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La guerre en mille morceaux, ou le petit musée du soldat Machin, by Alain Serres and Zaü This 100-page picture book tells us about the war of this hairy man who,one day in August 1914, had to leave his field, his family and his horses The story ...

The War in a Thousand Pieces

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

My Dinosaur’s Called Darwin

Ta Race ! Moi et les autres, by Marie Desplechin and Betty Bone Who’s racist nowadays Me, you, the others Also, where does the idea of us belonging to different races come from Aren’t we all human beings A luminous book that sheds light on ...

Me And The Others

Papa, pourquoi t'as voté Hitler , by Didier Daeninckx, illustrated by Pef Germany, March 1933 Rudi’s father is about to vote for Adolf Hitler’s party, but his mother flatly refuses to Didier Daeninckx uses the daily life of one family to ...

Daddy, Why Did You Vote For Hitler?

De maman en maman et De papa en papa, by Emilie Vast A long story, from generation to generation, from mummy to mummy and from daddy to daddy, approaches us Russian dolls increasingly small unfold, each decorated with animals and flowers, each ...

From Mummy to Mummy & From Daddy to Daddy

France's First Black Clown Monsieur Chocolat, le premier clown noir, by Bénédicte Rivière, illustrated by Bruno Pilorget Monsieur Chocolat was the son of slaves who entertained Paris society in the 1900s His success was due to his huge ...

Monsieur Chocolat

ABC des peuples, by Liuna Virardi From a limited number of shapes, we can draw all the different peoples of the world This is what Liuna Virardi shows us in this ABC of Civilisation, representing 26 of them to begin with! Each letter of ...

The ABC of Civilisation

Tous les géants ont un jour été des enfants, by Annabelle Gugnon Confucius, Marco Polo, Sigmund Freud, Pablo Picasso, Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Walt Disney, Marie Curie It is hard to believe that the fate of those giants of ...

All the Giants Were Once a Child

Les belles danses, by Marie Desplechin and Jean-Michel Othoniel The Water Theater Grove was one of the most beautiful groves in the gardens of Versailles It’s in this magical scenery that Jean-Michel Othoniel imagined his ...

The Beautiful Dances

La petite princesse de Saint-Ex, by Pef A Prince, a master in writing as well as flying, a plane fallen from the sky, an old lady who remembers an unforgettable event from her childhood: that’s the story Pef chose to tell us, as a great plane ...

Saint Ex’s Little Princess

Maudite soit la guerre, by Didier Daeninckx, illustrated by Pef It is 1917 One child sets off to deliver a letter to his father in the trenches The story of his secret and moving journey through inhospitable landscapes takes up the cry of one ...

Cursed Be War

Des deux côtés du monde, by Susana Robledo, wood engravings by Renaud Perrin A superb ...

From the Opposite Sides of the World

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

Wangari Maathai, la Femme qui plante des millions d'arbres, by Franck Prévot and Aurélia Fronty Magnificent colours and lines bring children on the steps of this uncommon Kenyan woman who became Peace Nobel Price Wangari Maathai was much more ...

Wangari Maathai, The Woman who Plants Millions of Trees

Mandela, l'Africain multicolore, by Alain Serres and illustrated by Zaü 20 years ago, Nelson Mandela was set free after 27 years in prison He was to become the first black president of South Africa From the fields of his childhood to the supreme ...

Mandela, the Multicoloured African

Une cuisine tout en chocolat! by Alain Serres, ill by Nathalie Novi Childhood, chocolate and imagination: three ingredients that complement each other with pleasure in this large picture book, designed with warm colours There are 40 recipes: ...

A Whole Cook Book on Chocolate

Il y a, by Guillaume Apollinaire and Laurent Corvaisier The great French poet Guillaume ...

There Is

Martin et Rosa, ensemble pour l'égalité, by Raphaële Frier and Zaü ML King and R Parks: the overlapping stories of two key figures who spoke out against racial segregation Their shared battle begins with the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 The ...

Martin and Rosa, United for Equality

Et Picasso peint Guernica, by Alain Serres This exceptional large-format picture book, which explains to children Picasso's howl of outrage against war, is about both a work of art and a life It describes the genesis of Picasso's brilliant ...

And Picasso Paints Guernica

Le Ginkgo, le plus vieil arbre du monde, by Alain Serres, ill Zaü This title explores a unique plant, the ginkgo biloba, also known as maidenhair tree It has all of a great figure, coming across time and through ages, seeking its origins long ...

Ginkgo, the Oldest Tree in The World

Tous les humains ont les mêmes droits, by Marie-Agnès Combesque, ill Clotilde Perrin The 1948 United Nations Declaration of Human Rights explained to children The complete Declaration is reproduced in the book, while each page highlights two ...

All the Humans Have the Same Rights

Une Cuisine grande comme un jardin, by Alain Serres, ill by Martin Jarrie A unique way to ...

A Cook Book as Big as a Garden

Toutes mes histoires de l'art Each of the 26 titles in this series explores a movement, a period or a key artist through the description of their main features, looking at commented works of art and experiencing activities on the ...

All My Art Histories

Petit deviendra grand Picasso, Chaplin and Prévert: three genius in art introduce this new series at Rue du monde It plunges into the childhood of those who marked history It reminds us that even great ones have been little and instils into ...

Little Great Ones