This extraordinary little book is part of many of our childhood memories. Sidónio Muralha's delightful poems, set to music by Francine Benoit, inspired Júlio Pomar, then 23 years old, to create illustrations that reveal his talent in every way. A gem in facsimile version, with a preface by João Lobo Antunes.

Special edition, strictly respecting the 1949 edition, on special paper and in direct colors as in the original.
This book has dozens of illustrations by Júlio Pomar at the age of 23, where the Master's touch can already be distinguished.

"I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS BOOK, which is more or less my age. I only know that it is a wonderful book, written by six hands about eight animals and a little star, which is a kind of animal in the sky, because, as I was taught, it has its own sparkling light. […]
If the poems are the product of a magical imagination, the truth is that it is also Júlio Pomar's illustrations that make this book unique and precious and fully justify its editorial resurrection."
(from the preface by João Lobo Antunes)

Language: Portuguese
Publisher:  Althum
Pages: 48
Measurements: 17,5 x 23,5 cm