{"product_id":"king-winters-birthday-isbn-9781782694670","title":"King Winter's Birthday","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gorgeously illustrated and magical original fairy tale celebrating the seasons.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe beautiful story of the seasons gathering to revel in the magic of the natural world, adapted from a rediscovered work by a Jewish author during World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's King Winter's birthday, and he wants it to be really special. He wants all of his brothers and sisters to be there: King Summer, Queen Spring and Queen Autumn. But the leaves and the trees whisper a warning, and as the four play magical games, something strange begins to happen outside.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis timeless fairy tale is a celebration of nature’s rhythms, and of a chaotic world restored to order. It was adapted from a story by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eThe Passenger\u003c\/i\u003e. Boschwitz was a refugee from Nazi Germany: he fled, aged 20, in 1935. Young as he was, he understood that it was not safe for someone like him, with a Jewish-born father, to stay. He went from country to country until he made it to England in 1939.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore long, Britain was at war with Germany, which meant Ulrich was branded an “enemy alien” and so, along with other German Jews, he was interned in a camp in the Isle of Man. There he wrote \u003ci\u003eKing Winter’s Birthday\u003c\/i\u003e, which he called \u003ci\u003eA Fairy Tale\u003c\/i\u003e. The story was never published, and Boschwitz was tragically killed in an attack by a German submarine when he was being transported from Australia back to England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis story of the four seasons and a demanding birthday boy lay undiscovered for decades – until now.\"A modern fairy tale that speaks to our unsettled times.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJonathan Freedland is a \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e columnist and the presenter of BBC Radio 4's contemporary history series, \u003ci\u003eThe Long View\u003c\/i\u003e and host of the podcast \u003ci\u003eUnholy\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of twelve books, the latest being \u003ci\u003eThe Escape Artist\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written nine thrillers, mostly as Sam Bourne, including The Righteous Men, a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e number one bestseller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Sutton is an artist and illustrator\u003c\/b\u003e based in York, England. She has worked on numerous picture books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Christmas Eve Tree\u003c\/i\u003e by Delia Huddy, as well as \u003ci\u003eTiny, Lots, Many and Grow \u003c\/i\u003eby author Nicola Davies.  Her illustrated edition of Shakespeare's First Folio is published in April 2024.It was King Winter's Birthday. And he wanted a party.\u003cbr\u003eHe wanted it to be special. Not just the usual party treats - icicle lollies, snow cones and frozen jelly.\u003cbr\u003eHe wanted something\u003ci\u003e really\u003c\/i\u003e special.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe wanted his brother and sisters to be there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe had a faint memory - from before he was even a child - that they had all been together once. And now he wanted them to be together again.","brand":"Pushkin Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233298526437,"sku":"NP9781782694670","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781782694670.jpg?v=1767730760","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/king-winters-birthday-isbn-9781782694670","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}