{"product_id":"big-top-9780740750045","title":"Big Top","description":"\"\"Harrell's work combines pop culture, innocence, friendship, and some of the seamier side of the circus background that only adults can appreciate.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCome one  Come all . . . to the exciting world of \u003ci\u003eBig Top\u003c\/i\u003e  Rob Harrell's three-ring comic strip has already packed the house with fans eager for his hilarious take on the circus and those who bring it to life.\u003cp\u003eThe circus and its colorful cast-led by 10-year-old Pete and his happily reformed performing bear, Wink-are a perfect metaphor for life. It's not always what happens on the surface, \u003ci\u003eBig Top\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us, but what takes place backstage that delivers the lessons and the humor. Pete and Wink keep plenty of odd company, including Kingston, coolest king of the jungle; Stucco, a mute clown who still manages to make his point; Manfred, the bookish monkey; Dusty, the wisecracking tell-it-like-it-is trained poodle; Andrea, the new acrobat girl who's caught Pete's eye; and Hairy Mary the Bearded Lady, a mother figure to them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTake this crew on the road and you get an endless array of situations and relationships, care and impatience, honesty and intolerance. It's like one big \u003ci\u003eBig Top\u003c\/i\u003e family . . . one that welcomes all readers for the mere price of a ticket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rob Harrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 8.58w x 0.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780740750045","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40866833727603,"sku":"9.78074E+12","price":21.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_706dd476-8d1f-4d4b-837c-ea479e7e7b36.jpg?v=1687957815","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/big-top-9780740750045","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}