It is from a book called The Dancer, The Bear and The Nobody Boy by Daniele Bour and Jean-Claude Brisville. I got a copy from Ebay recently, and it is as beautiful and magical and melancholy as a book about a bear, a circus, a tightrope walker and an orphan should be.
Also, I love the way it has been translated from the French - do I detect a Cockney accent?!
Don't even get me started on the end papers...
This is one book I actually could read to the girls every night.
Could you make a video of you reading it cockney styley for all of us??...illustrations are amazing ,remind me a little of eppel?
ReplyDeleteoh I so want one - you are encouraging me to internet shop when I am supposed to be cleaning the 'terrible' haircut I just gave W off the bathroom floor!
ReplyDeleteOh it's beautiful, I can see why you love it so!
ReplyDeletei'm sure i had a book by this illustrator, it looks so familiar, but i can't remember what it was. that page with the snowy trees is stunning.
ReplyDeleteI think I could fall in love with this book. I love those snow scenes. I see they have it on Amazon for around £3.50ish.
ReplyDeletei was just googling this book as i was in the childrens section of a library today andit poppedin my head! i had it as achild and really loved it! thanks for the memories!
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