by Michel Ocelot · Kókinos · tapa dura · ISBN 9788496629196
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Based on West African folklore, this book tells the story of Kirikou, a boy born with the ability to speak, amazing intelligence, and exceptional physical abilities. Set in an African village under the curse of Karaba the Sorceress, Kirikou lives numerous adventures saving his village time and time again. This edition includes a CD with the narration of the grandfather, immersing readers in the exploits of the little African hero.
Michel Ocelot is a French screenwriter, designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs and a former president of the International Animated Film Association. Though best known for his 1998 debut feature Kirikou and the Sorceress, his earlier films and television work had already won Césars and British Academy Film Awards among others and he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur on 23 October 2009, presented to him by Agnès Varda who had been promoted to commandeur earlier the same year. In 2015 he got the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb.
