| Title | : | The Slant Book (Unabridged) |
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| Author | : | Peter Newell |
| Release | : | 2022-08-06 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Fiction |
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| 1 | The Slant Book (Unabridged) | Peter Newell |
| This recording of Peter Newell’s The Slant Book kicks off voiced renderings in the International Children's Digital Library . The ICDL book can be found at: http://www.childrenslibrary.org/. The Slant Book is literally the shape of a parallelogram, with the spine of the book running down one side. When opened, facing pages form a "V" shape. All the pictures on the slanted recto pages show a way-too-precocious infant in a carriage racing downhill who has somehow gotten away from his nanny, gleefully creating havoc all along the way! The facing verso pages contain two stanzas of commentary on the charming --if alarming!-- illustrations. This book pioneered the "special format" children's literature of today, such as pop-up books or cutout books like Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Newell books from 80 years ago have been reprinted, since Newell has undergone a resurgence in popularity much as Dr. Seuss's books did during the 1980s. |
