{"product_id":"the-one-about-the-blackbird-9781774882665","title":"The One about the Blackbird","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gorgeous picture book about the connections created through music, and how music can reach loved ones with dementia.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young boy learns to play guitar from his grandfather, and the one about the blackbird is their favorite song. Years later, the boy visits his grandfather, and while his grandfather doesn't recognize him, now grown-up, he does still remember how to hold a guitar. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA beautiful full circle moment ensues when the boy plays his grandfather their favorite song. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe moving text and dynamic, gorgeous art celebrate the connection that music can create between two people and the joy that music, and the shared love of it, can bring at any age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMELANIE FLORENCE \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning writer based in Toronto. She is the author of the picture book \u003ci\u003eMissing Nimâmâ\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, the Forest of Reading Golden Oak Award and was a finalist for the First Nation Communities READ award. Her other picture book, \u003ci\u003eStolen Words\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award, was shortlisted for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, and was given a starred review by \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, who listed it as one of the best picture books of 2017 to give readers strength. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMATT JAMES\u003c\/b\u003e has won many awards for his picture books such as the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, the New Mexico Book Award and the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature. The books he has written include \u003ci\u003eTadpoles\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNice Try, Charlie!;\u003c\/i\u003e and his author-illustrator debut \u003ci\u003eThe Funeral\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book. He also illustrated \u003ci\u003eWhen the Moon Comes\u003c\/i\u003e by Paul Harbridge; \u003ci\u003eThe Stone Thrower\u003c\/i\u003e by Jael Ealey Richardson; and \u003ci\u003eI'm Afraid, Said the Leaf\u003c\/i\u003e by Danielle Daniel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tundra Books (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661500023058,"sku":"9781774882665","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_34cce79e-86d6-48b1-81f9-832235d3f3aa.jpg?v=1760446295","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-one-about-the-blackbird-9781774882665","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}