{"product_id":"9781926845371","title":"A Very Small Something","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eA Very Small Something\u003c\/i\u003e :\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomewhere past the wrinkled maps, and under\u003cbr\u003eanother sun, where favourite earrings find new ears\u003cbr\u003eand missing marbles run, the hillsides made\u003cbr\u003etheir marvelous shapes for a town called Covington—\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd a great pink factory as long as the breeze\u003cbr\u003eweighed truckfuls and truckfuls of bubblegum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlivia Bezzlebee lives by the sea in a fantastic town with the world's biggest bubblegum factory, where its citizens blow bubbles all day. But Olivia can't blow a single one and feels as if everyone looks down on her. Leaving Covington to find a place where she might belong, she learns the true meanings of family and home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Very Small Something\u003c\/i\u003e , beautifully illustrated by Alexander Griggs-Burr, is a story to which all children—and any tuned-in parent—will be able to relate. Blowing bubbles may indeed be a very small something . . . but when you are a small child and it's the thing you most want to do, a bubble can mean the whole world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Hickey \u003c\/b\u003e is one of the leading young poets in Canada, and the author of two collections, including \u003ci\u003eOpen Air Bindery \u003c\/i\u003e . He has tested his children's poems in schools across the country for the last seven years. He is finishing a PhD at the University of Western in London, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAlexander Griggs-Burr\u003c\/b\u003e illustrated the Ontario Library Association Red Maple–nominated \u003ci\u003eNieve\u003c\/i\u003e in 2010. He lives and works in Stratford, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048538652912,"sku":"9781926845371","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781926845371_p0.jpg?v=1763635512","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781926845371","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}