The Case of the Reckless Hedgehogs

By Carlotta Mastrangelo

Camelia is a lively little girl who loves everything about NATURE. But because she lives in a city, she is not able to spend much time with plants and animals. And to make matters worse, Camelia’s mum is terribly allergic to anything that even resembles nature.
The Stories from Camelia's Album tell us about the adventures of Camelia and her friends, who find themselves in all sorts of places and situations thanks to her extraordinary album. In fact, the book lights up if an animal is in difficulty, and when Camelia says a magic phrase it sends the little girl and her “team” –– a red panda, a goose, a sausage dog, two twin penguins and a cactus — on a mission to deal with the emergency.
Camelia is a seven-year-old girl with a charmingly innocent sense of magic and imagination. Faced with today’s alarming reports on the state of the planet, Camelia offers the optimistic perspective of a child who seeks solutions with an inventive flight of fancy.
In this first story, Camelia discovers the amazing power of her album and solves a very prickly situation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Carlotta Mastrangelo
• Release date: Oct 15, 2013
• ISBN: 9788868558635

Carlotta Mastrangelo

Carlotta Mastrangelo, author of children’s books and scriptwriter. She has worked in animation for over ten years and has to date overseen many projects in every phase of production, from drawing up literary bibles for TV series, to writing episodes and story editor. Lives and works in Milan.

Book preview

Camelia and Her Friends

Camelia, that’s me…

I’m seven years old and I live in the city with my parents. I go to school and I like animals. Actually I love animals.

This photo shows me with my album. The album is a big scrapbook where I’ve stuck all the most beautiful pictures that I’ve found of animals and the places where they live. By looking at the creatures carefully and watching what they do, I’ve found out that every single one of them is really special — whether they’re big or small, plants or animals.

And this album is REALLY special too, because when something bad happens to the animals or plants, my album knows… and it tells me! And then we set off on a mission straight away!

Every time our help is called for, we go to the place where it’s needed. My friends and I, of course!

Here they are:

Ping e Gwin

Are twin penguins. Well, by profession they’re actually slippers. Ping is the blue one. He’s sweet and timid. Gwin is the crafty one. Sometimes she’s a bit of a show-off, and she’s always getting into trouble!

Tiko

He is a red panda with a beautiful tail. Tiko loves joking around and playing in a team!

Wolfy

He looks like a draught-stopper, right? But in reality he’s a very special sausage dog, and with his amazing sense of smell he’d be a perfect detective. Sometimes he speaks with a stutter, but we don’t take any notice because what he says is always right.

Ania

is my goose friend. She was born as a rucksack, but she’s very, very clever. When in danger, she’s perfectly capable of defending herself,