{"product_id":"the-serpent-came-to-gloucester-9780763620387","title":"The Serpent Came to Gloucester","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eM.T. Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the celebrated picture book biography \u003ci\u003eHandel, Who Knew What He Liked\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. He is also the author of several young adult novels, most recently \u003ci\u003eFeed\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award Finalist and winner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize. Considering the existence of sea serpents, he says, \"For generations, fishermen in places as distant as New England and Norway took for granted the existence of long snakelike animals in the North Atlantic. It takes a peculiar kind of snobbery to believe that men who worked on the sea all their lives -- though illiterate -- were by nature superstitious, confused, and gullible. Unlike those people who have seen Bigfoot. Whew, what a bunch of lunatics!\" M.T. Anderson currently serves on the faculty at Vermont College's MFA Program in Writing for Children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBagram Ibatoulline\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Russia, graduated from the State Academic Institute of Arts in Moscow, and has worked in the fields of fine arts, graphic arts, mural design, and textile design. He is the illustrator of several children's picture books, including \u003ci\u003eCrossing \u003c\/i\u003eby Philip Booth, named an American Library Association Notable Children's Book, \u003ci\u003eThe Animal Hedge\u003c\/i\u003e by Paul Fleischman, a \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Children's Book of the Year, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eHana In the Time of the Tulips\u003c\/i\u003e Deborah Noyes.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525808427282,"sku":"9780763620387","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e6d55cf3-f0bd-4353-8a89-e96e832ff42a.jpg?v=1731240283","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-serpent-came-to-gloucester-9780763620387","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}