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Excerpt from Les Contes Populaires en Italie
L'auteur du présent volume a passé en Italie la plus grande moitié de sa vie déjà longue; il connaît plus ou moins les dialectes, les patois de la péninsule il peut compléter ou commen ter par des recherches et des observations per sonnelles les volumineux recueils où il va puiser à pleines mains'. Il lui est donc permis d'offrir aux lecteurs francais un livre 'd instruction et de récréation nouveau pour eux et destiné à tout le monde aux enfants toujours affamés d'histoires, aux mères qui ne savent plus où en chercher, aux curieux qui aiment les vieilles légendes.
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About the author
Randall de Sève made her debut as an author with the New York Times bestseller Toy Boat, illustrated by Loren Long. She is also the author of The Duchess of Whimsy, illustrated by her husband, Peter de Sève. Randall lives with him and their two daughters in Brooklyn, New York.
Jen Corace is an artist and freelance illustrator who lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island. Originally from the suburbs of southern New Jersey, she eventually made her way to the Rhode Island School of Design and graduated with a BFA in illustration. Jen has previously collaborated with Amy Krouse Rosenthal on Little Pea, Little Hoot, and Little Hoot.
Summary
How can a small sheep become a big orange balloon?
With a lot of imagination and determination-anything is possible!
