{"product_id":"the-slug-and-the-snail-oein-de-bharduin-9781915071071","title":"The Slug and the Snail","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn illustrated own-voices fable about self-acceptance and pride from a member of the Irish Traveller nomadic ethnic minority\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawn from the Irish Traveller oral storytelling tradition, DeBhairduin's tale is a gentle allegory about difference, self-acceptance and different ways of seeing the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo slugs travel happily together as brothers, until they meet a crow who shows them that they have no home. Ashamed, one of the slugs decides to make himself a home, and calls himself snail. \u003c\/p\u003eThe brothers grow apart and become suspicious of each other. The slug with no shell-house feels ashamed until he learns to see that the very road he travels is his home, and so he shall never be homeless. \u003cp\u003eThe happy slug no longer sees himself through the judging eyes of others, but proudly asserts his place in the world and the two brothers travel happily together once more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oein de Bharduin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1915071070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915071071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Island Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/13\/2024","brand":"Oein de Bharduin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44130450768127,"sku":"9781915071071","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dbf730d2-8a2d-4e95-8a44-39b92cd4d53d.jpg?v=1687469435","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-slug-and-the-snail-oein-de-bharduin-9781915071071","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}