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"Sèvres, a Ceramic History" series Each volume of the series Sèvres, a Ceramic History examines an era in the saga of the Manufacture de Sèvres, the world most prestigious porcelain factiry, beginning with its creation in 1740 With analyses, ...

Sèvres, a Ceramic History

Le Typographe, by Gaby Bazin Let’s put an apron on and visit the typographer’s workshop, where you’ll find printing presses, type cases and monkeys (the nickname was given to typographers because of their agile movements!) Young readers ...

At the Typographer’s

J'écris en hiéroglyphes, by Evelyne Faivre-Martin and Daniel Soulié Co-published with the Musée du Louvre, Writing in Hieroglyphs offers a captivating introduction to the writing system of ancient Egypt, one of the world’s most complex and ...

Writing in Hieroglyphs

Les erreurs dans les cartes, by Benjamin Furst Errors in Maps takes readers on an unexpected journey through myriad misunderstandings and miscalculations in the fascinating world of maps Thirty-three cartographic errors are explained ...

Errors In Maps

L'esclave qui parlait aux oiseaux, by Yves Pinguilly and Zaü Alexandre wants to know more about his friend Mariama’s African origins Mariama tells him about the rainy season, the savannah, and the long and terrible history She ...

The Slave Who Talked to the Birds

La lithographe, by Gaby Bazin Visit the workshop of the lithographer and discover how this printing technique is almost magical Mixing history of printing with technical explanations and plastic arts expriments, Gaby Bazin promotes the ...

At The Lithographer’s

Chiens, by Émilie Chazerand and Naomi Wilkinson German Shepherd, Bichon Frise Pug, Poodle, Shiba Inu, Corgi, Chihuahua, and many more dogs gathered in this beautiful book for all dog lovers Émilie Chazerand is as passionate about these ...

Dogs

Magies by various contributors Magic is a magnificent box set offering a variety of magic paraphernalia, a wealth of meticulously researched information about the history and practice of magic and rich, detailed iconography Magic is a ...

Magic?

Sauve-toi, Éli, by Élisabeth Brami and illustrated by Bernard Jeunet War is raging and Eli’s parents send him to stay with farmers to keep him safe The young Jew doesn’t understand why he can’t live with his parents or play ...

Save Yourself, Eli!

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, tells him the most wonderful story, one that began millions of years ago on the ocean floor Then, gradually, over the millennia, some fish began to ...

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 collection of woodcut illustrations, printed in two different colours, tells the moving tale of two children whose paths cross against the backdrop of ...

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 Apollinaire died in 1918 in World War I His poem, “There Is”, which he wrote while at the front, is an ode to love and peace 2014 will be the centennial ...

There Is