{"product_id":"andy-buckrams-tin-men-9781648373589","title":"Andy Buckram's Tin Men","description":"Join a Young Boy in His Fantastical Adventure\u003cp\u003eAndy Buckram has many uses for tin cans: keeping worms, bailing the boat, storing screws and washers and nails and whatnots. He has made a few things out of tin cans as well, such as cowbells and even a denim-covered hassock for his mom. But the one thing he really wants to do with tin cans is build a robot, and that's exactly what he does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this delightful tale by Newbery Award-winning author Carol Ryrie Brink, Andy Buckram's tin robots are just useful mechanical bots until a freak storm destroys the family farm and, by a quirk of fate, electrifies his tin beings to life. And that is just the beginning of Andy's remarkable adventure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the 1960s, \u003cem\u003eAndy Buckram's Tin Men\u003c\/em\u003e reflects the values of a rural life of self-reliance and community in the face of adversity. As with Brink's popular works \u003cem\u003eCaddie Woodlawn, Winter Cottage, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Pink Motel, \u003c\/em\u003e this heartwarming tale of a boy's fantasy come to life brims with challenges and adventure at every turn, and exudes the warmth of people-and robots-joining together to overcome all obstacles in reaching safety and a loving family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book you will want to return to again and again with children and siblings-a keeper to be passed through generations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is also available from Echo Point Books as a paperback (ISBN 1648373593).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50645299036434,"sku":"9781648373589","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_291df10d-722b-46b5-8c6b-b5afbfce5a1d.jpg?v=1733147764","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/andy-buckrams-tin-men-9781648373589","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}