If your child says “what’s that?” when they see “old” technology
TEK: The Modern Cave Boy
Author: Patrick McDonnell
Illustrator: Patrick McDonnell
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
Awards: A Publishers Weekly Best Picture Book of 2015; A BCCB Best Children’s Book of 2015
The Lonely Phone Booth and The Lonely Typewriter
Author: Peter Ackerman
Illustrator: Max Dalton
Publisher: David R. Godine
Recommended Age Range: 5 to 8
Website (The Lonely Phone Booth)
Website (The Lonely Typewriter)
Peter Ackerman and Max Dalton have got you covered. In both The Lonely Phone Booth and The Lonely Typewriter what was once in demand now sits unused; replaced with today’s cell phones and computers. Yet, just when yesterday’s technology seems destined for the history books, the new technology fails. While panic ensues, it is the – granted – dusty phone booth and typewriter that save the day. A wonderful, and nostalgic, view of our present technology’s not-so distant past.
Awards: The Lonely Phone Booth – Smithsonian’s 2010 Notable Books for Children; The Lonely Typewriter – Foreword Reviews’ 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Winner, Silver, Picture Books, Early Reader (Children’s)