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CITY

for readers aged 6+

 

This is a modern fairy tale about three brothers wo each build their own city.

Send out into the world by his father to build his own home, the elder brother just walked around without knowing where he wanted to go to. Until, that is, he saw a wonderful stalk of leek in the middle of an empty plain. It was there that he decided to build his house. The people considered the leek to be magic and wanted to live nearby, so the city grew and grew.

The middle brother almost got mugged. He immediately started to build a high wall against the villains. As most people wanted to live in safety, his city too grew and grew.

The youngest brother thought hard about what he wanted to achieve and built his city according to a carefully devised plan. everything was well organised. That is, until the corn factory exploded...

“HOW ARE CITIES BUILD AND HOW DO THEY GROW?” 

illustrations and layout: Pieter Gaudesaboos
text:
Koen De Poorter
pages: 48
size: 24,5 cm x 34 cm
publisher: Lannoo (2006)

awards: boekenpluim (2006)
translations: French (Milan Jeunesse), Korean (Joongang), Chinese (PWPC Beijing)