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If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone

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A 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... Read More
Format: Hardback
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If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone

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A 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 one knows what will happen, really. This very silly story is full of the joy and wisdom that comes from making new friends from unexpected places.

Go ahead, pick up a banana and make a call. You’ll be glad you did.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780063375222

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 November 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: HarperCollins

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Emily Hughes

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 447g

Pages: 48

About the Author

Gideon Sterer is a New York Times bestselling author who grew up in the woods of upstate New York. Not too far away, his parents owned a wildlife discovery center where he would run around after hours and let the animals out. His books include If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone, The Midnight Fair, I Will Read to You, and Treehouse Town.   Emily Hughes is the award-winning author-illustrator of Wild, The Little Gardener, The Snail, and others. Born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, Emily Hughes now lives in London.

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