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    The Lonely Phone Booth
    Ebook34 pages4 minutes

    The Lonely Phone Booth

    By Peter Ackerman and Max Dalton

    3.5/5

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    About this ebook

    Remember the days when phone booths stood on every street corner? If you had to make a call, you'd step inside the little booth, lift the phone off the hook, put a coin in the slot, listen for the click, push the buttons, and hear it ring? And for only 25 cents, in the quiet of the booth, you could call your grandmother, or let the office know you were running late, or get directions for a birthday party. . .

    This is the story of one of the last remaining phone booths in New York City, the Phone Booth on the corner of West End Avenue and 100th. Everyone used it — from ballerinas and girl scouts, zookeepers and birthday clowns, to cellists and even secret agents! The Phone Booth was so beloved that people would sometimes wait in line to use it. Kept clean and polished, the Phone Booth was proud and happy . . . until, the day a businessman strode by and shouted into a shiny silver object, "I'll be there in ten minutes!" Soon everyone was talking into these shiny silver things, and the Phone Booth stood alone and empty, unused and dejected.

    How the Phone Booth saved the day and united the neighborhood to rally around its revival is the heart of this soulful story. In a world in which objects we love and recognize as part of the integral fabric of our lives are disappearing at a rapid rate, here is a story about the value of the analog, the power of the people's voice, and the care and respect due to those things that have served us well over time.

    With his delightful, witty, and boldly colored illustrations that evoke Miroslav Sasek's mid-century modern aesthetic, Max Dalton simply and elegantly captures the energy and diversity of New York City and its inhabitants. A beauty to behold and a pleasure to read, The Lonely Phone Booth is sure to be a favorite among children and parents alike, and the real Phone Booth, which is still standing at West End Avenue and 100th Street, is worth a field trip!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid R. Godine, Publisher
    Release dateJun 6, 2013
    ISBN9781567925050
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    Peter Ackerman

    Dr. Peter Ackerman est le fondateur du International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) et le Président du Board d'ICNC. Il est le coauteur le nombreux ouvrages notamment A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict (2001) et Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: The Dynamics of People Power in the Twentieth Century (1994). Il a produit la Série en deux parties "A Force More Powerful" pour la chaîne publique américaine PBS-série qui fut nommée au Emmy, et qui relate l'histoire de plusieurs mouvements de résistance civile du 20ème siècle. Il est aussi le Producteur Exécutif de plusieurs autres films sur la résistance civile, notamment le documentaire de PBS "Bringing Down a Dictator," sur la chute du dictateur serbe Slobodan Milosevic. Ce film a reçu le Prix Peabody 2003 et le Prix ABC News VideoSource 2002 de l'Association Internationale des Documentaires. Dr. Ackerman est le co-président du Comité Internaƒtional de Conseil du United States Institute for Peace et il est membre du Comité Exécutif du Board du Atlantic Council.

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      The phone booth at the corner of 100th Street and West End Avenue provided a valuable service for many members of the local community, giving people a means of contacting employers, suppliers and loved ones. It even provided the secret agent a place to change his disguises. But then one day people started speaking into shiny objects they carried around, and it seemed that no one needed the phone booth anymore. Would it be carted away? Or would it still serve a purpose...?This debut picture-book from screenwriter and playwright Peter Ackerman and illustrator Max Dalton, who subsequently collaborated on The Lonely Typewriter, presents an engaging, kid-friendly story, one which highlights themes such as the progression of technology over time, and the role of icons and landmarks, in the emotional life of a community. I enjoyed the story, appreciated the New York City setting, and found the colorful, stylized artwork appealing. I do wish that the author had included an afterword giving more information, as this is apparently based on a true story, but leaving that aside, The Lonely Phone Booth is one that I would recommend to those looking for children's stories that explore means of communication, or the emotional attachment people form to icons and beloved objects, as well as to anyone searching for picture-books set in New York City.