by Michel Ocelot · Hachette Jeunesse · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782013218771
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«Kirikou et la Sorcière» is the children's story by Michel Ocelot, published by Hachette Jeunesse in paperback (122 pages, in French).
In an African village, the sorceress Karaba sows fear and devours the men. Kirikou, a tiny boy born with insatiable curiosity, wonders why the witch is so wicked and decides to find out with cunning and courage, undaunted by his size.
Published in 2001, it is part of the «Contes et merveilles» collection (number 4).
Suitable for young readers, especially those approaching reading in French.
Michel Ocelot is a French screenwriter, designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs and a former president of the International Animated Film Association. Though best known for his 1998 debut feature Kirikou and the Sorceress, his earlier films and television work had already won Césars and British Academy Film Awards among others and he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur on 23 October 2009, presented to him by Agnès Varda who had been promoted to commandeur earlier the same year. In 2015 he got the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb.
