{"product_id":"the-beginners-guide-to-being-a-wizard","title":"The Beginner's Guide to Being a Wizard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Beginner's Guide to Being a Wizard\u003c\/em\u003e by Keith Negley is a straight-faced handbook for anyone taking up sorcery. It covers the essential materials, which are a stick that is not too pokey, a cloak, for which a towel works fine, a good hiding place and a supply of snacks, before moving on to spell casting, duels and the question of which animal makes the best familiar. Not a gecko, as it turns out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMistakes are treated as part of the process, whether that means turning friends into fish or oneself into a turnip, and the warning about not attempting to summon a baby dragon before being able to handle its mother is delivered with the same deadpan calm as everything else. Negley works in thick coloured pencil and gouache on beige, in blocky shapes with a lot of flapping sleeves, and behind the jokes the book keeps insisting that magic is more about wondering than knowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover\u003cbr\u003eAges 4 to 8\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flamingo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46192671424559,"sku":null,"price":26.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0072\/7285\/7647\/files\/TheBeginnersGuideToBeingAWizard-1.jpg?v=1789580111","url":"https:\/\/www.parkette.ca\/products\/the-beginners-guide-to-being-a-wizard","provider":"Parkette.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}