Everyone knows the Eiffel Tower,<br>yet no one knows the love story<br>that led to its construction. Author<br>Alice Brière-Haquet and illustrator<br>Csil have pooled their creative<br>talents to tell this touching story<br>about overcoming hardship with<br>clever invention fueled by love.<br>Mr. and Mrs. Eiffel are a happy<br>couple enjoying living in the most<br>romantic city in the world, Paris.<br>Until one day, Mrs. Eiffel begins<br>to feel desperately unwell. The<br>experts are unanimous: the only<br>thing that can save her is fresh air.<br>Her husband, a bright engineer,<br>decides he will take matters into<br>his own hands and build a tower<br>that will reach the clouds in an<br>attempt to restore her health.<br>Csil's poetically minimal illustrations<br>in black, white, and pink<br>are incredibly evocative, and<br>Alice Brière-Haquet's words are a<br>delight to read aloud.