Last Present
Written by Mara Dompè
Illustrated by Andrea Antinori
72 pages
15 x 22
Age 8+
Rights sold: SIMPLIFIED CHINESE
Longlisted for Premio Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi 8+
Mademoiselle Gelsomina and her niece have a problem: the aunt receives too many presents from a devoted admirer! So many that aunt and niece often have to set up a little street market to free up some space. The presents are of all types, paintings, maps and ornaments, but also carnivorous plants, a guard goose and some large herbivores! And for the aunt’s birthday the admirer has outdone himself: a mysterious animal arrives in a gigantic gift box. They soon name it Last Present. Taking care of this cumbersome and frightening guest becomes a daring adventure…
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