{"product_id":"hideaway-9781636550848","title":"Hideaway","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEscape to the world of make believe where imagination takes flight.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis charming excursion to the world of imaginative play features poetic text accompanied by exquisite illustrations by a recent Italian Children's Laureate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Our hideaway is a house made of slender branches and singing leaves. No one can enter, except my little brother and I. Even though there's not much room, for us it has no limits. We can travel to the savanna or to snow capped lands, enjoy a five o'clock tea or sleep beneath the stars. Until we hear a far-off voice growing nearer as it calls to us . . . has someone found us in our hideaway?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis timeless ode to creative play provides a welcome reminder to unplug from the distractions of the modern world, be present in the moment, and ready to travel wherever our imaginations might take us. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlessandro Sanna\u003c\/b\u003e is considered one of Italy's leading contemporary illustrators. He has earned wide recognition across Europe as an illustrator and author, and his work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a prolific and popular creator of illustrated books for children and readers of all ages and has received many awards and had many exhibitions. He lives and works in Mantua, Italy. Alessandro Sanna recently served as the Italian Children's Laureate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelania Longo\u003c\/b\u003e is an art historian with a specialization in Museum Education Services, with a focus on Children's Literature. She uses art as a tool in training courses, for children and adults, cultivating it as a deposit of knowledge, narratives and experiences, to learn to see and know. She develops study activities around illustrated books, with particular reference to the reading of images and their role in the formation of the imagination of each of us. Hideaway is her first book to be translated into English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Red Comet Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900667662610,"sku":"9781636550848","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4d5c5c02-6711-4648-bfaf-fd08c3735260.jpg?v=1738391501","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hideaway-9781636550848","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}