Telephone

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Chronicle Books 2014

“I’m just a soul whose intentions are goodOh lord please don’t let me be misunderstood”-- a song from the sixties written for Nina Simone and made famous by TheAnimals

For those of you who, like me, once-upon-a-time sat on the curb with theneighborhood kids playing Telephone, you know how funny it is to hear thegarbled message that emerges from the other end of that chain of whispers.  Ihaven’t thought about that game in a long time.

Inspired by the comic effect of the twisted messages, Mac Barnett and JenCorace have crafted a picture book about Telephone.  Here, birds lined upon a telephone wire pass along a simple message, initially conveyed by a mama bird ("Tell Peter: Fly home for dinner."), that becomes wilder and crazieras it  is communicated from bird to bird to bird.  Each of the birds isanthropomorphized with props and some costuming, enhancing the book’s visualdelivery.  (I especially like the bird wearing the old-timey, Snoopy-stylecap.)

Of course, there are some great lessons for kids to learn in playingTelephone, such as the need to take rumors with a grain of salt.  This  book,TELEPHONE, is a very fun introduction to that game and can readily lead tosome useful discussions with young audiences about communicating  effectively.

978-1-4521-1023-9    40 pages  .

Recommended by:  Richie Partington, MLIS, California USA

See more of his recommendations at:  Richie's Picks https://richiespicks.com/w/page/13047589/FrontPage

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