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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

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