{"product_id":"i-saw-a-beautiful-woodpecker","title":"I Saw a Beautiful Woodpecker","description":"It is the summer of 1939 in Warsaw, Poland and Michal is an eight-year-old boy just finishing his school year. In order to improve his handwriting, Michal's teacher gives him a simple assignment: keep a journal, writing one sentence a day. Eighty years later, Michal's diary has been gorgeously illustrated with beautifully atmospheric paintings. Eloquent in its simplicity, the journal is a remarkable artifact that captures the innocence of childhood and the trauma of war. The journal starts out with a typical boy's observations: \"July 15: I went to a stream with my brother and teacher.\" \"July 23: I found a caterpillar.\" However over the course of weeks, menacing details emerge. \"July 27: A plane was circling over Anin.\" \"September 1: The war has begun.\" \"September 3: I hid from planes.\" \"September 14: Warsaw is bravely defending itself.\" These haunting entries are interspersed with visits from relatives, a soccer game, a trip to a park, an ice cream cone. Photographs of pages from Michal's diary enhance the poignancy of this simple record--an ordinary holiday interrupted by war; a life changed forever by an extraordinary moment in history.","brand":"Prestel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40739265970261,"sku":"9783791374864N","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/files\/c8cfb4c2-2e34-4d49-ac8e-0a1db63538b4.jpg?v=1702310705","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/i-saw-a-beautiful-woodpecker","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}