Madame Eiffel

Everyone knows the Eiffel Tower, yet no one knows the love story that led to its construction. Author Alice Brière-Haquet and illustrator Csil have pooled their creative talents to tell this touching story about overcoming hardship with clever invention fueled by love. 

Mr. and Mrs. Eiffel are a happy couple enjoying living in the most romantic city in the world, Paris. Until one day, Mrs. Eiffel begins to feel desperately unwell. The experts are unanimous: the only thing that can save her is fresh air. Her husband, a bright engineer, decides he will take matters into his own hands and build a tower that will reach the clouds in an attempt to restore her health.

Csil’s poetically minimal illustrations in black, white, and pink are incredibly evocative, and Alice Brière-Haquet’s words are a delight to read aloud.  

Alice Brière-Haquet is an avid reader who was born in a small town in Normandy and has three children. After her stu­dies she began writing and has now published books that have been translated into 16 languages.

Csil is a French illustrator. After studying visual communication and ­obtaining a Diplôme National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique (DNSEP), a post-­graduate degree in the visual arts, she now works as an art director at a communications agency and creates images for ­various children’s publications.

Madame Eiffel has been awarded New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book for 2015. The judges on the book: "(An) imaginative telling of the story behind the Eiffel Tower…romantic and utterly charming."

Judges of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book Award

 

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