The Paper-Flower Tree illustrated by Sophie Escabasse to his debut as a

to his debut as a couturier

along with an introduction by Maurice Sendak that underscores the novel’s lasting importance in children’s literature

and every creature’s—even a monster’s—need for love

a timeless picture book about taking on life’s many obstacles by award-winning creators Nadine Robert and Valerio Vidali

The Paper-Flower Tree illustrated by Sophie Escabasse to his debut as aFilled with the sights and sounds of Thailand, this simple and touching tale is true to childhood the world over. One wonderful day, an old peddler arrives in the small village in faraway Thailand where a little girl named Miss Moon lives. He brings a tree with him, fashioned of brightly colored paper flowers. How Miss Moon longs to have such a tree! When the old man gives her one of the flowers in parting, she plants its seeda black beadand tends it