The extraordinary life of Léon Plouhinec (Letters from a Lighthouse Keeper)

Writtern and illustrated by Chomel Judith

  • Picture Book
  • Age group: 10 and up
  • Pages: 48
  • Format: 17 x 24 cm
  • Hardcover
  • RP: 19 euros

These letters from lighthouse keeper Léon Plouhinec, addressed to his daughters and found in a white metal box, reveal a life far more thrilling than one might imagine. An impromptu visit from an astronaut, secret agents, high-end art thieves, tending an amazing garden, discovering a new species half-sardine, half-seagull—Léon’s adventures are never short on surprises!

With the same virtuosity for paper cut-outs and collage on display in Gloups! (L’atelier du poisson soluble, 2021), Judith Chomel unfurls a world of reverie with such realism that readers will begin to wonder if all of this was really made up!

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