Meet Violette, a curious 12-year-old girlwho travels the world with the Cirque de la Lune —— the Circus of the Moon, whereher mother is the human cannonball and

her father is the insect trainer!

Sometimes she would give anything to have a normal life, parents with boring jobs, and a real house.

But her life is different!

In Paris, Violette meets Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a funny and eccentric painter who

shows her how to appreciate all the joys of being different!

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Text and illustrations © 2013 Teresa Radice - Stefano Turconi - Tunué.Originally published in Italy as Viola giramondo by Tunué. All rights reserved.

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“SO THIS IS PARIS,WHERE MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTSCAME FROM...

“THEY WERE THE ONES WHO STARTEDTHE CIRCUS, WHICH THEN PASSEDTO MY GRANDPARENTS...

“...WHOEVENTUALLYHANDED IT DOWNTO MY UNCLEARSÈENE...

“YES, THIS IS PARIS,A PLACE I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR...

“...THE CITY THAT GAVE ME MY ROOTS,BEFORE I SPREAD MY WINGS AND TOOK FLIGHT...

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“...SO WHY DO I WANT TO BESOMEWHERE ELSE? WELL... ”

AT THAT TIME, OUR COUNTRY WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO SEPARATE PARTS - =- THE NORTH, WHERE THEY SPOKE LANGUE D’OIL, FROM WHICH MODERN FRENCH DEVELOPED…......AND THE SOUTH, INCLUDING PROVENCEAND NEARBY REGIONS, WHERE LANGUE D’OCWAS PREDOMINANT...

BUT PERHAPS MISS VERMEER CAN EXPLAIN,SEEING AS SHE’S ALREADY BUSY CHATTERING…...

... IN BIRD LANGUAGE!

GULP !CHIRP?

ISN ’T THAT SO,MISS VERMEER?

I... I ’M SORRY, MADAME !I DIDN’T THINK…...

HEY, BIRDIE,WANNA SNACK?

HAHAHA, YOURFEET TICKLE !

HEY ! WATCH OUT WITH THATBEAK ! WANNA TURN MY HANDINTO A STRAINER?

...AND THEREFORE, STUDENTS, IT WAS ONLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THEELEVENTH CENTURY THATLITERATURE PROPER BEGAN...

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OH, LORD !IT WOULDBE REALLYINTERESTINGTO KNOWWHATYOU WERETHINKING ,YOUNG LADY !

WHO KNOWS WHATBIZARRE UNIVERSEIS HIDDEN IN THERE !

PERHAPS YOU CAN FILL US IN...HOW ABOUT WITH A LITTLE ESSAY ENTITLED,“MY HEAD IN THE CLOUDS”?HEE HEE HEE

B...BUT...DO I REALLYHAVE TO ?

YOU CERTAINLY DO ! AND YOU WILL HAND IT IN BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR...

...IT WILL COUNT AS PART OFYOUR FINAL EVALUA -- ...AAAARRRGGGHHH !WHAT ON…... EEEK !

OOOPS ! THEY GOTALL OVER THE PLACE,SORRY !

EEEEK ! GO AWAAAAY !

HELP !

KEEP CALM ! THEY’RE HARMLESS !THEY WON’T HURT YOU, HONESTLY!

AAARRGHH !