When she was little, the Italian illustrator Beatrice Alemagna used to compete with her sister to see who could draw the prettiest picture. This kind of sibling contest was her father's idea, who years later admitted it might not have been his best. Although it might seem a questionable approach, it was also true that it planted the seed for his daughter Beatrice's career. When she was eight, the family went to Paris. My father chose the Eiffel Tower as the subject: whoever drew the best picture would win a Corolle doll, which I imagine was a kind of Nancy doll of my time. Alemagna wanted to win and studied the tower intently. That night, her father decided the doll was for her sister, and she cried in despair. However, at that moment, she promised herself that one day she would draw a beautiful Eiffel Tower and publish it in a book. Not only did she keep that promise, but today she is one of the most recognized and admired illustrators in the world, whose work in Catalan can be found published primarily by Combel and A Buen Paso.