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Petit garçon, by Francesco Pittau, ill Catherine Chardonnay Tonight, the little boy metamorphosed into a fly Since then, with his head upside down, the world all topsy-turvy, he’s been walking on the ceiling Today, or maybe before, he ...

Little Boy

L'arbre de Ploc, by Mélanie Rutten Tine, Ploc, Bubu and Baba are playing hide and seek behind the trees But Ploc has thought of another game: Let’s all be seeds! So they curl up into a ball, they wait, then they stretch, they spread out, ...

Ploc’s Tree

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

Parfois, by Maxime Derouen “Sometimes I feel playful, sometimes I feel impatient, sometimes I feel free, sometimes I feel sad” A little boy describes the large range of emotions that he is going through from day to day On each ...

Sometimes

Tendre bestiaire, by Combine de Forville and Alice Ricard Through a dozen familiar wildlife pictures, Gentle Bestiary is an ode to filial love This book reveals the emotional attention that all species, animal and human, have in common ...

Gentle Bestiary

Poule bleue, by Claire Garralon Blue Hen laid three eggs She brooded them until three chicks hatched out So proud, Blue Hen introduced them to everyone in the farmyard but kept on overprotecting them One day, chicks are big enough to ...

Blue Hen

Comme-ci, comme-ça, by It's Raining Elephants Inspired by the song “I’m This” by the poet and musician Moondog, “Like This Like That” highlights everybody’s duality and contradictions via a game of graphic and poetic ...

Like This Like That

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

C'est l'histoire, by Anne Crausaz Four children are waiting for Madame Ourse She comes in every week at the same time to tell them stories Each to their own book, each to their own story Once everyone gets cosy on the carpet the adventure can ...

This Is The Story

C'est ma mare, by Claire Garralon “Oh, what a pretty pond”, says the yellow duck “This is my pond” A white duck comes along, “Oh! What a lovely pond! This is my pond!” And thus the pond is divided But, along comes a red duck Then a ...

This Is My Pond

Dans ce monde, by Malika Doray This title tells a toddler about his place in the world When he arrives; the simple everyday actions he is the centre of Then learning how to be independent kindly surrounded by grown-ups Eventually discovering ...

In This World

Le gros mensonge de Nino, by Pascale Hédelin, Laurence Jammes and Marc Clamens Follow these ...

Nino’s Big Lie

La Forêt entre les deux, by Mélanie Rutten This book is, the third volume of the trilogy, which began with L’ombre de chacun (The Rabbit and the Shadow) and La source des jours Here the soldier is the main narrator but all the other ...

The Forest Between the Two

Couac, by Emilie Vast and Angélique Friant Once he has broken out of his eggshell, this character, not quite the Ugly Duckling, discovers the world around him and other people’s opinions Since the ducks reject him, he sets off in search ...

Quack

Pablo et la chaise, by Delphine Perret An initiatory tale to help discovering the pleasure of being oneself As a birthday gift, Pablo receives a chair This makes him angry, and he locks himself in his room with his present, determined not to ...

Pablo and His Chair

Abris, by Emmanuelle Houdart “A shelter is a place where you feel safe, where nothing bad can happen In a shelter, your sorrow is comforted, and your mischiefs are forgiven” Emmanuelle Houdart uses her talent and her imagination to address ...

Shelters

L’enfant volant, by Clotilde Perrin Sometimes one feel hopeless…then a sudden gust of wind teaches you to fly high in the sky! After braving big dark clouds and meeting little multi-coloured people, you can fly back home with new confidence ...

The Flying Kid

L’enfant minuscule, by Clotilde Perrin The arrival of a new baby brother or sister doesn’t mean parents have to forget the older kids! But what if it was a chance to become teeny tiny yourself What fun it would be to be a miniature kid! A ...

The Miniature Kid

La source des jours, by Mélanie Rutten This is the story of a dancing shadow, a dreamy deer, an inquiring book, and many other encounters along the river In this prequel to L’ombre de Chacun, Mélanie Rutten tells us about the past of her ...

The Source of Days

Super Billy et l'araignée, by Séma Billy is a sweet little dog Dreamy and inventive, he is also a bit fearful and dreads the world around him Today, Billy finds a spider when playing in his garden and the animal makes him very uncomfortable But ...

Super Billy and the Spider

L'Enfant Lumineux, by Clotilde Perrin When all the other children are falling asleep, the Glow-in-the-Dark kid presses his nose and his whole body lights up! He goes straight out into the night – of course, luminous kids aren’t afraid ...

The Glow-in-the-Dark Kid

Mon Monstre, by Marie Sellier, illustrations by Jean-Luc Buquet This little boy has a very big secret: he hides a monster A very naughty monster who makes him do all sorts of silly things: rolling on the floor, throwing his plate ...

My Monster

L’ombre de chacun, by Mélanie Rutten This is the story of a melancholy deer, a sporty cat, a little lost soldier, a rabbit that isn’t big enough and a silent shadow Their paths cross and they walk together toward a mountain, near a volcano, ...

Their Own Shadows

Korczak pour que vivent les enfants, by Philippe Meirieu and Pef Very few books are designed to help children think about their education This book explores the career of Janusz Korczak, a doctor and gifted educator who was a tireless champion ...

Korczak-Long Live the Children

Un Enfant, c'est comme ça! by Alain Serres and Silvia Bonanni What are children like This highly imaginative collage book attempts to define what it means to be a child, both seriously and with humour A strong text that can be read aloud, even ...

That’s What Children Are Like

Cinq amis, by Junko Nakamura 5 friends live together on a farm Then each has to go live on his ...

Five Friends