Anders and the castle

It's autumn in Chiffonville... While parents are enjoying the last sunny days for fun, Anders and his friends embark on a new adventure that will take them from the shelves of the Great Library to beyond the Forest of Mists, to the castle of Rochevieille from long forgotten. Intrepid, united, organized and resourceful, the little The band will need everyone's qualities to meet the challenges that lie ahead. will propose to them. Because as Maksen, the newcomer, will learn, it is Ultimately, it is in adversity that the character of individuals and the collective strength. After Anders and The Comet and Anders and the Volcano (selections youth of the Angoulême Festival in 2017 and 2019), Anders and the Castle is the third volume of the adventures of the young squirrel imagined by the Australian author Gregory Mackay. This volume presents a real break in the series: the children have grown and matured, and parental presence is now a distant and benevolent echo. So it is time for Anders and his gang to share their knowledge with their youngest daughter Whinney - Bernie's cousin - and the new one, Maksen. First book featuring the original colors of the author (here, superb watercolors in autumnal hues), The Hoochie Coochie wanted to mark this milestone by offering a renewed and shaped case with the care of a goldsmith: screen-printed Bodonian binding and cardboard cover embossed and cut to size. A delightfully accomplished object for a book whose The qualities have already been rewarded with the First Gold Ledger Award 2020, the highest honour awarded to a comic strip in Australia.