{"product_id":"my-sweet-orange-tree-pushkin-childrens-classics","title":"My Sweet Orange Tree (Pushkin Childrens Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA WORLDWIDE CLASSIC OF CHILDRENS LITERATURE: a moving, lifeaffirming story of a mischevious boy from Brazil and the power of kindness and imagination.Meet Zez  Brazils naughtiest and most loveable boy, his talent for mischief matched only by his great kindness.When he grows up he wants to be a poet with a bowtie, but for now, he entertains himself playing pranks on the residents of his familys poor Rio de Janeiro neighborhood and inventing friends to play with. Zezs pranks can be a little too mischievous  at least, so say his parents, who punish him harshly when he misbehaves. His father is out of work and the family unhappiness falls hardest on Zez, the secondyoungest of seven siblings. That is, until he meets a real friend, and his life begins to change. With the help of Pinkie, the talking orange tree, Manuel, who gives Zez rides in his car, and with his own endless supply of resourcefulness and imagination, Zez will triumph over any adversity.This worldwide classic of childrens literature has never been out of print in Brazil since it was first published in 1968. Translated into an astonishing number of languages, it has won the hearts of millions of young readers from Korea to Turkey, Poland to Thailand, and many other countries too, with its inimitable blend of the heartrending and the whimsical.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Children\\s Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47953089921269,"sku":"DADAX1805332112","price":23.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/61iR0zNysJL.jpg?v=1775485615","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/my-sweet-orange-tree-pushkin-childrens-classics","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}