{"title":"Mother's Day","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"a-pair-of-red-clogs","title":"Pair of Red Clogs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003ePart of Five in a Row volume one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eA child’s delight in a new pair of shoes is the same all over the world, whether the shoes are patent-leather sandals, straw \u003cem\u003ealpargatas\u003c\/em\u003e, deerskin moccasins, or wooden clogs. \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0468\/3739\/9717\/files\/rc-website_240x240.jpg?v=1612760430\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: right;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0468\/3739\/9717\/files\/rc-website_240x240.jpg?v=1612760430\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eFor Mako, a little Japanese girl, the new shoes were clogs painted with red lacquer that shone beautifully. This is the story of what happened after she cracked the new clogs playing the weather-telling game and so longed for a bright, shiny new pair to replace them that she almost did a dishonest thing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eThe warmth and quiet understanding of the grandmother who, remembering her own temptations as a little girl, recalls this story for her granddaughter, makes A Pair of Red Clogs especially moving. Kazue Mizumura’s charming illustrations are as delicate and graceful as the story itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e“Perfect for Preschoolers.” —\u003cem\u003eParents Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n*Worldwide titles: These titles may take up to 1-2 weeks to ship, or longer in November and December. 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And with new hope the grass grew, and there were gardens, and the junk heaps were cleaned up and the sagging doors were put back on their hinges.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eThis is a modern Christmas miracle, through which sad and beaten houses became white and neat and shining, and desolate, hopeless people found that love and hope can still move mountains. There are no saints and angels; just a tramp, an Irish cop, a small boy, and City Hall, but Shanytown becomes Peter’s Landing and faith was reborn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eA small blond boy is seen clinging to a rusty iron fence against a rain-drenched backdrop of any ‘shanty town’ — and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Tree for Peter\u003c\/i\u003e happens. “From such small sparks were all my books written. I never really know what the story is going to be; soon after I start writing, the very people I am writing about take over and tell me what \u003cem\u003ethey \u003c\/em\u003ewant to do.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"right\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e—Kate Seredy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e“\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Tree for Peter\u003c\/i\u003e is an inspiring chapter book that once read will be long remembered. This is a treasure of a book with much chance for meaningful dialogue!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"right\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e—Jane Claire Lambert, author of\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fiveinarow.com\/\"\u003eFive In A Row\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Worldwide titles: These titles may take up to 1-2 weeks to ship, or longer in November and December. Read why \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.purplehousepress.com\/collections\/worldwide-books\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kate Seredy","offers":[{"title":"Worldwide paperback*","offer_id":46359218913494,"sku":"9781930900806","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0468\/3739\/9717\/products\/tfp-cover_a8d9b31f-38f8-4629-955c-8bed80134ee0.jpg?v=1621622870"},{"product_id":"lion-in-the-box","title":"Lion in the Box","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\" class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eRecently widowed, Mama would only be able to provide a meager Christmas for her five small children. Even though Mama could only get work occasionally, the family was rich in love and affection. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\" class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe older girls did housework while Mama was away, and Lili looked after Ben and the baby, Sooch. On Christmas Eve, the family spent an anxious evening that turned into one of the most extraordinary and memorable Christmases of their lives. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\" class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis tale, set in the early 20th century, is highly recommended as a Christmas read-aloud.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n*Worldwide titles: These titles may take up to 1-2 weeks to ship, or longer in November and December. 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Gordon, who also did the beautiful cover painting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"smcap\"\u003eMy Dear Little Friends\u003c\/span\u003e:—These stories are of things which I have seen with my own eyes in my own yard, and the people of whom I write are my friends and near neighbors. Some of them, indeed, live under my roof, and Silvertip has long been a member of our family. So, you see, I have not had to do like some writers—sit down and think and think how to make the people act in their stories. These tales are of things which have really happened, and all I have done is to write them down for you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003eMany of them have been told over and over again to my own little boy, and because he never tires of hearing of the time when Silvertip was a Kitten, and about the Wasps who built inside my shutters, I think you may care to hear also. He wants me to be sure to tell how the baby Swift tumbled down the chimney into his bedroom, and wishes you might have seen it in the little nest we made. When I tell these tales to him, I have great trouble in ending them, for there is never a time when he does not ask: “And what did he do then Mother?” But I am telling you as much as I can of how everything happened, and if there was more which I did not see and cannot describe, you will have to make up the rest to suit yourselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003eBesides, you know, there is always much which one cannot see or hear, but which one knows is happening somewhere in this beautiful great world. The birds do not stop living and working and loving when they leave us for the sunny south, and above us, around us, and even under our feet many things are done which we cannot see. As we become better acquainted with the little people who live in our dooryards, we shall see more and more interesting things, and I wish you might all grow to be like my little boy, who is never lonely or in need of a playmate so long as a Caterpillar or a Grasshopper is in sight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003eSee how many tiny neighbors you have around you, and how much you can learn about them. Then you will find your own dooryard as interesting as mine and know that there are playmates everywhere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"author\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003eYour friend, Clara D. 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