{"product_id":"i-saw-esau-isbn-9780763664015","title":"I Saw Esau","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The mood is insouciant glee. A treasure.\" — \u003ci\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/i\u003es (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat’s what children chant when they are being teased; it’s what their parents chanted, and their grandparents and their great-grandparents before them. Collected in this invaluable book are the wit and wisdom of generations of schoolchildren — more than one hundred and seventy rhymes ranging from insults and riddles to tongue twisters, jeers, and jump-rope rhymes. With Iona Opie’s introduction and detailed notes and Maurice Sendak’s remarkable pictures — vignettes, sequences, and full-page paintings both wickedly funny and comically sad — here is a book that deserves a place among the classic texts of childhood.\"Sendak. . . . dramatizes the verses' challenging spirit in some splendidly witty and imaginative interpretations: Dr. Fell is truly ghoulish, but his victim remains undaunted. Scores of these pictures are masterpieces of illustration: lively, exquisitely designed, offering unexpected insights while enthusiastically celebrating their texts. Overall, the handsome format is worthy of the content, and the mood is insouciant glee. A treasure. New introduction by Iona Opic; notes, nicely leavened by Sendak's characters, who reappear among them.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302905958629,"sku":"NP9780763664015","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780763664015.jpg?v=1767729700","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/i-saw-esau-isbn-9780763664015","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}