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SERIES: Alma Junior Age: 9-11 20th May 2021 £7.99 9781847498540 108 pp • PB (New Format) Subject: YFP / YFB Rights: World SELLING POINTS: TO PLACE YOUR ORDER, PLEASE CONTACT: Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Cromwell Place, Hampshire International Business Park, Lime Tree Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 8YJ Tel: 01256 302 692 or Fax: 01256 812 521 FOR SALES ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP Tel: 0207 631 5600 or Fax: 0207 631 5800 For more information about Alma Classics, please visit: www.almabooks.com NEW BOOK INFORMATION ALMA JUNIOR The Adventures of Pipi the Pink Monkey by Carlo Collodi Translated and expanded by Alessandro Gallenzi DESCRIPTION: Collodi wrote this story immediately after Pinocchio, and the little monkey’s adventures present clear similarities, both in terms of themes and characters, with his more celebrated masterpiece. Incredibly, they also share some characters, including a 10-year-old boy named Alfred who was once a wooden puppet. Pipi isn’t like his four brothers or the other young monkeys living in the forest of Hullabaloo: he has bright-pink fur, a mischievous character and a rebellious streak that lands him into all sorts of scrapes. In this story, an expanded version of Collodi’s original tale, we see him lose his tail to an ancient crocodile, end up as a valet to a young master, fall into the hands of flying bandits and become emperor of a tribe of apes. This rediscovered gem of Italian literature, beautifully illustrated by Axel Scheffler and preserving all of Collodi’s trademark wit and linguistic crispness, will delight and enthral a new generation of children. A rediscovered gem from Italian children literature, written by the author of Pinocchio Now presented in a new paperback format Illustrated by Axel Scheffler (the illustrator of the Gruffalo) Contains colour illustrations and extra material for young readers ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Carlo Collodi (1826–90) was an Italian journalist, playwright and novelist who achieved worldwide fame with his children’s classic Pinocchio.

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Page 1: ALMA JUNIOR NEW BOOK INFORMATION · ALMA JUNIOR NEW BOOK INFORMATION The Adventures of Pipi the Pink Monkey by Carlo Collodi Translated and expanded by Alessandro Gallenzi ... Carlo

SERIES: Alma JuniorAge: 9-1120th May 2021£7.999781847498540108 pp • PB (New Format)Subject: YFP / YFBRights: World

SELLING POINTS:

TO PLACE YOUR ORDER, PLEASE CONTACT:Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Cromwell Place, Hampshire International Business Park, Lime Tree Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 8YJ

Tel: 01256 302 692 or Fax: 01256 812 521

FOR SALES ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP

Tel: 0207 631 5600 or Fax: 0207 631 5800

For more information about Alma Classics, please visit: www.almabooks.com

NEW BOOK INFORMATIONALMA JUNIORThe Adventures of Pipi the Pink Monkey by Carlo CollodiTranslated and expanded by Alessandro Gallenzi

DESCRIPTION:

Collodi wrote this story immediately after Pinocchio, and the little monkey’s adventures present clear similarities, both in terms of themes and characters, with his more celebrated masterpiece. Incredibly, they also share some characters, including a 10-year-old boy named Alfred who was once a wooden puppet.

Pipi isn’t like his four brothers or the other young monkeys living in the forest of Hullabaloo: he has bright-pink fur, a mischievous character and a rebellious streak that lands him into all sorts of scrapes. In this story, an expanded version of Collodi’s original tale, we see him lose his tail to an ancient crocodile, end up as a valet to a young master, fall into the hands of flying bandits and become emperor of a tribe of apes.

This rediscovered gem of Italian literature, beautifully illustrated by Axel Scheffler and preserving all of Collodi’s trademark wit and linguistic crispness, will delight and enthral a new generation of children.

• A rediscovered gem from Italian children literature, written by the

author of Pinocchio

• Now presented in a new paperback format

• Illustrated by Axel Scheffler (the illustrator of the Gruffalo)

• Contains colour illustrations and extra material for young readers

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Carlo Collodi (1826–90) was an Italian journalist, playwright and novelist who achieved worldwide fame with his children’s classic Pinocchio.