From Gianni Rodari, the father of modern Italian childrens literature, comes a pithy, humorous tale about life and death, health and wealth . . . and bandits and balloons! A refreshed translation from Batchelder Awardwinner Antony Shugaar, illustrated with allnew art from Roman MuradovOne of Betsy Birds Top Unconventional Childrens Books of 2025!One of Betsy Birds Top Translated Childrens Books for Older and Younger Readers of 2025!"Gianni 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." Italo CalvinoBaron 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 barons 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, "Lamberto, Lamberto, Lamberto," throughout the day. Why? Its anyones guess, butwonder of wondersBaron Lamberto does appear to be getting better and better, little by little, day by day.But trouble looms when Lambertos nefarious nephew Ottavio enters the scene, scheming up a way to get his hands on the barons fortune. And things go from bad to worse when a band of 24 bandits...

Binding: Hardback;0 pages; Publisher: Abrams and Chronicle Books IWUK; Classification: YFQ; Weight: 676 g; Dimensions: 168 x 248 x 21

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