{"product_id":"maxs-words-9780374399498","title":"Max's Words","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBright, bold pictures incorporating clever wordplay accompany this highly original tale from Kate Banks and illustrator Boris Kulikov about a younger brother's ingenuity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMax's brothers have grand collections that everyone makes a big fuss over. Benjamin collects stamps and Karl collects coins, and neither one will share with their little brother. So Max decides to start a collection of his own. He's going to collect words. He starts with small words that he cuts out of newspapers and magazines, but soon his collection has spilled out into the hall. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll the while, his brothers are watching. Benjamin brags that he has one thousand stamps. Karl is just a few coins short of five hundred. But a thousand stamps is really just a bunch of stamps, and a lot of coins is only a heap of money. A pile of words, however, can make a story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMax's Words\u003c\/i\u003e is a Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to \u003ci\u003eMax's Words\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eKate Banks \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eBoris\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eKulikov\u003c\/b\u003e have collaborated on \u003ci\u003eThe Eraserheads\u003c\/i\u003e and the sequel to \u003ci\u003eMax's Words\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMax's Dragon\u003c\/i\u003e. Ms. Banks has written many other books for young readers, including \u003ci\u003eAnd If the Moon Could Talk\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Night Worker\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award. Banks lived in the South of France. Mr. Kulikov has illustrated a number of books for children and lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641664835858,"sku":"9780374399498","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4c81e997-268c-4ca0-82d1-dcc2a1017e1c.jpg?v=1733028853","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/maxs-words-9780374399498","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}