''Mr Leon's Paris'' (original title ''Le Paris de Léon'') is a

children's book Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...

telling the story of a taxi driver's travels around the city of

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

. It is written and illustrated by Stéphane-Yves Barroux. The driver's travels take in the

Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower ( ; ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Locally nicknamed "''La dame de fe ...

and Sacré-Cœur. The story is well illustrated in pencil by Barroux, although his "blocky, abstract comics" have been considered to not do justice to famous landmarks. The book was originally published in France in 2011 and was skilfully translated by Sarah Ardizzone. The translation is credited as giving a "British feel with American flair" although there is difficulty with some of the original

word play Word play or wordplay (also: play-on-words) is a literary technique and a form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement. Examples of word play include puns, ph ...

References

French children's books French-language children's books French picture books 2011 children's books Children's books set in Paris {{child-book-stub