From Gianni Rodari, the father of modern Italian children&rsquos literature, comes a pithy, humorous tale about life and death, health and wealth . . . and bandits and balloons! A refreshed translation from Batchelder Award&ndashwinner Antony Shugaar, illustrated with allnew art from Roman Muradov &ldquoGianni Rodari gave free rein to his imagination, with inspired panache and gleeful lightness. At the same time, he had a precise and meticulous love for detail, for rich and exact language, and so all of his inventions are set in a very concrete world with real form and action.&rdquo &mdashItalo Calvino Baron Lamberto is very old, very rich, and very sick. He lives in a villa on a private island in the middle of Lake Orta, tended to by his trusty butler, Anselmo, who keeps track of the baron&rsquos 24 maladies, 24 banks, and endless eccentricities. After a mysterious trip to Egypt, the baron hires six people to take up residence in the attic of his villa. Their only task? To repeat his name, &ldquoLamberto, Lamberto, Lamberto,&rdquo throughout the day. Why? It&rsquos anyone&rsquos guess, but&mdashwonder of wonders&mdashBaron Lamberto does appear to be getting better and better, little by little, day by day. But trouble looms when Lamberto&rsquos nefarious nephew Ottavio enters the scene, scheming up a way to get his hands on the baron&rsquos fortune. And things go from bad to worse when a band of 24 bandits (all named Lamberto, too, by the way) lays siege to the...

Binding: Hardback;136 pages; Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books; Classification: YFQ; Weight: 676 g; Dimensions: 168 x 248 x 21

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