{"product_id":"telephone-tales-9781592702848","title":"Telephone Tales","description":"Night after night, a father spins a new, fantastical bedtime story for his daughter from the other end of the telephone.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvery night, at nine o'clock, wherever he is, Mr. Bianchi, an accountant who often has to travel for work, calls his daughter and tells her a bedtime story.\u003c\/b\u003e But since it's still the 20th century world of pay phones, each story has to be told in the time that a single coin will buy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eReminiscent of Scheherazade and \u003ci\u003eOne Thousand and One Nights, \u003c\/i\u003e Gianni Rodari's \u003ci\u003eTelephone Tales\u003c\/i\u003e is composed of many stories--in fact, seventy short stories, with one for each phone call. Each story is set in a different place and a different time, with unconventional characters and a wonderful mix of reality and fantasy. One night, it's a carousel so beloved by children that an old man finally sneaks on to understand why, and as he sails above the world, he does. Or, it's a land filled with butter men, roads paved with chocolate, or a young shrimp who has the courage to do things in a different way from what he's supposed to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwarded the Hans Christian Anderson Award in 1970, Gianni Rodari is widely considered to be Italy's most important children's author of the 20th century. Newly re-illustrated by Italian artist Valerio Vidali \u003ci\u003e(The Forest), Telephone Tales\u003c\/i\u003e entertains, while questioning and imagining other worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2021 Batchelder Award and the 2020 Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs's English Translation Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Enchanted Lion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781592702848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Mildred L. Batchelder Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/2020\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gianni Rodari","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43897293897909,"sku":"9781592702848","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_20222f09-0a89-4387-98ce-e74bd2b78a1b.jpg?v=1712633751","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/telephone-tales-9781592702848","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}