author / illustrator: Davide Cali, Sébastien Mourrain
ages: 3+
40 pages
18 x 26 cm
hardback
French
Les Éditions des Éléphants
sold: Italian, Korean, Polish, Simp. Chinese
Top Car
A humourous story to criticize our consumer society and the absurd consequences of marketing, of our desire to own more and more on our lives.
Jacques has a little car. It’s not particularly pretty or fast but it does the job. Every day on his way to work Jacques drives past a billboard advertising the most beautiful and fastest car around, the Venus. The kind of car that all the pretty girls like. Jacques can’t afford it but he is determined to find a way to buy it...- Davide Calì : Winner 2025 Premio Andersen, Miglio Scrittore (Best writer)
IN THE MEDIA
"A story that makes you laugh but also think. Aren’t we all a bit like Jacques, always wanting to own more things?" – J'aime Lire
"A modern-day malaise brilliantly tackled by Davide Cali, who […] always works with talented illustrators." – Libbylit (IBBY Belgium)
"A cheerful critique of consumer society—and even more so, of our enslavement to objects—the book’s ending is truly delightful." – Actualitté
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