Albert & Lila
By: Rafik Schami ; illustrated by Els Cools and Oliver Streich ; translated by Anthea Bell.
Contributors: Cools, Els, ill.; Streich, Oliver, ill.; Bell, Anthea.
Publisher: North-South Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Translated from: ger
Translation of: Albin und Lila
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780735811836
Subjects: Pigs -- Fiction.; Chickens -- Fiction.; Foxes -- Fiction.; Individuality -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Albert and Lila
Description: Once there was a farm where many pigs and many chickens lived in cordial but distant contentment. They were all very polite to each other, but no pig ever played with a chicken and no chicken ever played with a pig. Not, that is, until Albert meets Lila. Both are outcasts: Albert ridiculed because he is the only white pig on the farm and Lila exiled from the henhouse because she is too old to lay eggs. Naturally, the other animals shake their heads over this odd couple. But Albert and Lila don't care. They're having too much fun together. And when they come up with a cunning plan to outwit the fox, they transform the farm into a safe and happy haven filled with friendship and fun for all.