{"product_id":"2940170222155","title":"The Slant Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis recording of Peter Newell¿s The Slant Book (1910) kicks off voiced renderings by LibriVox of public domain books in the International Children's Digital Library (ICDL). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ICDL book can be found at: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.childrenslibrary.org\/icdl\/BookPreview?bookid=newslan_00150052amp;summary=trueamp;route=alsobyamp;lang=Englishamp;msg;=\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.childrenslibrary.org\/\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 [the \"go-cart\" of yesteryear] 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. This is a boon for teachers and home-schooling parents, since this recording can now be listened to as youngsters page through a real book (ISBN: 080-480-5326) or as they view the ICDL scanned version online (both are a real treat)! (Summary by Denny Sayers)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DISCOS PALMAS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098292895984,"sku":"2940170222155","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170222155_p0.jpg?v=1772801799","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170222155","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}