{"product_id":"9781770859678","title":"My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts","description":"\u003cp\u003e  One of three new titles in the Firefly Books-National Film Board of Canada partnership.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  This tall tale of Kove's Norwegian grandmother was nominated for an Academy Award when first produced as an animated short film.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Torill Kove's grandmother often told stories to Torill when she was a young girl. One in particular revolved around ironing shirts for the King of Norway.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In \u003ci\u003eMy Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts\u003c\/i\u003e, Kove follows a thread of family history, embroidering it with playful twists along the way, imaginatively rendering her grandmother's life and work in Oslo during World War II.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In Kove's retelling, her grandmother leads a Norwegian resistance to the invading German Army who had forced the King to flee for his safety.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  When the task of ironing the King's shirts was replaced by those of the German Army officers, Kove's grandmother and her shirt pressing sisters sabotage the enemy uniforms until morale among the Germans is so low that they lose the war and head home without a thing to wear!   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Full of sharp humor and myth making, \u003ci\u003eMy Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts\u003c\/i\u003e is a great example of how small contributions to the greater good count for a whole lot.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003eMy Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for an Oscar in 2000 and won 17 awards in all. It has also been produced as a book in Norway.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  For information on the National Film Board of Canada visit www.nfb.ca.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Torill Kove (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Firefly Books |  Hardback | Laminated cover |  2017-09-01","offer_id":46011510096127,"sku":"9781770859678","price":16.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_610cdba5-1894-4798-9ee2-6ddfcd6c2c74.jpg?v=1723061371","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781770859678","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}