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Pombo Courage, by Émile Cucherousset and illustrated by Clémence Paldacci There’s nothing Pombo enjoys more than spending the day sipping a fruit juice with scum, toes warm in his slippers From time to time, hunger or sleep make him ...

Fearless Pombo

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

Chnourka, by Gaya Wisniewski Four friends are threading their way through the forest There is too much snow, though Tomek the bison can’t move anymore – but then Mirko the little cat catches a glimpse There is a house ahead! It is ...

Chnourka

Les Trois Gibbons et la chanson du colibri, by Kenji Abe As the three gibbons take a stroll, a gust of gale lands a tiny hummingbird in front of them The little birdie is lost, having been blown by the wind away from her parents ...

The Three Gibbons and the Hummingbird’s Song

Dimanche, by Fleur Oury Clementine, a small girl-fox goes along with her parents to her grandmother’s another unremarkable and boring day in the countryside She suddenly discovers a hole in the garden hedge Curious, she rushes through ...

Sunday

Le rêve de Gaëtan Tapla, by Stéphanie Demasse-Pottier & Adèle Verlinden Gaëtan Talpa has everything a young mole could dream of: a nice home, toys, hugs and a joyful gang of friends There is Hedgehog Harry, Field-Mouse Joe, Spider Sam, ...

Gaëtan Talpa’s Dream

Hamaika and the Fish, by Pierre Zapolarrua and illustrated by Anastasia Parrotto Under her skinny coat of feathers, Hamaika is a very curious little hen She likes to leave her house and venture far, far, ever further away The ...

Hamaika and the Fish

4998 amis, by Davide Cali and Kotimi A young social media user has 4,998 ‘friends’ Well, almost Because, of these 4,998 friends, 78 have forgotten his birthday and there are 98 he never writes to And what about those he asked for ...

4,998 Friends

Milly Vodović, by Nastasia Rugani / Polynia Series by Chloé Mary Milly has just knock someone down today Swan Cooper was shooting his gun not two feet away from her brother Almaz who was lying in the mud Milly bounced to help her big ...

Milly Vodović

Laurent le Flamboyant, by Karen Hottois and illustrated by Junia Woignier / Polonia Series by Chloé Mary Just like every morning, Utang Laurent wakes up on the wrong side of the bed He may swing from branch to branch throughout the ...

Laurent the Flamboyant

Mon bison, by Gaya Wisniewski “The first time I saw it, it was springtime I was in the tall grass, I couldn’t see an awful lot being all of four years old” A little girl and a bison get to know each other One spring morning ...

My Buffalo

Mon petit paradis, by Lili Scratchy A fresh and bubbly picture book to remember that our own paradise is never far away! What could be worse than parents always watching you, a cat vomiting into your slippers, or having the same friends since ...

My Little Paradise

Un coup de main, by Cristina Sitja Rubio Manuel and Monelle, two inseparable handymen, live in harmony in a big birdhouse Every day, they tend to plants, bake delicious seeds cakes, walk dogs and build houses So much so that they don’t have a ...

Someone Handy

Ouin-Ouin, by Christophe Nicolas and Anouk Ricard Creatures that are stubborn but also tenderhearted and terribly endearing, in a word: kids! The characters of Coco’s gang come to life with Anouk Ricards quirky and humorous drawingAfter Coco ...

Whiny Whiner / Coco’s Gang Series

Olive et Léandre, by Alex Cousseau and Janik Coat A bear and an octopus are looking for each other in the ocean’s vastness Everything opposes them, and though… Léandre is a bear living far up North Olive is an octopus that lives all the ...

Olive & Léandre

Tempête sur l'île des amis, by Vanessa Hié A powerful storm darkens the sky and the ocean ...

Storm On Friend Island

Vieux Cheval et les petites génisses, by Fabienne Mounier and Daniel Hénon Old Horse is feeling low Farmer Martin decides to pair him off with seven cheeky little heifers who are after one thing only: having fun Is this such a clever idea In ...

Old Horse And The Little Heifers

Batistou, by Nada Matta Following on Petite pépite, Nada Matta, takes us on a donkey ride Even though the child started by keeping her distance from the donkey and chose to let her mother take up the reins, animal and child will get to warm up to ...

Batistou

Nos familles, by Lorea De Vos Léon, Lazare and Eve would really like to make crepes, but they are out of all the ingredients The neighbours might be able to help A simple vegan crepe recipe is the opportunity to discover the diversity of families ...

Families

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

Vendredi ou les autres jours, by Gilles Barraqué and Hélène Raizac / Polynia Series by Chloé Mary Seven days of complete stillness spent staring at bamboo shoots Friday is stricken with an illness that is eating away at him, his eyes are ...

Friday or the Other Days

La Tribu qui pue, by Elise Gravel and Magali Le Huche Have you heard of the stinky tribe They’re a little gang of dirty children who live with their animal friends in huts made of sticks There’s Laurent, the tall redhead with his two foxes, ...

The Stinky Tribe

Mon dinosaure s'appelle Darwin, by Didier Lévy and Kotimi Darwin, a child’s cuddly dinosaur, ...

My Dinosaur’s Called Darwin

Björn et le vaste monde, by Delphine Perret It’s spring again and Björn wakes up The world has changed a little during the winter Here are six entertaining new stories, in which our bear and his forest friends continue their exploration of ...

Björn And The Big Wide World

L'Ours et le trappeur, by Christophe Swal Taking place at the end of the 19th century, it tells the story of Jacques Poitier, a trapper, whose life changes when he crosses the path of Mortimer, a scary bear with a golden voice The two characters ...

The Bear And The Trapper

Les Trois Gibbons et le petit crocodile, by Kenji Abe Out on a stroll, the Three Gibbons come across a tiny crocodile trapped in a hole Is he dangerous He looks like a baby… The Three Gibbons decide to come to his help The next day as they rest ...

The Three Gibbons and the Little Crocodile