Telephone - Hardcover
The telephone begins to ring and ring and ring! From doves wanting gloves to baboons needing spoons, animal after animal calls, until the harried, hapless hero of this classic Russian nonsense poem is at his wits' end. Full color.
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Fasten your seatbelts! Get ready for a wild and wonderful, rollicking romp about a telephone ringing off the hook. As we plunge into the story, our narrator (who apparently runs a bizarre, 24-hour, all-purpose supply house) has just answered a call from an elephant: "What do you want?"/I asked him up front./"If I had my druthers,"/he said in a mutter,/"I'd order some more of your peanut butter." The flood of outrageous phone requests continues, including a crocodile needing galoshes, baboons asking for spoons, and a kangaroo looking for Winnie-the-Pooh. The final affront occurs just as the overworked narrator is drifting off to sleep, when a desperate rhino calls for assistance in dragging a hippo out of a swamp.
About the Author:
In this lively translation of Kornei Chukovsky's classic Russian nonsense poem, Jamey Gambrell keeps the rhyming tempo tapping and the silliness in high gear. The illustrations by Vladimir Radunsky, who also created the brilliantly bold and wacky characters in Yucka Drucka Droni and The Maestro Plays, only add to the fervor--vivid paintings and collage are layered on expansive blocks of vibrant color, including wallpaper and fabric. Adults may never have witnessed a stronger argument for call-screening, but kids are sure to giggle the next time the phone rings. (Ages 4 to 8)
Kornei Chukovsky (1880-1969) was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He is the author of many other popular children's stories, in addition to Doctor Ouch. Translator and illustrator Jan Seabaugh has studied languages and literature in Maryland, Virginia, and Texas. She received her Ph.D. in literature from the University of Texas at Dallas.
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- PublisherNorthSouth
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1558584803
- ISBN 13 9781558584808
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
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