Catharina Valckx’s characters and worlds are open to the adventure of small things, full of possibility and gently subversive.
Edith
A philosophical adventure story for early readers that playfully combines fairytale
with absurd comedy to ask a big question about what makes a good life
As a newborn, Edith received two gifts: the ability to bring any object to life and eternal
childhood. That’s why today, 100 years later, Edith is celebrating her centenary as a
ten-year-old. What will she wish for this time? Certainly a new life—being ten forever
has its downside. On her birthday, Edith sets off to find the fairy who bewitched her
and reverse the spell. She takes her only friends, a wise dog and a talking lemon. Fully
illustrated in color, this one-of-a-kind chapter book bursts with good things: the dry wit
of a faithful dog, a fairytale adventure, camping, boating, friendship and danger, and a
question that matters.
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Book Details
Country of Origin France Reader Age 6-8 year Book Size 148 × 210 mm
(paperback)148 × 210 mm
(hardback)ISBN 9798348029685
(paperback)9798348024192
(hardback)
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