Claude Ponti is a prolific author, painter, and illustrator, known for his humorous explorations of the nonsense world of dreams. His first picture book, Adele's Album, was created to amuse his young daughter; he has since authored more than sixty children's books. On a personal note, Claude says: "I'm left-handed; I prefer cats to dogs (they don't lick people); and I'm not a vegetarian because I can't stand the cry of the lettuce or the carrot wrenched from the earth." He also fondly remembers climbing trees as a young boy, looking for the best spot to sit and read a book. Claude Ponti currently divides his time between the French countryside (where there are many birds, such as pheasants) and Paris (where there are pigeons).
Ponti’s aesthetic is quite on display, as each page constitutes a
single panel and, while its shape and the iconography and symbols
within are drawn from comics, even young readers who have never set
eyes on sequential art before will be quite comfortable here...The
art reveals an accomplished complexity beneath the charming
simplicity, as Ponti effectively distinguishes his characters with
the smallest details and strategically uses drops of sweat and
motion lines to create a sense of lively fun.
—Booklist
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