{"product_id":"walter-isbn-9781590789483","title":"Walter","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo lonely creatures find that companionship is closer than they thought in this charming tale of friendship\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of a writer and a reader. The writer is a person. The reader is a rat. They share an old house on Long Island, but have never met. How these two lonely creatures discover one another is the essence of this story.\"Those with a love of words will enjoy the way Wersba shows Walter sneaking up on a friendship with the elusive but observant author. Like Richard Kennedy's Come Again in the Spring (HarperCollins, 1976) or Randall Jarrell's The Bat-Poet (S \u0026amp; S, 1967), this book gives readers some writing to remember and a chance to view the world from a different perspective.\" --School Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \"A small but very nearly perfect gem.\" --Kirkus Reviews, starred review\"Beautiful. . . . Moving and unpretentious. . . . Lovely.\" --BooklistBarbara Wersba is the author of thirty books for young people, including \u003ci\u003eTunes for a Small Harmonica: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award nominee. A reviewer for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e for many years, Wersba has also written for the stage and television. She lives in Sag Harbor, New York, where she runs a small publishing company called The Bookman Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonna Diamond has illustrated numerous children's books as well as many book jackets. She lives in Riverdale, New York.","brand":"Astra Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303993364709,"sku":"NP9781590789483","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781590789483.jpg?v=1767743577","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/walter-isbn-9781590789483","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}