{"title":"Award Winners","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"cowzat","title":"Cowzat!","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChildren’s Book Council Notable Book 2010\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘One balmy day down under in a paddock by a stream,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA herd of cows was eating grass and making milk and cream.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen one of them — a Jersey cow called Jenny Bramble Rose,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBegan to twitch because she sniffed a cricket up her nose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe sneezed and sent a gritty ball of pasture through the air,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt bounced upon a strip of ground the goats had eaten bare…’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt last the true story of how cricket was invented!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot in England or even in India, but right here in Australia ! 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