Plot
The little girl Isabelle (named after Franquin's daughter) gets into a lot of adventures when the evil witch Calendula troubles Isabelle's uncle Hermès and his fiancée, the good witch Calendula (who is the grand-grand-grand-etc. daughter of the evil Calendula). Other stories are about a magical painting, a flying village or a floating island.
The stories have a poetical tone, although mixed with tons of jokes and puns, rhyming ghosts, a talking diamond and Isabelle's down-to-earth aunt – whose greatest concern when Isabelle gets into an adventure is whether she's dressed warmly enough, even when she descends into Hades. The drawings are packed with details and the poetic nature of the stories comes thru in the imaginative animals and backgrounds.
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