{"product_id":"city-summer-country-summer","title":"City Summer, Country Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lyrical picture book from the award-winning author of Heavy, about three Black boys who form a deep connection during a transformative summer trip down South to visit family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the ground of that garden, covered in vegetables and dirt, coated in laughter, I want to say that the Mississippi and New York in our Black boy bodies were indistinguishable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree Black boys spend one special summer exploring the Mississippi woods and woulds and coulds of sharing the kind of freeing friendship that is love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatched over and given space to discover by Grandmama and Mama Lara, New York, Country, and little C find camaraderie in their contrasts and all the unspoken things between them while playing games of marco polo in the thick garden and sledding on cardboard by the underpass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith text brimming with love by award-winning author Kiese Laymon and deeply evocative illustrations by Ashley Franklin, City Summer, Country Summer illuminates the tenuous and tender bonds of friendship Black boys forge with one another.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kokila","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43805985079330,"sku":"9780593405567","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/3841\/0530\/files\/9780593405567.jpg?v=1747079498","url":"https:\/\/anovelideabookshop.org\/products\/city-summer-country-summer","provider":"A Novel Idea Bookshop ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}