| Edition |
First US edition. |
| Descript |
202 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
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age Children lcdgt |
| Note |
Includes fold-out pages. |
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Originally published in Italian: Turin, Italy : Einaudi, 1962 under the title, Favole al telefono. |
| Contents |
The unlucky hunter -- The ice cream palace -- A distractible child goes for a walk -- A building for breaking -- The little old lady who counted sneezes -- The country without sharp edges -- The country with an Un in front -- The butter man -- Alice Tumbledown -- The road of chocolate -- Inventing numbers -- Brif, Braf, Bruf -- Buying the city of Stockholm -- Touching the king's nose -- The famous rainstorm of Piombino -- The merry-go-round of Cesenatico -- On the beach at Ostia -- The comic strip mouse -- History of the kingdom of Pieholia -- Alice falls into the sea -- The war of the Bells -- The young crayfish -- The giant's hair -- The nose that ran away -- The road to nowhere -- The scarecrow -- Playing with a cane -- Old proverbs -- Apollonia the jam maker -- Old Aunt Ada -- The sun and cloud -- The king who was going to die -- The comet sorcerer -- The fisherman of Cefalù -- King Midas -- The blue spotlight -- The mouse that ate cats -- Bring down the nine -- Tonino the invisible boy -- So many questions -- Gilberto the good boy -- The words 'to cry' -- Gobbledy fever -- Sunday morning -- Sleeping, waking up -- Giacomo of Crystal -- Monkeys on holiday -- Signor Fallaninna -- One and seven -- The man who stole the Colosseum -- Elevator to the stars -- Bus number 75 -- Dog town -- Pulcinella's escape -- The bricklayer from Valtellina -- The soldier's blanket -- The well at Cascina Piana -- Houses and apartment buildings -- Maestro Garrone -- The planet of truth -- The conveyor sidewalk -- Space cooking -- Educational candy -- The cosmic chick -- Telling stories wrong -- Upgraded plus two -- The nothing man -- Universal history. |
| Summary |
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. 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. Gorgeously illustrated by Italian artist Valerio Vidali, these stories entertain with wit, surprise, and imagination"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Audience |
Ages 8-12. |
| Note |
Translated from Italian. |
| Subject |
Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Genre |
Short stories.
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Humorous fiction.
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Toy and movable books.
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| Alt Author |
Rodari, Gianni.
Favole al telefono. English.
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Vidali, Valerio, 1983- illustrator.
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Shugaar, Antony, translator.
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| Unif Title |
Favole al telefono. English
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9781592702848 |
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1592702848 |
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