I Was Here First!
Nicoletta Asnicar, Alice Piaggio
The Evil Tigers
Picture book
A colorful tribute to Emilio Salgari
With his pen, Emilio Salgari conquered remote islands, priceless treasures, and the hearts of thousands of young readers. But this time, he is the protagonist: the young Emilio, here in the guise of Yanez, leads a group of brave warriors, boys and girls with windblown knees, wooden scimitars, and makeshift turbans. When the news spreads of their Captain’s departure, Emilio heads to the Captain’s house to check if he has truly left… And there, waiting for them, is not the Captain, but piles of written papers, figurines, daggers, and countless books. But most of all, there are his animals. It is up to the Little Tigers to free them and take care of them so that at least they don’t end up badly. Only the parrot escapes through a window, repeating in the air the name of everyone’s hero: Sandokan!
- A story born from the “Notte di fiaba” contest in Riva del Garda.
- The text and illustrations take the reader on an adventurous and touching journey.
Publisher:
Orecchio Acerbo
Target:
0 - 5
Year:
2019
Author
Pierdomenico Baccalario
Pierdomenico Baccalario has been writing children’s novels since 1997, when he won the Il Battello a Vapore literary prize with La strada del Guerriero (The Way of the Warrior) using his neighbour’s name. Since then, his bestsellers have been written under as many pseudonyms (the best known being Ulysses Moore and Irene Adler), translated into more than thirty languages and published with major Italian and foreign publishers. He has collaborated with Lucca Comics & Games for more than twenty years, has written for Repubblica, and is a columnist for the newspaper Corriere della Sera’s La Lettura literary supplement. In 2014, he founded the Book on a Tree creative agency in London.
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