A video presentation of my conversation with Beppe Severgnino, noted Italian journalist, essayist, and columnist.

Rodari’s work has been compared to that of Roald Dahl, Italo Calvino, and Lewis Carroll. Like them, Rodari’s stories ground the reader in the everyday but then sends the plot hurtling in unexpected directions.

In an interview touching on translation, Rodari, and children’s literature, Enchanted Lion’s Emilie Robert Wong and translator Antony Shugaar discuss his work on Gianni Rodari’s Telephone Tales.