{"product_id":"cress-watercress-9781536232479","title":"Cress Watercress","description":"\u003cb\u003eA lavishly illustrated woodland tale with a classic sensibility and modern flair--from the fertile imagination behind \u003ci\u003eWicked\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGregory Maguire turns his trademark wit and wisdom to an animal adventure about growing up, moving on, and finding community. When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It's a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what's left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everyone's business. Can a dead tree full of annoying neighbors, and no Papa, ever be \u003ci\u003ehome\u003c\/i\u003e? In the timeless spirit of E. B. White and \u003ci\u003eThe Wind and the Willows--\u003c\/i\u003eyet thoroughly of its time--this read-aloud and read-alone gem for animal lovers of all ages features an unforgettable cast that leaps off the page in glowing illustrations by David Litchfield. This tender meditation on coming-of-age invites us to flourish wherever we find ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781536232479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e515688 \/ Cress Watercress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gregory Maguire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43544270078133,"sku":"9781536232479","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e8308b4d-0ac1-4918-bced-17590416c928.jpg?v=1706120839","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cress-watercress-9781536232479","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}