{"product_id":"elfies-spellbook-volumes-1-2-elfies-spellbook-and-the-song-of-the-cicadas","title":"Elfie's Spellbook Volumes 1 \u0026 2: Elfie's Spellbook and The Song of the Cicadas","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBeautifully illustrated, and full of warmth, wit and joyful\nwitchy magic - this utterly charming new graphic novel series is sure to bring\nyou under its spell!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEver since their mum died, free-spirit Elfie and her teen\nsister, Magda, have been stuck living with their extremely grumpy aunt in\nboring suburbia. That is until their older sister, Louette, arrives to rescue\nthem in her London bus-come-travelling-bookshop, and whisks them away to\nfreedom, and adventures travelling around France!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eElfie is delighted to be reunited with all her sisters -\nespecially when Louette reveals that their mother left them all special gifts.\nElfie’s is a notebook, which she fills with stories - just like her mum used to\ndo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOnly it turns out, the notebook isn’t a notebook. It’s a\ngrimoire - a witch’s spellbook! And when Elfie writes her stories in it, magic\ncome to life …\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNow Elfie must work out how to use her magic for good - and\nhelp solve a mystery which has torn a small village in Northern France apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn Elfie’s second adventure, \u003ci\u003eThe Song of the Cicadas\u003c\/i\u003e,\nElfie, Louette and Magda arrive in their book-bus in Gonerbes, a sun-baked\nvillage in Provence. They’ve come to visit Alistair Kinloch, a writer who was\nfriend’s with their maman. But Elfie quickly finds a new mystery to solve:\nsomeone has been threatening Alistair, and his beloved vintage typewriter, a\ngift from Maman, has been stolen … Worst still, it seems that Alistair’s\ninspiration was stolen with it - and now Alistair can no longer write!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBut who would want to harm Alistair, and why? It’s up to\nElfie - and some new magical friends - to find out …\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFull of joy, mischief, family and friendships - as well as\nmagic, of course - Elfie’s adventures are sure to cast a spell on all her\nreaders!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristophe Arleston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eChristophe Arleston began his career as a journalist, then\nbecame a playwright for France Inter radio, before turning to graphic novel\nwriting in the early 1990s. He then created series in a variety of styles, from\nhumorous crime stories to medieval fantasy adventures. In 1994, he achieved\nwidespread success with \u003ci\u003eLanfeust de Troy\u003c\/i\u003e, a series illustrated by\nDidier Tarquin, which blends adventure, fantasy, and humor. Several\nbest-selling series followed, and in 2019, he co-founded the publishing house\nDrakoo. There, he co-wrote the script for \u003ci\u003eLe Grimoire d’Elfie\u003c\/i\u003e (illustrated\nby Mini Ludvin) with Audrey Alwett, which was an immediate success. Christophe\nArleston has sold over 15 million books to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudrey Alwett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAudrey Alwett is now the author of several graphic novels\n(including the bestselling series \u003ci\u003ePrincesse Sara\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eElfie’s\nSpellbook\u003c\/i\u003e), short stories and novels. Since 2018 Audrey has also been\nperforming spoken pieces and spreading her stories that way. Audrey feels that\nthere are limitless ways to weave a good story, the difficulties lies in\nfinding the right threads and the right patterns for a story to flourish\nwithout dropping a stitch. Although she now lives in Aix-en-Provence, a city of\nfountains and history, Audrey considers that she has always lived in\nLiterature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMini Ludvin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMini Ludvin focused her studies on drawing from a very young\nage. An eclectic reader of European and Japanese comics, she trained in\nanimation at the E.M.C.A. in Angoulame. She initially specialized in character\ndesign and script direction, then turned to the world of books in 2015. She\nillustrated several novel series for Rageot and Flammarion, and drew her first\ngraphic novel, \u003ci\u003eYezidie\u003c\/i\u003e, for Dupuis. From her ten years of\nexperience in animation, she gained a narrative skill and fluidity that she\napplies to her graphic novels. In 2018, Christophe Arleston and Audrey Alwett\ncontacted her to illustrate the adventures of a little witch and her sisters in\na mobile bookstore - \u003ci\u003eElfie’s Spellbook\u003c\/i\u003e. Mini Ludvin now lives in\nAngoulame, a city of art and imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnam Zafar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAnam Zafar is an award-winning literary and commercial\ntranslator working from Arabic and French into English. 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