{"product_id":"shoe-bird-9780878056682","title":"Shoe Bird","description":"When Arturo the Parrot, whose job it was to help greet people as they came into The Friendly Shoe Store, picked up and repeated a small boy's disgruntled comment, \"Shoes are for the birds!,\" it certainly changed the course of his life. This is Eudora Welty's only book specifically written for young readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEudora Welty \u003c\/b\u003eis author of many novels and story collections, including \u003ci\u003eThe Optimist's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), \u003ci\u003eLosing Battles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ponder Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Robber Bridegroom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Curtain of Green and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as three collections of her photographic work--\u003ci\u003ePhotographs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCountry Churchyards\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOne Time, One Place: Mississippi in the Depression\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by University Press of Mississippi. \u003cb\u003eBeth Krush\u003c\/b\u003e (1918-2009) was half of an American husband-and-wife team of illustrators (with Joe Krush; born May 18, 1918), who worked primarily on children's books. The Krushes may be best known for the US editions of all five \u003ci\u003eBorrowers\u003c\/i\u003e books by Mary Norton, published by Harcourt 1953-1961 and 1982, a series inaugurated very early in their careers.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50330192445714,"sku":"9780878056682","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e5a2e37e-08c2-4b96-ab5c-41aad4339188.jpg?v=1727794942","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shoe-bird-9780878056682","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}