The Book of Whys
Cover of English translation | |
| Editor | Marcello Argilli (Italian 1st ed.) |
|---|---|
| Author | Gianni Rodari |
| Original title | Il libro dei perché |
| Translator | Antony Shugaar (English 1st. ed) |
| Illustrator | Emanuele Luzzati (Italian 1st ed.) JooHee Yoon (English 1st. ed) |
| Language | Italian |
| Genre | Picture book |
| Publisher | Rome: Editori Riuniti (Italian 1st ed.) New York: Enchanted Lion Books (English 1st. ed) |
Publication date | 1984 |
Published in English | 2024 |
| Pages | 156 p. (English 1st ed.) |
| ISBN | 978-1-59270-364-7 |
The Book of Whys (Italian: Il libro dei perché) is a children's picture book by Italian children's writer and journalist Gianni Rodari. The work contains children's questions that were answered by Rodari in his weekly newspaper column in l'Unità from 1955 to 1958 and was first published in 1984.
Antony Shugaar's English translation was published by Enchanted Lion Books in 2024, among translations of Rodari's other works, which until then had little exposure to a U.S. audience.