Nostril the Ogre’s Christmas
Whose house will be the ugliest?
What happens at Christmas in the town inhabited only by ogres where the prize for the ugliest house is awarded each year? There are those who flood it, or tear away all the flowers. But unfortunately for Nostril the ogre, the more he tries to make his house ugly, the prettier it becomes. A fun “backwards” Christmas story.
- A funny “upside-down” Christmas tale.
- An illustrated adventure to share the magic of Christmas with the youngest readers.
- A Christmas full of irony and imagination, to discover the true spirit of the holidays.
Angelo Mozzillo was born in Naples and lives in Milan. He writes short stories, screenplays, reportage, and rhyming tales. He is the author of the humorous mystery series Detective Linus, the novel The Little Gatsby, and the hilarious travel diary The Woods Are Nice but I Wouldn’t Live There (all published by Il Battello a Vapore).
His recent picture books include I Wrote a Book for You (But This Isn’t It) (Camelozampa), An Important Secret(Minibombo), and Monsieur Claquette’s Sunday (Rizzoli). His book I Am a Leaf (Bacchilega Junior) won both the Andersen Prize and the Super Andersen Prize in 2021.
An illustrator from Genoa, for some years Alice Piaggio has been living in Ticino, Switzerland, surrounded by snow-capped mountains, green meadows and chestnut woods. Selected in 2021 among the 20 most promising young Italian illustrators by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and exhibited in the “Eccellenze Italiane: La nuova generazione degli illustratori italiani per ragazzi” exhibition, she collaborates with Italian and foreign magazines and publishing houses.
