{"product_id":"book-auw3","title":"Whittington","description":"The power of reading is beautifully captured in this 2006 Newbery Honor-winning book. \u003cbr\u003eBernie keeps a barn full of animals the rest of the world has no use for–two retired  trotters, a rooster, some banty hens, and a Muscovy duck with clipped wings who calls  herself The Lady. When the cat called Whittington shows up one day, it is to the  Lady that he makes an appeal to secure a place in the barn. The Lady’s a little hesitant  at first, but when the cat claims to be a master ratter, that clinches it.\u003cbr\u003e Bernie’ s orphaned grandkids, Abby and Ben, come to the barn every day to help feed the animals.  Abby shares her worry that Ben can’t really read yet and that he refuses to go to  Special Ed. Whittington and the Lady decide that Abby should give Ben reading lessons  in the barn. It is a balm for Ben when, having toughed out the daily lesson, Whittington  comes to tell, in tantalizing installments, the story handed down to him from his  nameless forebearer, Dick Whittington’s cat–the legend of the lad born into poverty  in rural England during the Black Death, who runs away to London to seek his fortune.  This is an unforgettable tale about how learning to read saves one little boy. It  is about the healing, transcendent power of storytelling and how, if you have loved  ones surrounding you and good stories to tell, to listen to, and to read, you have  just about everything of value in this world.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49398222225712,"sku":"BDauw3","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/161550-auw3-Square.jpg?v=1735497735","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-auw3","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}