Rue du monde Archives - Hannele and Associates

Aujourd'hui c'est le bon jour ! by Carl Norac and Marie Poirier A simple picture book about those long months babies spend in the womb They can detect household sounds and the music of the street They can drum with their feet and already think in ...

Today’s The Day!

Les Contes de l'olivier : contes juifs et arabes réunis, Catherine Gendrin and Judith Gueyfier Jewish and Arab tales of brotherhood and peace This book of stories brings together two cultures that are usually hostile to one another, with stories ...

The Olive Tree Tales, Jewish and Arab tales in one volume

L'étonnante histoire de l'homme le plus lent du monde, by Arthur Dreyfus and Sim Mau Here is a slow guy, incredibly slowespecially when it comes to saying ‘I love you’! This child’s father is extremely slow Not easy for him! This man ...

The Amazing Story Of The World’s Slowest Man

L'expo du capitaine Fred, by Alain Serres and Fred Sochard In the incredible gallery of Fred Sochard’s ‘decorated’ drawings, there are sailors, jugglers, big beasts All in black-line drawings and it’s very beautiful! Kids (and not only ...

Captain Fred’s Exhibition

Tout le monde et toi! by François David and Mariana Ruiz Johnson This book contains lots and lots and lots of daddies, mummies, cousins, plants, tigers and chicks but you are ONE, absolutely unique, and now you’re ‘hugging your very own ...

Everyone And You!

Merci au loup de Sibérie, by Albane Gellé and Nathalie Dieterlé An enthusiastic gaze at the living world that can be easily shared by young and old alike Here is a gentle eruption of gratitude to all those wonders of nature that sometimes live ...

Thank You To The Siberian Wolf

Famille Lababine, le fils, by Laurence Kubler and Julia Coffre A 64-page story with illustrations galore and numerous plot twists • An adventure-packed saga featuring a family of dogs, full of empathy for one another’s ...

The Lababine Family, the Son

Liberté, by Paul Eluard and 15 illustrators A special edition of Paul Eluard’s famous poem, published clandestinely in 1942 and now a world literature classic All the verses unfold on the pages of this book, illustrated by 15 leading ...

Freedom

Tout en rousseur, by Raphaële Frier and Aurélia Fronty A beautiful novel by Raphaële Frier with luminous images by Aurélia Fronty At the start of the new school year, we follow a boy and a girl as they each make the same ...

Redhead

Dans le cœur de Momoko, by Kotimi Momoko is back! And here are four new stories from Kotimi’s 1960s Tokyo childhood Four stories about school outings, friendship and the emotional turmoil that can affect even the very young An ...

In Momoko’s Heart

Un bébé sur la terre, by Alain Serres and Zaü This is a cartoon account of a love story, pregnancy, childbirth and a baby’s first months, with a shout-out to all the babies in the world This baby is Zaü’s first ...

A Baby on Earth

Si tu regardes longtemps la terre, by Jean-Pierre Siméon and Laurent Corvaisier Here are 50 simple thoughts that have come to Jean-Pierre Siméon while he was out walking: “Silence is sad No one listens to it anymore” “Call your fear ...

If You Look Closely at the World

Kangourouz, by Thierry Lenain and Nathalie Dieterlé This is a kangaroo who, like all male kangaroos, has no pouch And, as inevitably happens to all kangaroos, one day a gang of pouchless kangaroos come to him to teach him how to box… But ...

Kangourouz

Contes des ours et des loups, by Patrick Fischmann and Bruno Pilorget Fear, strength, power and poetry are common threads found in the world’s folk cultures, with tales from the Rom and the Native American peoples, and from Russia, ...

Tales of Bears and Wolves from around the World

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!)

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

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

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

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 ...

Now

Ma maison à moi !, by Sarah Zambello and Chiara Raineri A gate in the middle of a field, with no fence – a magical place where a little girl happily chats with squirrels, rabbits and foxes She even shares her snack with them and ...

My Very Own Home

Ma Maison Bleue, by Alain Serres, ill by Edmée Cannard A little earthling’s magical journey around the universe Zooming in from the farthest reaches of the galaxy to a small planet, the narrator identifies continents bursting with ...

My Blue House

Comment faire la paix, by Francis Combes and Bruno Heitz A playful anti-war poem that halts the cannon fire while encouraging children to erect monuments to life in village squares! The aim is to catch a sleeping tank and, in the ...

How to Make Peace?