{"product_id":"9780571307555","title":"The Mouse and His Child","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Hoban, Russell \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eGeneral fiction (Children's \/ Teenage)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 November 2015 by FABER \u0026amp; FABER in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Faber Children's Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e180 x 136 x 21 | 236g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFunny, thought-provoking and moving, this much loved story is a true classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'What are we, Papa?' the toy mouse child asked his father. 'I don't know,' the father answered. 'We must wait and see.'So begins the story of a tin father and son who dance under a Christmas tree until they break the ancient clockwork rules and are themselves broken. Thrown away, then rescued from a dustbin and repaired by a tramp, they set out on a dangerous quest for a family and a place of their own - the magnificent doll's house, the plush elephant and the tin seal they had once know in the toy shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Hugely funny, provocative, pathetic and heroic.' TLS'Brilliantly plotted . . . a spellbinder . . . it has a style that glows and crackles.' Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58179160310141,"sku":"9780571307555","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780571307555.jpg?v=1778955104","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.com\/products\/9780571307555","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}