful book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Overlook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050573742320,"sku":"9781585678280","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781585678280_p0.jpg?v=1763807158","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781585678280","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}