{"product_id":"the-book-of-whys-by-gianni-rodari-9781592703647","title":"The Book of Whys","description":"\u003cp\u003eFactual 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGianni 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. For a number of years, children across Italy sent their questions to his weekly newspaper column - questions Rodari answered, most inventively, with rhymes and little poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a fresh translation from Antony Shugaar, who also translated Rodari's \"Telephone Tales\" (the 2021 Batchelder Award winner), and playful illustrations in colored pencils from artist JooHee Yoon (\"Beastly Verse\"; \"The Tiger Who Would Be King\", a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2015; \"Inside Out and Upside Down\"), \"The Book of Whys\" 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gianni Rodari","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535228248437,"sku":"9781592703647","price":27.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781592703647.jpg?v=1788082204","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/the-book-of-whys-by-gianni-rodari-9781592703647","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}