{"product_id":"what-is-a-book-lucia-stipari-9780228106432","title":"What is a Book?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book that will transform children's relationship with reading.  Emily Dickinson once likened a book to a \"frugal frigate\" that can carry you away to unknown lands of imagination. Albert Einstein believed that \"imagination is more important than knowledge.\"  \"A book is a little thing. It seems like just a bunch of paper. It has a cover, a title, words. Sometimes drawings too.\"  What Is a Book explores how a book is far more than paper and ink-it is a gateway into imagination, experience, and discovery.  A book is a house. It is like a roof over your head, a cozy place to stay-a safe corner to hide away where you feel protected and secure.  A book is a door. You open it and step into a different world. Will you meet someone? What will happen next?  As the book reveals how a story can be an airplane, a blanket, a mirror, or a window, it shows how each metaphor represents a journey from the familiar self into something new-stimulating, comforting, and full of wonder.  A book is a window. There is someone not at all like you out there-someone different, someone you are curious to understand and know more about.  Perhaps that is why we read: to explore difference, connection, and possibility.  A book is also a brick, a swing, and a sandwich. When you discover why, you understand what books can do for us-where they can take us, and what they can teach us.  This is both a powerful book for children and a reminder for adults of why we have always loved, valued, and cherished books-and why they remain so important.  AGES: 4 to 7  AUTHOR: Lucia Stipari has been a touring singer, a circus squire, gymnastics teacher and firefighter. Then she began working in publishing and is a book graphics agent. Her school degree is in philosophy and she lives in Italy.  Elisa Codutti is a prizewinning children's book illustrator from Italy. Her illustrations are simple yet sensitive to the world of the child and filled with humorous touches.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lucia Stipari","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":67583150981363,"sku":"9780228106432","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780228106432.jpg?v=1790452915","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/what-is-a-book-lucia-stipari-9780228106432","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}