Carols on a camel

The Little Girl and Grandfather lived in a country where people were happy, with all the good things in life: stone houses, fountains with gurgling water, embroidered clothes. And they counted everything. So they would know how much they had. ‘Are there things that are Countless, Grandpa?’ the Little Girl asked one day, and set out to find them. And when the time came for her to marry, she sought a prince who could manage to count them just as well as she could. To help her count the Countless. Maria Angelidou has written a story like an old fairy tale, with elements that give a nod to the present through their timelessness, and Vasilis Selimas has illustrated it in the finest possible way.

The child who stars in Theodoros Papaioannou’s new illustrated book has a dream: he wants to play music! But he doesn’t know which instrument to choose. He discovers a book featuring all kinds of musical instruments, loses himself in its pages and imagines what their sounds and music might be like. He tries them all out – in his own way – one by one: the oboe, the horn, the ukulele, the violin… He makes them and fills the house with music. The notes reach as far as the house next door and throughout the whole block of flats! It probably doesn’t matter which instrument he chooses because he’s making his dream come true!

Who said that the Christmas holidays are just about treats by the fire, presents under the tree and snowball fights in the frozen neighbourhood? Christmas in Manos Bonanos’s fairy tale is unexpectedly different. There are dates and bananas and carols sung on camels. There’s even a little greengrocer’s, full of smells and colours. An imaginative Christmas story, crafted like an old fairy tale, with the magical colours of Vasilis Selimas. A book which, despite its originality, perfectly captures the magic of the festive season and fills us with love and optimism.

Who said that the Christmas holidays are just about treats by the fire, presents under the tree and snowball fights in the frozen neighbourhood? Christmas in Manos Bonanos’s fairy tale is unexpectedly different. There are dates and bananas and carols sung on camels. There’s even a little greengrocer’s, full of smells and colours. An imaginative Christmas story, crafted like an old fairy tale, with the magical colours of Vasilis Selimas. A book which, despite its originality, perfectly captures the magic of the festive season and fills us with love and optimism.

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