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A story filled with humor about
patience and assertiveness.
Castillo de la Lectura
Size: 8.7 x 6.7 in
Pages: 36
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 978-607-621-683-5
OUTLINE:
After dreaming of great battles, the little Umpapus wakes up with
only one desire: to find an opponent with whom he can measure
his strength. He searches for the frightful Black Fang and even Billy,
the cowboy who goes to school. If none of his contenders will fight
him, then, with whom will he fight his long awaited battle?
AUTHOR PROFILE:
Françoise de Guibert
(France) lives in Auray, in Brittany. She began
working in the youth book publishing field in 1993. Currently, she is
engaged in writing books for children and has 45 published works.
In 2016, she illustrated a Picture book by Ronan Badel and wrote
Billy, the Kid
, specifically for Ronan Badel who has a weakness for
westerns.
ILLUSTRATOR PROFILE:
Ronan Badel
(Brittany) was born in Auray in 1972. A graduate of
decorative arts from Strasbourg, he became a writer and illustrator.
After several years in Paris, where he teaches illustration in an arts
school, he returned to Brittany to devote himself to the creation of
books for children. In 2006, he published his first comic strip
“Little
Sapiens”
for which he wrote the texts and illustrations.
GRADE
THEMES:
Wild West, Native Americans,
Humor
UMPAPÚS
UMPAPUS
PK-2