{"product_id":"telephone-tales","title":"TELEPHONE TALES","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-description_wrapper active\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"hc-product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description_wrapper active\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description_wrapper active\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"hc-product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Gianni Rodari\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIllustrated by Valerio Vidali \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTranslated from Italian by Anthony Shugaar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e★ Winner of the 2021 Mildred A. Batchelder Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e★ Winner of the 2020 Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s English Translation Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSet in the 20th century era of pay phones, each story has to be told in the time that a single coin will buy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReminiscent of Scheherazade and \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne Thousand and One Nights\u003c\/em\u003e, Gianni Rodari’s \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTelephone Tales\u003c\/em\u003e is composed of many stories within a story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEach is set in a different place and time, with unconventional characters and a wonderful mix of reality and fantasy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAwarded 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGorgeously illustrated by Italian artist Valerio Vidali​, these stories entertain with wit, surprise, and imagination.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6.25\" (W) x 9.5\" (H)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e212 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHard Cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Enchanted Lion Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43401766568186,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0604\/7580\/1850\/products\/ScreenShot2022-09-19at11.20.09AM.png?v=1663601188","url":"https:\/\/shop.little-ish.com\/products\/telephone-tales","provider":"Little-ish","version":"1.0","type":"link"}