{"product_id":"a-near-thing-for-captain-russell-hoban-9781567923230","title":"A Near Thing for Captain Najork","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for kids who love to laugh, a classic tale about the value of fooling around, written and illustrated by two masters of children's literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTom loves to fool around and is very good at it. So he invents a jam-powered frog and takes his Aunt Bundlejoy Cosysweet out on the frog out for a spin. When the no-nonsense Captain Najork sees them hopping past his window, he and his hired sportsmen jump into their pedal-powered snake and set off in hot pursuit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvents, adventure and sheer craziness conspire to bring Tom and the Captain together at the local girls' boarding school, where Aunt Fidget Wonkham-Strong Najork is in the middle of a best-of-three arm-wrestling contest against the Headmistress... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSublimely silly, this is a very funny collaboration for children by Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake, a rip-roaring adventure guaranteed to keep the pages turning and the laughs bouncing off the ceiling  This is a brilliant companion volume to \u003cb\u003eHow Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen\u003c\/b\u003e, also published by Godine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell Hoban\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1567923232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781567923230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e David R. Godine Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 6.10w x 0.10d","brand":"Russell Hoban","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995827962111,"sku":"9781567923230","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_252b135b-0cf2-4456-a98a-b76e2df91d2d.jpg?v=1683338087","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-near-thing-for-captain-russell-hoban-9781567923230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}