{"product_id":"the-money-fairy-hardcover","title":"The Money Fairy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThanael Kanter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eS. Lucia Kanter St Amour\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharlotte Philtjens\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs an eight-year-old in 2013, author Thanael Kanter was quite the chatterbox. His favorite way to start a sentence was with the word imagine . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Imagine a flying car with a holographic steering wheel.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Imagine a dog collar that translates your dog's thoughts to words you can hear.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanael had so many fantastic ideations to share that his mother (and co-author), Lucia, would have to remind him to take bites of his food at the dinner table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Imagine a man who wakes up one morning and gold coins fall from his hair . . .\" Thanael mused to Lucia one autumn morning in 2013 over a bowl of already soggy Cheerios . . . and then he continued chattering his imaginings as Lucia listened . . . and began typing. Thus was born this whimsical and transcendent fable, \u003cem\u003eThe Money Fairy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the chimerical chronicle of an ambitious family man, Armando, in the \"Olden Times\" living a pleasant life in the fictional Italian Alps village of Cuor della Terra\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eHe awakens one morning to gold coins tumbling from his hair . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a careening tall tale that whisks you from the Italian Alps to Paris to the Midwest of the United States and from Brazil to the craggy, breathtaking shores of Sicily-all in the span of a bedtime story. It \"breaks the fourth wall\" by directly addressing the reader and combines old-world folktale elements with contemporary references. It is an utterly enchanting journey that reminds us how magic all around us-\u003cem\u003eevery day\u003c\/em\u003e-is afoot!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeet The Characters \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eArmando and his wife, Elisa\u003c\/strong\u003e: a content and industrious couple living in Cuor della Terra, Italy with their four children\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eElisa's grandmother, Lucia: \u003c\/strong\u003e a tennis champion from Brazil (but before tennis was invented)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFrancesco Bugatti: \u003c\/strong\u003e a Sicilian tennis champion who is challenged to a match by Lucia, and falls in love with her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMarco: \u003c\/strong\u003e Armando's brother, who has sailed across the ocean and lives in Illinois\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c\/strong\u003e: a friend of Marco's and the sixteenth president of the United States\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGiuliano Cantore: \u003c\/strong\u003e a famous calendar savant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNatanieul Gutriey: \u003c\/strong\u003e a famous Parisian weaver\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003ePuttifurbi\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e mythical gnomes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prevailing question, \"dear reader,\" is: \u003cstrong\u003eCan you figure out \"what's really going on\"? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(wink, wink)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42721288847423,"sku":"9798986446134","price":29.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b5b2d2dabb0f44d1b12ca53e051250ef.webp?v=1765091839","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-money-fairy-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}