author/illustrator: Mathieu Lefèvre
ages: 4+
36 pages
21 x 29 cm
hardback
4048
Filippe Fnake
About this book
Filippe Fnake is a perfectly ordinary fnake... or almoft. Because Filippe has a lisp!
Once discovered, he finds himself at the center of attention from scientists, the general public, and paparazzi. Mocked, examined, mistreated... he's locked up alongside a crocodile in a zoo.
Filippe escapes and makes his way to Egypt. Because Egypt is sacred ground for reptiles! Once he arrives, he's brought before the Grand Council of Snakes, who take very much to heart the mission of restoring the S's in place of the F's in the mouth of this peculiar fellow serpent. But the magic spell doesn't work quite as planned, and now the whole world has a lisp!
Mathieu Lefèvre's style, reminiscent of Tomi Ungerer or Cabu, hits the mark and will delight coughers, sniffers, and stutterers alike!IN THE MEDIA
★ "Mathieu Lefèvre invites us to laugh, without judgement or stigma, at a "problem" that is only a problem in the ears of others." — Le Monde, monthly children's books selection
★ "This completely outlandish and absurd book is a madcap tale with zany illustrations, each page more hilarious than the last. You’ll fee, Filippe Fnake is fuper! — Georges magazine