A Lion in Paris

A curious young lion decides to leave the grasslands and visit the city of Paris.The lion in this story was inspired by the statue of a lion in the Place Denfert-Rochereau in Paris. Parisians are very fond of this lion. The statue was erected by the architect Frederic Auguste Bartholdi between 1876...

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Main Author: Alemagna, Béatrice
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
French
Published: London : Tate Publishing, 2014.
Edition:English ed.
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Summary:A curious young lion decides to leave the grasslands and visit the city of Paris.The lion in this story was inspired by the statue of a lion in the Place Denfert-Rochereau in Paris. Parisians are very fond of this lion. The statue was erected by the architect Frederic Auguste Bartholdi between 1876 and 1880. It is a smaller version of his famous Belfort Lion sculpture in Belfort, in eastern France.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : col.ill, map ; 39 cm
ISBN:184976171X (hbk.)
9781849761710 (hbk.)
Author Notes:Beatrice Alemagna is an Italian illustrator and author. She has written and illustrated dozens of children's books, which have received numerous awards all over the world and have been translated into 14 languages. The author-illustrator of two New York Times Best Illustrated books, she has also been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award seven times and shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Award twice.