Ask a Bookseller: ‘Mafalda: Book One’ by Quino
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country to find out what books they’re most excited about right now.Calvin isn’t the only six-year-old comic strip character with deep thoughts about how the world should work. Meet Mafalda, star of the classic comic strip created by Argentine artist Quino. Timothy Otte of Wild Rumpus Books in Minneapolis says the first book of collected Mafalda comics is now available in English, as translated by Frank Wynne. Here’s how Otte introduces Mafalda: “Mafalda is a six-year-old genius. Imagine Lucy from the…
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