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02685aam a2200409 i 4500 001 8C446AE2D86411EE9510A68C40ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240302011431 008 230701t20242024nyua 000 0 eng d 020 $a 159270364X 020 $a 9781592703647 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1388318914 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d GCV $d NZD $d OCLCO $d CPL $d OCLCO $d MTG $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ita 082 $a 031.02 $2 23 100 1 $a Rodari, Gianni, $e author. 240 10 $a Libro dei percheÌ. $l English 245 14 $a The book of whys / $c Gianni Rodari ; illustrated by JooHee Yoon ; translated from Italian by Antony Shugaar. 250 $a First English-language edtion. 260 $a New York : $b Enchanted Lion Books, $c 2024. 300 $a 141 pages : $b color illustrations ; $c 25 cm 500 $a Originally published as Il libro dei perche, 1980. 500 $a Collected from columns originally published in the Italian daily newspaper l'UnitaÌ, between 1955 and 1958. 520 $a Factual as well as whimsical, and humorously illustrated, this is the first English-language publication of the answers given by one of Italy's greatest and most beloved children's authors to children's questions about animals, nature, technology, and culture. Gianni Rodari is widely regarded as the father of modern Italian children's literature. A firm believer in the great intelligence of children, he worked both as a teacher and a journalist. From 1955 to 1958, children across Italy sent their questions to his weekly newspaper column--questions Rodari answered, most inventively, with rhymes and little poems. Why didn't he reply with facts alone? Because he wanted to provoke children into thinking about questions, norms, and language itself. The Book of Whys collects a selection of these questions--from "Why does an elephant have a trunk?" to "Why does a car need fuel?" to "Why are we born?"--along with Rodari's answers, which beautifully serve to highlight the complexities, simplicities, and absurdities of our world. 650 0 $a Children's questions and answers $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Curiosities and wonders $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Children's questions and answers. 650 1 $a Questions and answers. 650 1 $a Curiosities and wonders. 655 7 $a Trivia and miscellanea. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Illustrated works. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Yoon, JooHee, $d 1989- $e illustrator. 700 1 $a Shugaar, Antony, $e translator. 941 $a 2 952 $l KLPC566 $d 20240521011006.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240302012123.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8C446AE2D86411EE9510A68C40ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search