Seraphin

From Hans Christian Andersen award-winning author Philippe Fix, a dazzling portrait of a dreamy optimist filling Paris with ingenious gadgets, toys, and magical contraptions.

Seraphin, dreaming of gardens full of birdsongs, sunny avenues, and flowers, works as a ticket seller in a metro station underground. One day, after being scolded by the stationmaster for trying to save a butterfly that had flown into the station by accident, he learns that he has inherited an old, dilapidated house. Overjoyed by the possibilities, he and his friend Plume set about building the house of their dreams, and much more besides Philippe Fix's illustrations, cinematic in their scope, have enchanted children since their 1967 d but. In a fresh translation, Seraphin now allows a new generation to experience the wonder and inventive spectacle of the original.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Elsewhere Editions
Published: 07/09/2019
ISBN: 9781939810250
Pages: 28
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 12.60h x 9.20w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2019
Publishers Weekly 04/29/2019
School Library Journal 07/01/2019 pg. 36
Foreword 06/26/2019