Gianni Rodari books

C'era due volte il barone Lamberto - I misteri dell'isola di San Giulio (1978)

An exuberant little fable full of wit and wordplay; more nice turns of phrase and plot than I could count, in what I think is the first English translation. I read about this one on the website of Melville House, Melville House being one of my favorite small presses, with one of my favorite book-...