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4892795The Book of Whyshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-book-of-whys-9781592704255/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4445383/image.jpg?v=638482102857370000371516MXNGandhiInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Factual as well as whimsical, and humorously illustrated, this is the first English-language publication of the answers given by one of Italys greatest and most beloved childrens authors to childrens questions about animals, nature, technology, and culture.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Winner of the 2023 Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairss English Translation Prize!</strong></em></p><p>Gianni Rodari is widely regarded as the father of modern Italian childrens literature. A firm believer in the great intelligence of children, he worked both as a teacher and a journalist. For a number of years, children across Italy sent their questions to his weekly newspaper columnquestions Rodari answered, most inventively, with rhymes and little poems. <em>Why didnt he reply with facts alone?</em> Because he wanted to provoke children into thinking about questions, norms, and language itself. <em>The Book of Whys</em> collects a selection of these questionsfrom "Why does an elephant have a trunk?" to "Why does a car need fuel?" to "Why are we born?"along with Rodaris answers, which beautifully serve to highlight the complexities, simplicities, and absurdities of our world.</p><p>With a fresh translation from Antony Shugaar, who also translated Rodaris <em>Telephone Tales</em> (the 2021 Batchelder Award winner), and playful illustrations in colored pencils from artist JooHee Yoon (<em>Beastly Verse;</em> <em>The Tiger Who Would Be King</em>, a <em>New York Times</em> Best Illustrated Book of 2015; <em>Inside Out and Upside Down</em>), <em>The Book of Whys</em> is a playful, surprising, and poetically informative book for all those who are curious about the world and ready to play with the ways things are.</p>...4637279The Book of Whys371516https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-book-of-whys-9781592704255/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4445383/image.jpg?v=638482102857370000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249781592704255_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9781592704255_<p><strong>Factual as well as whimsical, and humorously illustrated, this is the first English-language publication of the answers given by one of Italys greatest and most beloved childrens authors to childrens questions about animals, nature, technology, and culture.</strong></p><p>Gianni Rodari is widely regarded as the father of modern Italian childrens literature. A firm believer in the great intelligence of children, he worked both as a teacher and a journalist. For a number of years, children across Italy sent their questions to his weekly newspaper columnquestions Rodari answered, most inventively, with rhymes and little poems. <em>Why didnt he reply with facts alone?</em> Because he wanted to provoke children into thinking about questions, norms, and language itself. <em>The Book of Whys</em> collects a selection of these questionsfrom "Why does an elephant have a trunk?" to "Why does a car need fuel?" to "Why are we born?"along with Rodaris answers, which beautifully serve to highlight the complexities, simplicities, and absurdities of our world.</p><p>With a fresh translation from Antony Shugaar, who also translated Rodaris <em>Telephone Tales</em> (the 2021 Batchelder Award winner), and playful illustrations in colored pencils from artist JooHee Yoon (<em>Beastly Verse;</em> <em>The Tiger Who Would Be King</em>, a <em>New York Times</em> Best Illustrated Book of 2015; <em>Inside Out and Upside Down</em>), <em>The Book of Whys</em> is a playful, surprising, and poetically informative book for all those who are curious about the world and ready to play with the ways things are.</p>...(*_*)9781592704255_<p><strong>Factual as well as whimsical, and humorously illustrated, this is the first English-language publication of the answers given by one of Italys greatest and most beloved childrens authors to childrens questions about animals, nature, technology, and culture.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Winner of the 2023 Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairss English Translation Prize!</strong></em></p><p>Gianni Rodari is widely regarded as the father of modern Italian childrens literature. A firm believer in the great intelligence of children, he worked both as a teacher and a journalist. For a number of years, children across Italy sent their questions to his weekly newspaper columnquestions Rodari answered, most inventively, with rhymes and little poems. <em>Why didnt he reply with facts alone?</em> Because he wanted to provoke children into thinking about questions, norms, and language itself. <em>The Book of Whys</em> collects a selection of these questionsfrom "Why does an elephant have a trunk?" to "Why does a car need fuel?" to "Why are we born?"along with Rodaris answers, which beautifully serve to highlight the complexities, simplicities, and absurdities of our world.</p><p>With a fresh translation from Antony Shugaar, who also translated Rodaris <em>Telephone Tales</em> (the 2021 Batchelder Award winner), and playful illustrations in colored pencils from artist JooHee Yoon (<em>Beastly Verse;</em> <em>The Tiger Who Would Be King</em>, a <em>New York Times</em> Best Illustrated Book of 2015; <em>Inside Out and Upside Down</em>), <em>The Book of Whys</em> is a playful, surprising, and poetically informative book for all those who are curious about the world and ready to play with the ways things are.</p>...9781592704255_Enchanted Lionlibro_electonico_9781592704255_9781592704255Gianni RodariInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/abrams-epub-4367c9b9-8a3b-4c93-ad73-f7b4adb19a6c.epub2024-01-23T00:00:00+00:00Enchanted Lion