silver

Cross-posted to bookish .
I read this in French, but I'm afraid my French is too patchy to do the review. :) Not yet ready to risk the pitfalls of French grammar quite yet...

It's easy to dismiss this book as childish, really. The narrator starts off by describing his youth, when he tried to draw a boa constrictor swallowing an elephant, and being told by les grandes personnes--adults--that it was a hat. But it's inn that first chapter, the big theme of the book--the beautiful simplicity and naturalness of children--is shown.

( Cut for length )
I'd recommend reading this in the original, French version; the translated English version, I've found, loses a lot of the charm and delight that the original has. 9/10