Francesco and Francesca

Written by Bettina Ehrlich

Narrated by Barbie Robinson

Francesco is a poor little Italian boy who has no shoes. One day, while gazing into to the window of the smartest shoe shop in town, he sees a beautiful young girl smiling back at him. This is Francesca and he cannot forget her.

Winter comes and with it, the Grand Carnival in Milan. Francesco dresses as a brigand with hand me down shoes that are too big for him. But in a bid to impress Francesca, he swaps costumes with a red velvet prince with matching red leather shoes.

Mayhem follows and it seems Francesco will miss the Carnival fun altogether. Will he also lose his beloved Francesca?

• Language: English
• Publisher: For Pity Sake Publishing
• Release date: Apr 2, 2019
• ISBN: 9780648416555

Bettina Ehrlich

Bettina Ehrlich was an Austrian artist and writer who died in the UK in 1985. Her beautifully illustrated children's books were originally published by Oxford University Press and after Ehrlich's passing, the London-based Jewish Blind and Disabled charity became the beneficiary of the copyright. JBD kindly granted For Pity Sake the rights to reproduce six Bettina Ehrlich works - Francesco and Francesca, Trovato, Sardines and the Angel, The Goat Boy, Angelo and Rosaline and For the Leg of a Chicken.