{"product_id":"miss-hickory-9780140309560","title":"Miss Hickory","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Newbery Award winner \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost dolls lead a comfortable but unadventurous life. This was true of Miss Hickory until the fateful day that her owner, Ann, moves from her New Hampshire home to attend school in Boston--leaving Miss Hickory behind. For a small doll whose body is an apple-wood twig and whose head is a hickory nut, the prospect of spending a New Hampshire winter alone is frightening indeed. In this classic modern day fairy tale, what's a doll to do?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarolyn Sherwin Bailey was born in Hoosick Falls, New York and spent her childhood in the little Hudson River town of Lansingburg. She studied at Teachers College, Columbia University and the New York School of Social Work and began writing afterward (an activity which eventually produced thirty-five books). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author and her husband, Dr. Eben C. Hill, lived for many years on Hill Farm, in Temple, New Hampshire, whose antiques and apple orchard inspired the Newbery Medal-winning book Miss Hickory (1947).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Puffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692604854546,"sku":"9780140309560","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0399a95c-76f6-44e9-ac9c-8295654820dd.jpg?v=1734129188","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/miss-hickory-9780140309560","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}