{"product_id":"chasing-the-shy-town-paperback","title":"Chasing the Shy Town - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErika McGann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eToni Galmés\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Public Library, Best Children's Books of 2024 List\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSenan uses his binoculars to spy out the Shy Town, a sweet little place on a hill, with winding streets and red and yellow roofs. Senan calls it the Shy Town because it often hides and is hard to find. \u003cp\u003eHe tells his next-door friend Joshua about the Shy Town, and they set off, with Senan's grandmother in a ramshackle wheelchair, to find this elusive place. Along the way they make friends with Paperboy. Who is, as you'd expect, a boy made of paper. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the help of a kruckle (a sort of Shy Town creature) that they meet on their journey, they find the Shy Town, only its real name is Perfection, because it is absolutely perfect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut all is not well in Perfection: the inhabitants are constantly worrying about making it more and more perfect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But since more perfect than perfect is an impossibility, they are constantly exhausted. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat can Senan and friends do to save the kruckles from their obsession with perfection?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErika McGann\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning children's author based in Dublin. She has written a wide range of children's books, including \u003ci\u003eWhere Are You, Puffling? \u003c\/i\u003e(with illustrator Gerry Daly) and Tabitha Plimtock and the \u003ci\u003eEdge of the World\u003c\/i\u003e (with illustrations by Phillip Cullen), which was awarded a White Raven by the International Youth Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457122025650,"sku":"9781915071514","price":12.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/0f0oIVVbPV9781915071514.webp?v=1783030211","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/chasing-the-shy-town-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}