author/illustrator: Charlotte Gastaut
ages: 7+
44 pages
29 x 32 cm
hardback with die-cuts
Amaterra
Rights sold: Spanish, Polish
Sold and reverted: German, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Korean
Swan Lake
From the timeless classic ballet of Tchaikovsky, this beautifully die-cut textured paper brings the story to life in a magical way. A prince dreams of love. But his parents, impatient for him to marry, decide to organize a ball. They tell him he must choose his future wife at the party. The young man flees to the woods. He sees swans flying between the trees and follows them to the edge of the lake.
BY THE SAME ILLUSTRATOR
THE ILLUSTRATOR
Charlotte Gastaut was born in Marseille, France, in 1974. She graduated from the École Supérieure d’Art Graphique (ESAG) and works in women’s magazines and children’s publishing (Père Castor, Flammarion, Thierry Magnier, Gallimard Jeunesse, Gautier-Languereau, Amaterra...).
She also works for Fendi - one of her dresses was exhibited at the MET New York Karl Lagerfeld exhibition, Van Cleef for whom she decorated the 5th Avenue, and other jewelry and fashion designers. Charlotte Gastaut also started her own silk scarves line in 2017.
Her works was exhibited several times in Paris (Galerie Robillard) and she received two Italian awards:
- 2019 Gold Romics, 2019
- Premio nazionale Nati per Leggere, Special Mention, Torino Book Fair.
Her books published by Amaterra have been translated into 10 languages.
By the same author: Giselle, The Firebird, Sleeping Beauty