{"product_id":"seraphin-hardcover","title":"Seraphin - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilippe Fix\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePhilippe Fix\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eDonald Nicholson-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Hans Christian Andersen award-winning author Philippe Fix, a dazzling portrait of a dreamy optimist filling Paris with ingenious gadgets, toys, and magical contraptions.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeraphin, dreaming of gardens full of birdsongs, sunny avenues, and flowers, works as a ticket seller in a metro station underground. One day, after being scolded by the stationmaster for trying to save a butterfly that had flown into the station by accident, he learns that he has inherited an old, dilapidated house. Overjoyed by the possibilities, he and his friend Plume set about building the house of their dreams, and much more besides  Philippe Fix's illustrations, cinematic in their scope, have enchanted children since their 1967 d but. In a fresh translation, \u003ci\u003eSeraphin\u003c\/i\u003e now allows a new generation to experience the wonder and inventive spectacle of the original.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilippe Fix \u003c\/b\u003eis a French illustrator and author of children's books. He studied at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He is best-known for creating the character Chouchou, who first appeared in a comic strip in 1963, in the magazine \u003ci\u003eSalut!\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSeraphin\u003c\/i\u003e received the Prix du meilleur livre loisirs jeunes and honorable mentions for the Premio Critici in Erba for the 1970 Bologna Children's Book Fair, and for the Premio Grafico for the 1972 Bologna Children's Book Fair. His children's books have been translated into over a dozen languages. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the translator: Donald Nicholson-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator and freelance editor. His translation of poems by Abdellatif Laâbi, \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Defeat\u003c\/i\u003e (Archipelago), was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2017, and his translation of Jean-Patrick Manchette's \u003ci\u003eThe Mad and the Bad\u003c\/i\u003e received the 2015 French-American Foundation Translation Prize. Nicholson-Smith has also translated works by Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Henri Lefebvre, Antonin Artaud, and Guillaume Apollinaire, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 12.6 x 9.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769873695008,"sku":"9781939810250","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/25de255a48bca9714b2f622526a1e1f3.webp?v=1780358838","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/seraphin-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}