Fiction
November 2020
The Baron in the Trees
by Claire Martin, based on Italo Calvino
A world literature classic which has been published in multiple languages and is read by adults and children alike! At the age of twelve, Como, the eldest son of Baron Laverse du Rondeau, after an argument with his parents over a plate of snails he refused to eat, climbs to the top of the oak in their garden and says he'll never come down again. In the treetops, climbing from tree to tree, he forms his ways and has many encounters... This philosophical tale of universal significance now in graphic novel format.
