Ariol #1

Emmanuel Guibert and Marc Boutavant's *Ariol: Le Chevalier Cheval* launches this charming French all-ages series with an instantly lovable small donkey in glasses and a yellow shirt, gazing up in wide-eyed wonder at a heroic horse knight soaring dramatically above him on the vivid orange cover. The contrast between the tiny, earnest Ariol and the larger-than-life fantasy figure he admires sets a wonderfully warm and humorous tone. Published by Bayard Presse in 2007, this first volume promises the kind of imaginative, heart-filled storytelling that speaks equally to kids and the adults reading alongside them.