Toby and the Escalade
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Genre: Children and Young Adult
Publisher: N/A
Year: 1997
“Toby And The Escalade” (1997) Bilingual picture book on Geneva’s most important historical event. The Duke of Savoy attempts to capture Geneva on a cold December night by climbing its high walls with ladders. But Mother Royaume throws her pot of boiling hot vegetable soup on the heads of the enemy… Geneva now celebrates with 3 days of festivities and chocolate soup pots filled with marzipan vegetables.
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