{"product_id":"big-top-paperback","title":"Big Top - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRob Harrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\"Harrell's work combines pop culture, innocence, friendship, and some of the seamier side of the circus background that only adults can appreciate.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCome one  Come all . . . to the exciting world of \u003ci\u003eBig Top\u003c\/i\u003e  Rob Harrell's three-ring comic strip has already packed the house with fans eager for his hilarious take on the circus and those who bring it to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe circus and its colorful cast-led by 10-year-old Pete and his happily reformed performing bear, Wink-are a perfect metaphor for life. It's not always what happens on the surface, \u003ci\u003eBig Top\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us, but what takes place backstage that delivers the lessons and the humor. Pete and Wink keep plenty of odd company, including Kingston, coolest king of the jungle; Stucco, a mute clown who still manages to make his point; Manfred, the bookish monkey; Dusty, the wisecracking tell-it-like-it-is trained poodle; Andrea, the new acrobat girl who's caught Pete's eye; and Hairy Mary the Bearded Lady, a mother figure to them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTake this crew on the road and you get an endless array of situations and relationships, care and impatience, honesty and intolerance. It's like one big \u003ci\u003eBig Top\u003c\/i\u003e family . . . one that welcomes all readers for the mere price of a ticket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 130\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 9.06 x 8.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42723204300863,"sku":"9780740750045","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/01dc3ff2f883b4305a848e87a8fc99b3.webp?v=1765098366","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/big-top-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}