Telephone
Telephone by Mac Barnett is a 2014 Society & Culture book written by TED speaker MacBarnett, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "Why a good book is a secret door" (2014), 2.2M views on TED.com
- Timing: Published the same year as the talk.
- In the catalogue: The 4th of 7 books by MacBarnett on Books Worth Reading (2009–2019), by publication year.
- Edition: Chronicle Books LLC, 2014 · 34 pages
The paired TED talk
Why a good book is a secret door (2014), the TED talk by MacBarnett.
From the publisher
A mother bird gives the bird next to her a message for little Peter. But passing messages on a telephone line isn't as simple as it sounds. Each subsequent bird understands Mama's message according to its own very particular hobbies. Will Peter ever get home for dinner?