{"product_id":"the-purloining-of-prince-oleomargarine-9780553523225","title":"The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller!\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA never-before-published, previously unfinished Mark Twain children’s story is brought to life by \u003cb\u003ePhilip and Erin Stead, creators of\u003c\/b\u003e the Caldecott Medal-winning \u003ci\u003eA Sick Day for Amos McGee\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In a hotel in Paris one evening in 1879, Mark Twain sat with his young daughters, who begged their father for a story. Twain began telling them the tale of Johnny, a poor boy in possession of some magical seeds. Later, Twain would jot down some rough notes about the story, but the tale was left unfinished . . . until now.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Plucked from the Mark Twain archive at the University of California at Berkeley, Twain’s notes now form the foundation of a fairy tale picked up over a century later. With only Twain’s fragmentary script and a story that stops partway as his guide, author Philip Stead has written a tale that imagines what","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525605990743,"sku":"9780553523225","price":20.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780553523225.jpg?v=1731861148","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-purloining-of-prince-oleomargarine-9780553523225","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}