Biagio e il castello di compleanno

Thank you, Archipelago and the author, for the advance reading copy. This book took me by surprise. I haven't read a storybook with the illustrations taking over entirely for each page! And it's like an unbelievable dreamlike story for me when I opened the book. The characters remind me so much of th Leggi tutto

I would start this by stating how unexpected it was to find this a whole seventeen years old in its native French, and only freshly translated. But that's to ruin the fact that everything here is unexpected – the humongous level of detail, the inventive word-play, and so on. Bertha Day, lucky girl ( Leggi tutto

Ponti is a genius and Waters and Kerlidou are brilliant translators. T and I can't get enough of Ponti's art and unique storytelling! T was delighted by Blaze and the Castle Cake for Bertha Daye, poured over illustrations, copied two chicklets' joke insufferably, and read this repeatedly. I found hi Leggi tutto

Blaise et les poussins préparent le château d'Anne Hiversaire. Bien des préparatifs pour une fête extraordinaire. Un grand album coloré et foisonnant de détails que l'on prend plaisir à feuilleter en tant qu'adulte tant les références sont nombreuses et éclectiques. L'antépénultième double page nous Leggi tutto

A truly oversized book, recently translated from the original French about preparations of an amazing, gigantic, and scrumptious birthday cake by hundreds of baby chicks for a party for Bertha Day. The double-spreads are eye-catching and leave plenty of details for children to look for, including th Leggi tutto

5 *stars* Since I have a small reader growing up at home, I definitely started looking at children's books. I want to read them before I pass it on to the little one. This book is very cute and delightful. The illustrations are a bit like "Where's Waldo", where there's a lot to see on the page, the o Leggi tutto

Blaze and the Castle Cake for Bertha Daye has all of the full-page ultra-detailed art that one expects from Claude Ponti. Reading this along with a young child, you could spend hours looking at every little detail - the illustrations of the story, but also the hidden jokes, the references to other c Leggi tutto