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Telephone Tales<\/strong> Every night, at nine o\u2019clock, wherever he is, Mr. Bianchi, an accountant who often has to travel for work, calls his daughter and tells her a bedtime story.<\/strong>\u00a0But 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.<\/p>\n Reminiscent of Scheherazade and One Thousand and One Nights,<\/em>\u00a0Gianni Rodari\u2019sTelephone Tales<\/em> is composed of many stories\u2013\u2013in 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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n Awarded the Hans Christian Anderson Award in 1970, Gianni Rodari is widely considered to be Italy\u2019s most important children\u2019s author of the 20th century. Newly re-illustrated by Italian artist Valerio Vidali (The Forest), Telephone Tales<\/em>\u00a0entertains, while questioning and imagining other worlds.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”http:\/\/Every%20night,%20at%20nine%20o\u2019clock,%20wherever%20he%20is,%20Mr.%20Bianchi,%20an%20accountant%20who%20often%20has%20to%20travel%20for%20work,%20calls%20his%20daughter%20and%20tells%20her%20a%20bedtime%20story.%20But%20since%20it’s%20still%20the%2020th%20century%20world%20of%20pay%20phones,%20each%20story%20has%20to%20be%20told%20in%20the%20time%20that%20a%20single%20coin%20will%20buy.%20%20Reminiscent%20of%20Scheherazade%20andOne%20Thousand%20and%20One%20Nights,%20Gianni%20Rodari\u2019sTelephone%20Tales%20is%20composed%20of%20many%20stories\u2013\u2013in%20fact,%20seventy%20short%20stories,%20with%20one%20for%20each%20phone%20call.%20Each%20story%20is%20set%20in%20a%20different%20place%20and%20a%20different%20time,%20with%20unconventional%20characters%20and%20a%20wonderful%20mix%20of%20reality%20and%20fantasy.%20One%20night,%20it\u2019s%20a%20carousel%20so%20beloved%20by%20children%20that%20an%20old%20man%20finally%20sneaks%20on%20to%20understand%20why,%20and%20as%20he%20sails%20above%20the%20world,%20he%20does.%20Or,%20it\u2019s%20a%20land%20filled%20with%20butter%20men,%20roads%20paved%20with%20chocolate,%20or%20a%20young%20shrimp%20who%20has%20thecourage%20to%20do%20things%20in%20a%20different%20way%20from%20what%20he’s%20supposed%20to%20do.%20%20Awarded%20the%20Hans%20Christian%20Anderson%20Award%20in%201970,%20Gianni%20Rodari%20is%20widely%20considered%20to%20be%20Italy\u2019s%20most%20important%20children\u2019s%20author%20of%20the%2020th%20century.%20Newly%20re-illustrated%20by%20Italian%20artist%20Valerio%20Vidali(The%20Forest),%20Telephone%20Tales%20entertains,%20while%20questioning%20and%20imagining%20other%20worlds.” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”PURCHASE” button_alignment=”left” _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Telephone TalesGianni Rodari27.95 Every night, at nine o\u2019clock, wherever he is, Mr. Bianchi, an accountant who often has to travel for work, calls his daughter and tells her a bedtime story.\u00a0But 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. Reminiscent of Scheherazade and One Thousand and One Nights,\u00a0Gianni Rodari\u2019sTelephone Tales is composed of many stories\u2013\u2013in 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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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. Awarded the Hans Christian Anderson Award in 1970, Gianni Rodari is widely considered to be Italy\u2019s most important children\u2019s author of the 20th century. Newly re-illustrated by Italian artist Valerio Vidali (The Forest), Telephone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,59,76],"tags":[78],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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