imagination Archives - Hannele and Associates

Les idées sont de drôles de bestioles, by Isabelle Simler What’s in an idea Where do ideas come from, what do they do, and where do they go Isabelle Simler uses her poetic vision and airy, delicate strokes to bring the creative process to ...

Ideas Are The Weirdest Creatures

Mortel, by Emmanuelle Houdart Emmanuelle Houdart explores the theme of Death in a spectacular and humorous, impertinent picture book Anyone who has been close to a child knows that the question of Death is omnipresent and perfectly ...

Mortal

L'enfant, le libraire et le roi, by Thierry Maricourt and François Place In the hope that the long freeze of the pandemic is over, this short and beautifully crafted text arrives on the children’s shelves as a literary homage to the ...

The Child, the Bookseller and the King

Si tous les livres du monde se donnaient la main, by Alain Serres and Aurélia Fronty If all the drops of water joined hands then the palm trees, children and hummingbirds would never be thirsty again if all the houses ...

If All the World’s Books Joined Hands

J'ai une maison, by Séverine Vidal and Adolie Day My house does not look like much On the street, it is not the steadiest, nor the nicest, nor the most quiet There is a field of wheat on ground level, monkeys and musicians upstairs, sand ...

My House

Make a Wish!, by Agnese Baruzzi If I had a magic lamp, I would rub it to turn myself into a strong superhero! If I wielded a magic sword, I would fight like a knight If I winded a magic clock, I would go back and see dinosaurs And you, ...

Make A wish!

Si les poètes étaient moins bêtes, by Boris Vian and illustrated by Serge Bloch Boris Vian liked to provoke! To mark the centenary of his birth, here he lays down the gauntlet to poets, laughing at himself at the same time A ...

If Poets Weren’t Such Fools

Sioux, Soussou et Souzy, by Anne Kellens Sioux, Soussou and Souzy are very curious and creative mice Each season is a new adventure for them Ice-skating on a frozen pond in Winter, carnival time in Spring, picnics with friends in ...

Sioux, Soussou and Souzy

Nuit, by Nancy Guilbert and illustrated by Anna Griot Liking nothing better than to paint and draw nighttime skies, a little girl immerses herself in her creativity, dreaming that she is half-girl and half-fish Surrounded by the fauna of ...

Night

Kiki en promenade, Marie Mirgaine Julien is walking his dog Without him noticing, he is carried away by an eagle Now Julien is walking his eagle But that was before he was replaced by a tiger Until it is substituted by a fox, ...

Kiki Goes For A Walk

Les fabuleux farfelus vont au travail, by Sandra Poirot Cherif By aligning three sections at random, readers can create 19,683 characters and as many phrases, also at random Readers will have endless fun imagining what the wacky ...

The Wacky Weirdos Are Off To Work

Suzon, by Emilie Chazerand, illustrated by Amandine Piu, an Okidokid creation for Gulf Stream Editeur The daily life adventures of Suzon, a mischievous little girl with crazy ideas who can speak to animals In each story ...

Suzon

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

La vérité sur les habitants des autres planètes, by Julien Baer and Magali Le Huche A funny and gentle journey of discovery to meet the inhabitants of other planets…In this wacky, fake documentary, the author shows different types of ...

The Truth About Other Planets’ Residents

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

Le plus extraordinaire des jardins, by Daniel Picouly and Aurélia Fronty For the first time, a pair of twins have the same dream: to find the most extraordinary garden The little girl and her brother follow two feathers, also twins, to see it ...

The Most Extraordinary Garden

Truffe et Machin, by Émile Cucherousset and Camille Jourdy / Polynia Series by Chloé Mary Snout and Thingy, the rabbit brothers, have run out of ideas and find themselves short on adventures today They can’t think of a single silly thing to do ...

Snout and Thingy

Le Caillou de Ferdinand, by Isabelle Simler Ferdinand is different He walks with his nose up in the air, with his head in the clouds He loves pebbles, of all colours and shapes He slips them into his pockets and holds them tight in his hands, ...

Ferdinand’s Pebble

Ma Planète, by Emmanuelle Houdart The story begins early one morning in a child’s bedroom, with the protagonist slowly waking up Around him, a variety of toys, a cheerful mess, full of different things the reader will have fun spotting over ...

My Planet

Troisième branche à gauche, by Alexandra Pichard A little girl is waiting for her father To pass the time, she plays with her cat When it jumps up into a tree, she climbs up after it The little girl goes from branch to branch looking for ...

Third Branch On The Left

Toc-toc ville !, by Florie Saint-Val This morning, Billy Bobby does not have school; he is off to discover the city on a Saturday The bus goes past the sleepy school See you on Monday! Page after page, he meanders among the hospital, the ...

Toc-Toc City!

Le Petit Musée du Bleu, works by 13 great painters & texts by Carl Norac After the colour red, the colour blue is the common theme shared by these 13 masterpieces! Through a short poem facing the painting or the sculpture, Carl Norac gives ...

The Little Blue Museum

Les Petits Géants series The first literary series for toddlers, featuring poems from all around the world! The Small Giants series, the first library of poetry for very young readers, also offers a wonderful panel of contemporary illustrators, ...

Small Giants Series

La Forêt Invisible, by Julia Woignier An army of explorers, all armed and equipped, is walking deep into a strange forest It all seems peaceful but soon, strange noises can be heard… and colorful monsters pop out from the white of the page A ...

The Invisible Forest

Les Sauvages, by Mélanie Rutten Two wooden houses separated by a field In the dark, two figures pick their way through the long grass to the edge of the river In silence, they climb onto the raft This book tells the story of a night-time ...

The Unfettered

Rond et Rond et Carré, by Fredun Shapur Round and Round and Square is a graphic narrative about a square and a round shape They assemble to compose a whole universe young readers are familiar with: simple shapes, then a wagon and a bridge, ...

Round and Round and Square