One of the greatest children's books of all time from the master of absurd and imaginative storytelling Gianni Rodari. Containing 70 short stories, with magical illustrations by Valerio Vidali and arriving in a beautiful hardback edition with fold out pages and tipped in images, this is the book to keep close at hand for all 7 to 12 year olds.
By reading two or three of these tales out each night to wide eyed kids with favourites tales such as The Ice Cream Palace, Buying The City of Stockholm and The Cosmic Chick (all demanding regular re-readings!), the book ensures children go off into a sleep filled with colour-filled adventure dreams.
A classic, highly recommended!
The Italian Author Gianni Rodari wrote many beloved children's books. He was also an educator of great importance in Italy and an activist who understood the liberating power of the imagination. One of the twentieth century’s greatest authors for children, and Italy's greatest. Influenced by French surrealism and linguistics, Rodari stressed the importance of poetic language, metaphor, made-up language, and play.