{"product_id":"sal-boat-a-boat-by-sal-hardcover","title":"Sal Boat: (A Boat by Sal) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA boy builds a unique boat of his own with some help from his community in this new picture book written and illustrated by Thyra Heder, the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eAlfie\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sal loves the water. All day, he thinks about it: being out there, just him and the waves, alone. More than anything else, he wants a boat. And he knows just what it would look like. So he decides to build it himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It isn't long before everyone in town starts sharing advice. But Sal doesn't need their help. He knows just what he's building. And he does it! Except . . . he forgets one crucial detail--that no project, big or small, can be launched without a little help. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the acclaimed author-illustrator of \u003ci\u003eAlfie\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow Do You Dance?\u003c\/i\u003e comes a clever and heartfelt tale about creativity, collaboration, and how you don't always have to be alone to be free. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Along with effectively capturing the setting's small-town feel in her watercolors, Heder depicts a light-skinned protagonist whose changing facial expressions and body language offer a positive study as he goes from intense, scowling concentration to delight, dismay, then despair, resignation, and, bit by bit, anger . . . A literally buoyant reminder that sometimes it takes a village.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Harry N. Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46522376224924,"sku":"9781419757501","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/7616\/7324\/files\/9781419757501.jpg?v=1773593424","url":"https:\/\/bronzeandbrass.store\/products\/sal-boat-a-boat-by-sal-hardcover","provider":"Bronze \u0026 Brass","version":"1.0","type":"link"}