{"product_id":"i-saw-a-beautiful-woodpecker-isbn-9783791374864","title":"I Saw a Beautiful Woodpecker","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis award-winning children's book is one eight-year-old Polish boy's evocative diary of the summer of 1939 when World War Two was tragically approaching his country.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the summer of 1939 in Warsaw, Poland and Michal is an eight- year-old boy just finishing his school year. In order to improve his handwriting, Michal’s teacher gives him a simple assignment: keep a journal, writing one sentence a day. Eighty years later, Michal’s diary has been gorgeously illustrated with beautifully atmospheric paintings. Eloquent in its simplicity, the journal is a remarkable artifact that captures the innocence of childhood and the trauma of war. The journal starts out with a typical boy’s observations: “July 15: I went to a stream with my brother and teacher.” “July 23: I found a caterpillar.” However over the course of weeks, menacing details emerge. “July 27: A plane was circling over Anin.” “September 1: The war has begun.” “September 3: I hid from planes.” “September 14: Warsaw is bravely defending itself.” These haunting entries are interspersed with visits from relatives, a soccer game, a trip to a park, an ice cream cone. Photographs of pages from Michal’s diary enhance the poignancy of this simple record—an ordinary holiday interrupted by war; a life changed forever by an extraordinary moment in history. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichał Skibiński\u003c\/b\u003e was 8 years old and a schoolboy at Warsaw Primary school when he wrote this diary in the summer 1939. Today he lives in a retirement house for elderly priests.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAla Bankroft\u003c\/b\u003e is a painter, photographer and film animator living in Warsaw, Poland.","brand":"Prestel Junior","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300452880613,"sku":"NP9783791374864","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9783791374864.jpg?v=1742920144","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/i-saw-a-beautiful-woodpecker-isbn-9783791374864","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}