Sunday, April 18, 2010

european picture books - céleste, une étoile dans la nuit

I so enjoyed "La mémoire envolée" that I decided to pick up another book illustrated by French illustrator, Marie Desbons. This one is called "Céleste, une étoile dans la nuit" and it's about a matchstick with big dreams. It's based on the Hans Christan Anderson tale, The Little Match Girl.

I thought the design of this book was especially clever. The book comes in a case that is made to look like an old box of matches, and when you slide the book out, the book cover shows all of the matches.

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1 comment:

Paul Scott Canavan said...

That looks amazing; such a great concept!