{"product_id":"a-very-small-something-9781926845326","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\u003eis 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781926845326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 8.30w x 0.20d","brand":"David Hickey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51844067229877,"sku":"9781926845326","price":7.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_94795c8d-3865-4458-96c4-c8cad5ab098d.jpg?v=1759849091","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-very-small-something-9781926845326","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}