Editions Courtes et longues Archives - Hannele and Associates

Vertige, by Isabelle Simler A ladybug is looking for a safe place to lay her eggs But nature is full of surprises, and every time she sets down, thinking she’s found the perfect spot, she finds herself being shooed away by animals ...

Topsy-Turvy

La collection, by Marjolaine Leray Gray, grumpy Julius has a brilliant idea: he wants to ...

The Collection

Même pas en rêve, by Elisabeth Brami It is August 31, 2002 and twelve-year-old Marieke won’t be making any more sand castles on the Ostend beach with her favorite cousin She feels like her childhood is coming to an end and is filled ...

Don’t Even Think About It!

Sous les palmes d'Odilon, by Julie Billault and Jean-Charles Baty A young duck named Odilon is living the good life when one day his cocoon breaks open and he falls to the ground Alone in the jungle, he is clueless as to how to get back ...

Odilon’s Underworld

Les étoiles qui meurent dans le ciel, by Benjamin Lesage Jack is passionate about the stars As a child, he saw one disappear from the night skies and understood that, like everything in the universe, stars age with the passing of time ...

The Stars Are Dying In The Sky

Patchou, l'alpaga du Pérou, by Li Lamarre and illustrated by Odile Santi Admired for his thick fleece, Patchou the Alpaca won’t let anyone shear it But as time passes, his wool grows long and becomes filthy and uncomely When the others ...

Patchou, The Alpaca From Peru

Mon Corps est un trésor, by Hélène Romano and illustrated by Germain Barthélémy Bully Free is the story of a young child who takes part in perilous games to be accepted by a new group of friends at school The consequences are terrible: the ...

Bully Free

Nuit, by Nancy Guilbert and illustrated by Anna Griot Liking nothing better than to paint and draw nighttime skies, a little girl immerses herself in her creativity, dreaming that she is half-girl and half-fish Surrounded by the fauna of ...

Night

Sauve-toi, Éli, by Élisabeth Brami and illustrated by Bernard Jeunet War is raging and Eli’s parents send him to stay with farmers to keep him safe The young Jew doesn’t understand why he can’t live with his parents or play ...

Save Yourself, Eli!

Cap ! by Loren Capelli A young girl steps into the forest Little by little, she observes and discovers the blossoms, trees, birds and insects around her by sight, smell, touch, sound and taste, all the while playing, dreaming and ...

Ahead!

L'oiseau lyre, by Nancy Guilbert, ill by Valérie Michel A certain lyrebird sings the most beautiful melodies Alih, the sultan’s son, falls under its spell and tries to lure it back to the palace Alas, the musical bird refuses to leave ...

Lyrebird

D'après nature, by Isabelle Simler In Nature’s Way, Isabelle Simler pays tribute to ...

Nature’s Way

American Dreamer, by Antoine Vigne Living in Texas with his sister at his side, Juan is a young undocumented immigrant from Mexico desperately seeking to build a future for himself in a country in the throes of an identity ...

American Dreamer

Bienvenue à Oswald, by Célia Garino Chiméri’s parents are teachers and they have once again dragged her along on a cultural excursion But Chiméri dawdles so much that she ends up getting lost! That’s when she falls into another ...

Welcome To Oswald!

Cendrillon, by Charles Perrault and Anna Griot Charles Perrault’s tale may be all too familiar but most of us have probably never seen Cinderella for who she really is: a mischievous, triumphant heroine, a far cry from the ...

Cinderella

Tétrodon, by Li Lamarre and Odile Santi When the pufferfish Tetraodon blows bubbles, the other fish have a blast playing with them But day in and day out, the same thing happens: they gobble up his bubbles and ignore him completely Tired ...

Tetraodon

Ronds ronds, by Betty Bone Round like a drop of milk, a mother’s cheek or an orange Betty Bone’s marvellous inventory takes readers back to the secrets of their child-hood and their discovery of themselves and the world around them ...

Round And Round

Quelle drôle de chambre, by Hélène Romano and Adolie Day Being hospitalized for a long period of time can prove a very difficult experience for children Helping them through such an ordeal is crucial Hélène Romano lends voice to ...

What A Strange Room!

Néandertal et moi, by Jérôme Coignard with Antoine Balzeau, ill by Betty Bone It was once commonly believed that the Neander- thal was at first thought to be a terrifying beast and then man’s direct evolutionary ancestor Neither ...

The Neanderthal And Me

La couleur des saisons, by Elisabeth Brami with works by Emanuel Proweller A painter depicts feelings of hope after tragedy, the dawn that follows night, the spring born of a terrible winter, a triumphal summer and a peaceful autumn His ...

The Colour Of The Seasons

Noms d'oiseaux, by Isabelle Simler Two sparrows are sitting on the same tree branch Each wants the branch for himself alone Hence begins a screaming match, during which they call each other a number of (bird) names But every time a new ...

Oh My Bird

Le bouton, by Thibaud Primard Carl is a young boy with questions about the button on his belly: if he presses it, will it blow him up like a balloon Or are there hidden people living in it The mystery remains complete as Carl considers all the ...

The Button

Mon escargot domestique, by Isabelle Simler Cats, dogs, bunnies and guinea pigs are common pets But who ever dreamed about having a pet snail A young child makes a surprising discovery in the bathtub: a snail! Little by little, the child tries ...

My Pet Snail

Neigeline, by Li Lamarre and Odile Santi Once upon a time, there was a little snowball that had never left its mountaintop Tired of the whiteness of the snow and the whiteness of the sky, Snowling was convinced that elsewhere was a world full of ...

Snowling

L'Arboretum, by Nancy Guilbert and Anna Griot A little boy is lost in a forest when he discovers a hidden treasure: a plethora of species of trees, each more unique and extraordinary than the next Passionate about what he has found, he wants to ...

Arboretum

Mon chat sauvage, by Isabelle Simler What kind of animal would drape itself on a radiator before disappearing for hours, ignoring the anguished calls of its owners Only the most cunning feline, as sly as its cousins in the wild, with the nonchalant ...

My Wild Cat