{"product_id":"son-of-happy","title":"Son of Happy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow would you feel if your dad were a clown?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe boy in this story never wants to go to his friends’ birthday parties, because Happy the Clown is always there. And Happy is … his dad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe wishes his dad had a regular job, like all the other kids’ parents. He didn’t mind his dad being a clown when he was a little kid, but now it’s just embarrassing. And even worse, since business is slow, his dad is putting a sign on the front lawn advertising his clown services!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut one night at dinner Dad announces that he’s going back to his old job of being a lawyer. “You were a lawyer?” the boy asks, incredulous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow his dad wears a suit and tie to work, the family can buy a new car, his mom can take piano lessons, and he can have a skateboard and cellphone. But something feels different. The boy wonders if his dad misses being a clown. Or is he the one who misses Happy?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith bittersweet humor, Cary Fagan brings us a story about a boy’s growing consciousness and a father’s realization that he can be himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nspeech bubbles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3\u003cbr\u003e\nDescribe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none;\"\u003eCary Fagan Milan Pavlović \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Groundwood Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":54527335104785,"sku":"9781773061788","price":18.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Amazon Kindle [reflow]","offer_id":54527335137553,"sku":"9781773063584","price":16.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"EPUB [reflow]","offer_id":54527335170321,"sku":"9781773061795","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Braille","offer_id":54527335203089,"sku":"PREXXX0000603","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/9676\/3409\/files\/PREXXX0000603.jpg?v=1788206568","url":"https:\/\/bookcentre.ca\/products\/son-of-happy","provider":"The Canadian Children's Book Centre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}