Rémi from Without Family by Hector Mallot

Large texts at child height: this illustrated collection provides a first look at the great classical authors. The story, simplified, however remains faithful to the original text. Extract: Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was a little boy named Rémi. He was a foundling. Nothing was known of his past except that he had been abandoned. A mountebank, the "Signor Vitalis" had taken in, then raised him.