{"product_id":"the-birthday-ball-paperback-1","title":"The Birthday Ball - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLois Lowry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this tale of mistaken identity, creamed pigeons, and young love, two-time Newbery Medalist Lowry compares princesses to peasants and finds them to be exactly the same in all the important ways. Illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLois Lowry\u003c\/b\u003e is known for her versatility and invention as a writer. She was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, and Japan. After several years at Brown University, she turned to her family and to writing. She is the author of more than thirty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader.s Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, \u003ci\u003eNumber the Stars \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Giver\u003c\/i\u003e. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eA Summer to Die\u003c\/i\u003e, was awarded the International Reading Association.s Children.s Book Award. Ms. Lowry now divides her time between Cambridge and an 1840s farmhouse in Maine. To learn more about Lois Lowry, see her website at www.loislowry.com \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJules Feiffer\u003c\/b\u003e's artistic sensibility permeates a wide range of creative work, from his Pulitzer-winning comic strip in the Village Voice, to his Obie Award-winning play\u003ci\u003e Little Murders\u003c\/i\u003e, to his Oscar-winning anti-military short subject animation, \u003ci\u003eMunro\u003c\/i\u003e, to his beloved illustrations for \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Tollbooth\u003c\/i\u003e. Feiffer's cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, Playboy, and The Nation, and he was commissioned by The New York Times to create its first op-ed page comic strip which ran monthly until 2000, when Feiffer decided to start off the new millennium by giving up cartooning. Taking inspiration from his three daughters spanning three generations, he has reinvented himself as a children's book author. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Man in the Ceiling\u003c\/i\u003e, was selected by Publisher's Weekly and the New York Public Library as one of the year's best children's books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former instructor at the Yale School of Drama and Northwestern University, Feiffer is now an adjunct professor at Southampton College, a member of the Dramatists Guild Council and has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. This is his first book with Houghton Mifflin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.67 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Birthday Ball\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52663419797811,"sku":"9780547577104","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/6y3ndyKQbH9780547577104.webp?v=1762689223","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-birthday-ball-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}