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Claude Ponti is a French illustrator and children's author known for his inventive and playful use of words and the symbolic nature of his illustrations. His first book, L'Album d'Ad le, written for his newborn daughter, displays the associative and dream-like presentation of children's interior lives that characterizes many of his works. Ponti was awarded the 2006 Sorci res Special prize for his contribution to literature, which now includes over seventy books of all types and for all ages. Elsewhere Editions has published four celebrated picture books by Ponti- My Valley, Hiznobyuti, Blaze and the Castle Cake for Bertha Daye, and Meeselphe. Margot Kerlidou is a photographer, French tutor, and herbalist. Claude Ponti was her favorite author when she was a child. Alyson Waters is a translator of modern and contemporary literary fiction, criticism and theory, as well as art history. She teaches literary translation workshops at Yale University, New York University, and Columbia.
""Ponti has again contrived the most gorgeous fantastical creatures and landscapes . . . reassuring in its emphasis on community connection, solidarity with the vulnerable, and courage in the face of adversity."" —Glass of Wine, Glass of Milk ""Although a fantastical and amusing tale, Ponti addresses realistic and timely issues in The River that could lead to interesting and thoughtful intergenerational conversations . . . As is his expertise, Ponti invents yet another playful and meaningful narrative, aurally and visually."" —Michelle Nott
