{"product_id":"9780711268845","title":"Our Building","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*SHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 2023*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From award-winning children’s poet Joseph Coelho comes this enchanting story of three kids looking for adventure in their building.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawn from Coelho’s own experience growing up in a high-rise, this is a \u003cb\u003ecelebration and reclaiming \u003c\/b\u003eof them as places full of power and magic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA power that resides\u003cbr\u003e in the smiles of our neighbors.\u003cbr\u003e A magic that seeps out\u003cbr\u003e when we swap our home-baked flavors.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A deeply personal story written by the award-winning poet Joseph Coelho, drawn from \u003cb\u003ehis own experience growing up in a high-rise \u003c\/b\u003eand looking for adventure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Three children living in the building travel to a strange, magical world inside a tree and meet an old man with supernatural powers… only to realize that\u003cb\u003e the magic they’d been looking for had been in the building all that time\u003c\/b\u003e, in the form of community and connection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beautiful illustrations complement the poetic narrative, creating an enchanting story that children and adults alike will fall in love with. This powerful story shows us the true beauty of home and community. It’s a modern-day fable about how society separates ‘urban’ spaces from the suburbs, when the reality is that nature is everywhere, and everyone should have access to it. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joseph Coelho","offers":[{"title":"Frances Lincoln Children's Books |  Hardback  |  2024-08-06","offer_id":45521035657471,"sku":"9780711268845","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_8cc015f7-09c7-4bac-ad2e-8331339d7041.jpg?v=1716576592","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780711268845","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}