{"product_id":"the-girl-who-wanted-to-dance-isbn-9780763613457","title":"The Girl Who Wanted to Dance","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe call to self expression haunts a delicate, poignant tale about family and art, love and longing — and the ineffable tie between parent and child.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClara lives with her father and grandmother in a little village. More than anything, Clara loves to dance, but her father has had too much sadness in his life to abide dancing. When Clara sees a troupe of dancers performing in the village one June day, she is enchanted enough to follow their wagons deep into the forest — and what she finds there changes her life forever. This bewitching fairy tale by master storyteller Amy Ehrlich, tenderly illustrated by Rebecca Walsh, honors the call to the artistic life and acknowledges with compassion the pain of those left behind.A haunting fairy tale and a parable for families separated by divorce or death, this lyrically rendered story also presents art as a vehicle for transcending pain.\u003cbr\u003e—Publishers Weekly (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePW starred review\u003cbr\u003e—PW Children’s Bookshelf (starred review)\u003cb\u003eAmy Ehrlich \u003c\/b\u003eis an accomplished author and editor of many books for children and young adults, including \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Rachel Carson, \u003c\/i\u003eillustrated by Wendell Minor, and the compilations \u003ci\u003eWhen I Was Your Age, Volume One \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVolume Two. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives in Vermont.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Walsh \u003c\/b\u003ehas illustrated several books, including \u003ci\u003eHow the Tiny People Grew Tall \u003c\/i\u003eby Nancy Wood and \u003ci\u003eThe Well at the End of the World \u003c\/i\u003eby Robert D. San Souci. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233673228517,"sku":"NP9780763613457","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780763613457.jpg?v=1767739542","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-girl-who-wanted-to-dance-isbn-9780763613457","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}