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If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone

By Gideon Sterer, Emily Hughes (Illustrator)
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By Gideon Sterer, Emily Hughes (Illustrator)
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You can find friends in the wildest places! A young child chats with a gorilla for a silly and sweet story about connection and making new friends.

NAIBA Picture Book of the Year!

"This delightfully silly story subtly guides kids through the art of broaching new friendships and careful listening." - The Washington Post

A shy child reaches out to a gorilla on a banana phone in this love letter to making friends from unexpected places. If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone is silly, wise, and surprising all at once.

If you make a call from a banana phone, who will answer? What will you talk about? Will you share secrets or ask questions? No ...

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