{"product_id":"a-33-4-f_05-15-25_art_h00008gk","title":"It's New! It's Improved! It's Terrible!","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when a commercial steps out of your TV set and into your life?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe ads on TV said the basketball shoes were New! IMPROVED! Amazing! NEAT! Arnold Schlemp just had to have them. He had to. That was all there was to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut by the end of his birthday he had a lot more to handle than fancy new shoes. He had big red blisters on his feet. He had a broken TV set in the living room. He had an obnoxious kid who had come through the TV screen from the shoe commercial--with no idea how to get home. And he had to find a way to explain it all to his parents--fast!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author of Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! returns with the laugh-out-loud story of a boy who gets his wish--and wishes he could take it back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e(Want to act this out? An excerpt from this popular book is dramatized for performance in Aaron Shepard's Stories on Stage.)\u003cbr\u003e\n_______________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for It's New! It's Improved! It's Terrible!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"An alien that looks like a boy and spouts a running patter of TV commercials . . . threatens to drive Arnold Schlemp and his buddies bonkers. . . pithy commentary on phony materialistic hype, well-laced with humor and insight . . . \"\u003cbr\u003e\n--Booklist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"An advertising-crazy kid who lives inside a sneaker commercial steps out of a TV set and turns Arnold Schlemp's life upside down. . . . The plot is very original and the writing is crisp. . . . an 'A' for imagination . . .\u003cbr\u003e\n\"--Zillions magazine, ISBN13: 9780553156829 ISBN10: 0553156829 Material Type: paperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46124814368931,"sku":"A.33.4 F_05-15-25_ART_H00008GK","price":25.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/71Py7yAq8xL.jpg?v=1754825859","url":"https:\/\/usedbookdepot.com\/products\/a-33-4-f_05-15-25_art_h00008gk","provider":"Used Book Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}