Il regalo

What is that nice package in Dad’s closet, wrapped in shiny paper with stars on it tied with a bright red ribbon, partially hidden behind an old hat, a cardboard box, and a pair of hiking boots? Arthur’s birthday is coming in two weeks: it must be a present for him...

Maybe the kite that he always wanted? Or a horn, to blow and make that strange sound? If the present was from Uncle Tony, it was gloves (he gives gloves every year), but the package could also contain a sailboat to take it to the pond in the park and try to sail it. Anyway, you can’t have a birthday without a birthday cake...

Without unveiling the riddle, Bob Gill’s new book is a collection of real and imaginative surprises, that are to be filled by the reader following his own wishes, until the happy end.

This book is also available in English.