{"product_id":"beautiful-joe-hardcover","title":"Beautiful Joe - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarshall Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeautiful Joe\u003c\/em\u003e is a classic children's animal story told in the voice of a mistreated dog whose rescue becomes a plea for kindness, compassion, and humane treatment.\u003c\/strong\u003e Based on the true story of a real dog from Meaford, Ontario, the novel follows Joe after he is abused by a cruel owner and then taken in by a loving family who helps him heal. Speaking in his own imagined voice, Joe tells not only his own story but also the stories of other animals whose lives reveal both human cruelty and human goodness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1893, Marshall Saunders's novel became one of the most important animal-protection books of its era and a landmark in Canadian children's literature. Like \u003cem\u003eBlack Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e, it uses an animal narrator to awaken sympathy in young readers, turning suffering into moral imagination and encouraging children to recognize animals as feeling beings deserving care. Its combination of story, sentiment, reform, and child-friendly narration helped make it widely read for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders who love classic children's books, dog stories, humane education, animal-rescue fiction, and old-fashioned family read-alouds will find \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Joe\u003c\/em\u003e both moving and historically important. It remains a powerful story about cruelty answered by kindness, and about the way one rescued animal's voice can speak for many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48442224705784,"sku":"9781515429524","price":54.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/6X519_sZ2M9781515429524.webp?v=1783730604","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/beautiful-joe-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}