Phone Book

Description

The exact size and shape of a mobile phone, this book takes the screen out of screen-time and brings distraction activities firmly into the analogue realm. Draw your best and worst selfie, copy out the funniest text exchange you've ever had, design your favourite game, do a faceswap with a cat, write out your life philosophies in 140 characters, and invent some new apps to suit your lifestyle. With a sheet of emoji stickers to colour and complete, this is a gorgeous activity book that is sur e to get your creative juices flowing, and bring a smile to the most hardened of screen-addicts.

Matilda Tristram is a writer, animator and illustrator. She is the author of graphic novel, Probably Nothing (Penguin 2014) and two childrens books; Santa's Beard and Reindeer's Nose (Walker, 2015). She has writ- ing credits on numerous children's television shows, and her comic strips have featured in the Guardian, Vice, Glamour and Art Review.

With its shiny silver cover and slender pocket size, this clever activity book resembles a smartphone. Inside, its pages (also designed to look like smartphone screens, complete with battery and Wi-Fi icons) encourage readers to take a break from screen time.--PublishersWeekly