If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone
By (Author) Gideon Sterer
Illustrated by Emily Hughes
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
1st February 2026
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Apes, monkeys and lemurs
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and be
Hardback
48
Width 216mm, Height 279mm
646g
A love letter to making friends from unexpected places,If You Make a Call on a Banana Phoneis silly, wise, and surprising all at once.
If you make a call from a banana phone, who will answer What will you talk about Will you share secrets or ask questions No one knows what will happen, really. This very silly story is full of the joy and wisdom that comes from making new friends from unexpected places.
Go ahead, pick up a banana and make a call. Youll be glad you did.
Gideon Stereris a New York Times bestselling author who grew up in the woods of upstate New York. Not too far away, his parents owned a wildlife discovery center where he would run around after hours and let the animals out. His books includeIf You Make a Call on a Banana Phone, The Midnight Fair, I Will Read to You,andTreehouse Town. Emily Hughes is the award-winning author-illustrator of Wild, The Little Gardener, The Snail, and others. Born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, Emily Hughes now lives in London.