Telephone tales
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New York : Enchanted Lion Books, 2020.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
202 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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Great Bend Public Library - Juvenile Fiction | J Fic Rodari, Gianni | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Enchanted Lion Books, 2020.
Format
Book
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English
Notes
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Includes fold-out pages.
General Note
Originally published in Italian: Turin, Italy : Einaudi, 1962 under the title, Favole al telefono.
Description
A collection of nearly seventy short and surreal stories told by Signor Bianchi, a traveling salesman, to his daughter over the telephone nightly.
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Every night, at nine o'clock, wherever he is, Mr. Bianchi, an accountant who often travels for work, calls his daughter and tells her a bedtime story. Set in the 20th century era of pay phones, each story has to be told in the time that a single coin will buy. One night, it's the story of 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. The next night, it's a land filled with butter men, roads paved with chocolate, or a young shrimp who has the courage to defy expectations and do things differently. Reminiscent of Scheherazade and One Thousand and One Nights, Gianni Rodari's Telephone Tales is composed of many stories within a story. Each is set in a different place and time, with unconventional characters and a wonderful mix of reality and fantasy. Awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1970, Gianni Rodari is widely considered to be Italy's most important children's author of the 20th century. Gorgeously illustrated by Italian artist Valerio Vidali, these stories entertain with wit, surprise, and imagination.--,Provided by publisher.
Language
Translated from Italian.
Awards
"Winner of the 2021 Mildred A. Batchelder Award"
Awards
Hans Christian Anderson Award, 1970
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rodari, G., Rodari, G., Vidali, V., & Shugaar, A. (2020). Telephone tales (First US edition.). Enchanted Lion Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gianni, Rodari et al.. 2020. Telephone Tales. Enchanted Lion Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gianni, Rodari et al.. Telephone Tales Enchanted Lion Books, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rodari, Gianni,, Gianni Rodari, Valerio Vidali, and Antony Shugaar. Telephone Tales First US edition., Enchanted Lion Books, 2020.
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