During the XX Week of the Italian Language in the World, the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington DC, in cooperation with the Embassy of Italy, has launched a series of 12 read-along podcasts from the book "Telephone Tales" by Gianni Rodari (1920-1980).

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of this great Italian author, his “Telephone Tales” were published for the first time in English by Enchanted Lion Books, with a translation by Antony Shugaar and illustrations by Valerio Vidali.