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Yasuke, by Frédéric Marais At the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, in Africa, lived a young slave who had no name No one had ever given him one He ran away from his village and found work on a ship, crossing the seas to Japan, where the most ...

Yasuke

Ma mère est une panthère, by Malika Doray My Mom is a panther especially when she’s angry When we’re late, she’s a jaguar who turns into an orangutan when she has free time It’s almost in a twinkle of an eye when the child’s mother ...

My Mom is a Panther

J'ai le droit d'aimer les livres (et le chocolat!), by Alain Serres and Aurélia Fronty The series continues after the right to be a child, the right to culture and the right to save the planet Here is a lively and joyful ...

I Have the Right to Love Books (and Chocolate!)

L'étrange collection de Mamita, by Thomas Medard and Lisbeth Renardy Behind each collection, there’s a collector And behind each collector, there’s a story to tell! To collect stuff is the action of gathering a whole lot of objects ...

The Strange Collection of Mamita

Quelques gouttes de pluie sur la terre, by Abbas Kiarostami, illustrated by Hoda Hadadi 55 simple and luminous haïkus by the great Iranian artist Abbas Kiarostami, with drawings by one of Iran’s most talented illustrators Hail breaks a ...

A Few Drops of Rain on the Earth

Les coquelicots savent-ils qu'ils sont fragiles by Alain Serres, illustrated by Judith Gueyfier Short poems in the form of questions and answers, which children can continue, following the same fun principle The simple words of Alain Serres make ...

Do Poppies Know that They are Fragile?

Le roi qui voulait décrocher la lune, by France Quatromme and Françoise Rogier An exuberant, highly visual joke that says something about our societies where so many people are trying to climb to the top! Even in the middle of the ...

The King who Wanted to Catch the Moon

Qui va me manger , by Émilie Vast Oh! What happened to my flower Oh! There’s an aphid drinking all its sap But I don’t think he will for long A ladybug just ate it! She can swallow up to 100 per day! Oops, I think she’s going to end up ...

Who’s Going to Eat Me?

Aiko, by Christoffer Ellegaard and Ainhoa Cayuso Propelled at several million kilometres per hour, the B-Troot rocket explores the Universe in search of extra-terrestrial life Aiko, a brave astronaut trained to face the extreme conditions of space, ...

Aiko

De fleurs en fleurs, by Anne Crausaz After The Bird on a Twig with its fifty-two weeks and its parade of birds, this time, Anne Crausaz deals with diversity among flowers and the ways they pollinate Did you know that wild orchids mimic the shapes ...

From Flowers to Flowers

L'arbre qui rêvait d'être un avion, by Antoine Vigne, illustrated by Léa Louis A tree in the middle of the forest is so fascinated by the sparkling, glittering plane it sees crossing the skies every day that the desire to do likewise is almost ...

The Tree that Wanted to Become an Airplane

Les amis de Momoko, by Kotimi - the third volume of the series A Japanese Childhood And here are four new stories from Kotimi’s 1960s Tokyo childhood In this book, we learn about Hanami – celebrating the cherry blossom Showers of pink petals ...

Momoko’s Friends – A Japanese Childhood

L'imagier des sens, by Anne Crausaz “L’Imagier des sens” approaches the four elements from the five senses The choice to work by hand allowed Anne Crausaz, who is used to digital images in her children’s books, to get closer to the ...

The Five Senses Picture Book

La saison des provisions, by Fleur Oury During wintertime, Tawny and Daffodil, the squirrels, wake up absolutely famished They start looking around for the stocks of food they buried last year, but their hazelnuts are nowhere to be found! Alas, ...

The Gathering Season

Iggy, by Alex Cousseau and illustrated by Janik Coat Under pouring rain, he disappears, and in front of a plate of spaghetti, it’s hard to tell who’s eating what It’s certainly not easy living with an Afghan Hound… Duke, the cat, tells ...

Iggy

Le très long cou, by Basile Jungo This wacky tale of a pair of inseparable buddies is an ode to creativity and friendship One night, Lino the giraffe grows so fast that Douglas the monkey can no longer see his friend’s face Douglas begins to ...

A Very Long Neck

Livre Magique, by Fanette Mellier On the first page, a circle Then little by little, it moves into the binding, eventually disappearing into the book at its half-way point But it is not over, as an object gradually appears that emerges ...

Magic Books

Traversée, by Louise Heugel One day, a curious gazelle follows a group of migrating birds across the ocean and ends up in an unfamiliar land, far from home She befriends one of the birds, and as the two get to know one another, they have a blast ...

Crossing

D'un petit oiseau gris souris, by Mathias Friman He was born a mouse, but dreams himself as a bird He tries to come up with a beak, to flap its paws in order to fly, to sing like that magpie, to walk on two legs like this wading bird, but nothing ...

From a Tiny, Grey as a Mouse Birdy

La peau du lynx, by Mathilde Poncet At the heart of the forest, a bobcat is being tracked by a hunter The animals of the forest are scared but intend on saving the bobcat “We’re off to see the seamstress, she will know what to do!” The ...

The Skin of the Bobcat

La nuit, tous les chats by Claire Garralon At night all cats are grey In the day, they get dressed And when it’s dark, they turn grey again, dressed or undressed In her new picture book, Claire Garralon is back with her cats in a world ...

At Night, All Cats…

Les Haïkus des tout petits, by Alain Serres, illustrated by Judith Gueyfier A collection of 32 poems in haiku style, evoking the feelings and experiences that make up a very young child’s day Slip this book into your bag and make poetry a ...

Haïkus for Little Ones

Changer d'air, by Jeanne Macaigne In this ecological story, The House is the main character It is located in a very nice neighbourhood She and her inhabitants mutually bring happiness to one another! She likes to warm them up in winter, ...

A Change Of Air

Ceci est un poème qui guérit les poissons, by Jean-Pierre Siméon, ill Olivier Tallec To heal Leon, his ill gold fish, Arthur must read him a poem But is there anybody on this earth that can explain to Arthur what a poem is The baker, the ...

This Is a Poem that Heals Fishes

Je vous aime tant, by Alain Serres, ill Olivier Tallec Gaétan lives just opposite Laura’s blue window He sees her everyday – if only he could dare to tell her his feelings… When he finally decides to declare his love, Gaétan writes a ...

I Love You So Much

Maintenant, by Alain Serres, ill Olivier Tallec Some ten different mini-stories come together to illustrate life’s continuity All these “nows” relate life’s passage: an hour, a day, even a whole life The book uses the present tense ...

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