{"product_id":"9781563978296","title":"The Summer My Father Was Ten","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this touching book with a moral message, a child retells the story of her father's youth when an impromptu baseball game gets out of hand and some unthinking boys end up destroying an old man's garden. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery year my father and I plant a garden. Tomatoes, peppers, onions, marigold, and zinnias grow in neat, straight rows...and every spring my father tells me about Mr. Bellavista and the summer my father was ten.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat was the summer a boy lost a baseball under a tomato plant in Mr. Bellavista's garden. And someone tossed a tomato back instead of the baseball. A lively battle took place, which seemed like great fun at the time, but in the end, Mr. Bellavista's garden was ruined. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a touching story of one boy's efforts to make amends, we see the rebuilding of a garden and the forming of a relationship across generations. With luminous, beautifully detailed watercolors, this excellent book for the whole family shows how we can turn our mistakes into some of life's greatest moments.","brand":"Pat Brisson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48437933801684,"sku":"9781563978296","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0fc89003-055d-4f11-8449-dcac77e6e7fe.jpg?v=1786134634","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781563978296","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}