{"product_id":"the-secret-river-9781416911791","title":"The Secret River","description":"\u003cb\u003eMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings + Leo and Diane Dillon = pure magic \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA depression era story that is just as timely as it is enchanting, this is a stunning picture book for the ages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere's just not enough...not enough money, not enough food, not enough fish for her daddy to sell at the market. Hard times have come to the forest, but Calpurnia wants to turn them back into soft times. With her little dog Buggy Horse and a tip from old Mother Albirtha, the wisest person in the forest, Calpurnia finds a secret river and uses the pink paper roses from her hair to catch enough beautiful catfish to feed the whole swamp land --with some left over for Daddy to sell. When she tries to find the river again the next day, Mother Albirtha tells her, \"Child, sometimes a thing happens once, and does not ever happen anymore....You caught catfish when catfish were needed...you will not find the river again.\" This story by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Yearling and literary icon Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings is about living in a time of want, yet it is overflowing with riches--stunning language, mystical happenings, wondrous, wondrous artwork. Beautiful in all ways that a book can be beautiful, this unforgettable picture book is a classic in the making.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953) lived for twenty-five years in Cross Creek, Florida, the area that is the setting for \u003ci\u003eThe Yearling\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1939. She is the author of several earlier novels as well as a memoir, \u003ci\u003eCross Creek\u003c\/i\u003e, which inspired the acclaimed motion picture of the same name. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeo and Diane Dillon\u003c\/b\u003e are an award winning illustrator pair that have collaborated of book projects for more than fifty years, winning two consecutive Caldecott Medals for \u003ci\u003eWhy Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAshanti To Zulu: African Traditions\u003c\/i\u003e. They have also received five \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Illustrated Books Awards, five Coretta Scott King Honors and one Coretta Scott King Award and many other awards and distinctions. They live and work in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atheneum Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873287672082,"sku":"9781416911791","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6e5a5043-8a4d-4364-8b3c-83a004324c57.jpg?v=1737926300","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-secret-river-9781416911791","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}