Nostril the Ogre’s Christmas
Whose house will be the ugliest?
What happens at Christmas in the town inhabited only by ogres where the prize for the ugliest house is awarded each year? There are those who flood it, or tear away all the flowers. But unfortunately for Nostril the ogre, the more he tries to make his house ugly, the prettier it becomes. A fun “backwards” Christmas story.
Angelo Mozzillo writes stories for children and young readers. Among his novels is the humorous detective series Detective Linus (Il Battello a Vapore/Piemme). His recent picture books include La famosa esplosione alla fabbrica della nebbia (Clichy), Non mi aspettavo (Terre di mezzo), and Io sono foglia (Bacchilega Junior), the latter winning both the Premio Andersen and the Superpremio Andersen in 2021.
An illustrator from Genoa, for some years Alice Piaggio has been living in Ticino, Switzerland, surrounded by snow-capped mountains, green meadows and chestnut woods. Selected in 2021 among the 20 most promising young Italian illustrators by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and exhibited in the “Eccellenze Italiane: La nuova generazione degli illustratori italiani per ragazzi” exhibition, she collaborates with Italian and foreign magazines and publishing houses.
