{"product_id":"the-wizards-tears-maxine-kumin-9781609808754","title":"The Wizard's Tears","description":"\u003cb\u003eA lonely wizard moves to a new town in this charming children's story by renowned American poets Anne Sexton and Maxine Kumin, now in print again for the first time in decades.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEverything is going wrong in the town of Drocknock until the new wizard arrives. He is very young, and he is lonely, and very nervous too; but he knows just where to find the right spells to stop the chicken pox epidemic and bring back the twenty cows that had disappeared. The drought is the town's most important problem, however. The new wizard needs five of his own tears to bring rain, but he is so happy in Drocknock he cannnot cry!\u003cbr\u003e \"Peel an onion,\" the old wizard advises. \"But,\" he warns, \"beware, beware...a wizard's tears are powerful. They can make strange magic.\".....\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Wizard's Tears\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1975, is moving and kind and funny in its intimate and modest way, yet strong and full of renewed life with stunning new illustrations from Keren Katz. Anne Sexton and Maxine Kumin had been friends for several years--having met at and carpooled to a Boston poetry workshop--when they began writing books together for younger readers. The creativity and versatility required for children's books offered the two poets the opportunity to experiment and play with language in new, unexpected ways, to connect world and words with humble, powerful, childlike imagery--\"not unlike writing a poem where compression acts to intensify feelings,\" as Maxine reckoned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maxine Kumin, Anne Sexton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609808754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609808754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Triangle Square\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 8.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/11\/2019","brand":"Maxine Kumin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43984592175359,"sku":"9781609808754","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_859c2a0c-a7d9-4d4b-91a3-07302dcdea18.jpg?v=1683273144","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wizards-tears-maxine-kumin-9781609808754","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}