{"product_id":"grandmothers-pigeon-9781517911478","title":"Grandmother's Pigeon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA grandmother's sudden departure leaves her family with an even more puzzling, and wondrous, surprise in this enchanting story from the National Book Award-winning author--at last back in print\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Grandmother was a mysterious woman. She could heal with a touch (or with a cup of very bitter tea) or scare off a vicious dog with a look. But when she hitches a ride to Greenland on a passing porpoise, her family is still surprised--and then concerned. The mystery deepens when, among Grandmother's collection of birds' nests, the family discovers a clutch of eggs hatching. Out pop three passenger pigeons--birds of a species long extinct, supposedly.\u003cp\u003eThrough the words of a curious grandchild, and Jim LaMarche's evocative artwork, Grandmother's legacy unfolds in these pages in all its peculiarity and charm. Mixing whimsy and gravity with a little science and history, the tale of the family's loss, and marvelous find, summons a world as intriguing as it is perfectly clear--a world animated by Louise Erdrich's storytelling magic, inviting readers young and old to follow Grandmother, and to wonder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouise Erdrich is the author of fifteen novels as well as volumes of poetry, short stories, a memoir of early motherhood, and children's books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Range Eternal\u003c\/i\u003e (Minnesota, 2020). Her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Round House\u003c\/i\u003e won the National Book Award for Fiction. \u003ci\u003eThe Plague of Doves\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and she has twice won the National Book Critics Circle Award, for her debut novel \u003ci\u003eLove Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e and for\u003ci\u003e LaRose\u003c\/i\u003e. She operates Birchbark Books, an independent bookstore in Minneapolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim LaMarche has illustrated \u003ci\u003eThe Rainbabies\u003c\/i\u003e by Laura Kraus Melmed, \u003ci\u003eAlbert\u003c\/i\u003e by Donna Jo Napoli (a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Illustrated Book), and \u003ci\u003eUp\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Raft\u003c\/i\u003e, which he also wrote. Most recently he illustrated \u003ci\u003eThe Carpenter's Gift\u003c\/i\u003e by David Rubel and \u003ci\u003ePuma Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e by Tony Johnston. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50922727178514,"sku":"9781517911478","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0d86c9fc-bf26-4693-a178-67c2a75af4c1.jpg?v=1738938490","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/grandmothers-pigeon-9781517911478","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}