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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

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

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

Atelier pour enfants, by Junko Nakamura and Odile Chambaut Imagining, writing, illustrating, binding each step in the process of creating a book is clearly and playfully explained Using age-appropriate language, they accompany children through ...

Workshop for Children

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

Louise de New-York, l'Actrichanteuse, by Jean Poderos, illustrations by Gaia Guarino You’ve been missing her Here she comes again, Louise of New York, the little girl with her head full of stories! This time, Louise puts on a show ...

Louise of New-York, the Singactress

Le petit musée du rouge, by Alain Serres and 13 great painters This book invites us to explore 13 paintings featuring the colour red: warm red rooftops in a Van Gogh, fiery red bananas in a Gauguin… Short texts accompany each ...

The Little Red Gallery

La Nouvelle petite bibliothèque imaginaire, by Alain Serres and 26 illustrators Make up your own stories using this inspiring kit packed with 26 imaginary book covers Readers are given a title, dummy front and back covers and promotional ...

The New Little Library of the Imagination

La petite école de l'imagination, by Alain Serres This boxed set features 15 large-format illustrations and 30 tokens that serve as visual prompts to stimulate children’s imagination: children choose an image, take a token and then invent ...

The Little School of the Imagination

À l'école arc-en-ciel, by Béatrice Fontanel and Lucile Placin One morning, tears stream down Tom’s face so fast that they flood the school playground The children are delighted, the teachers turn into mermaids and everyone has fun playing ...

At Rainbow School

Ou alors pompier by Hubert Ben Kemoun and Bruno Heitz ‘When I grow up, I want to be…’ One particularly imaginative child considers what he wants to be when he is older: a variety of occupations that make dreams come true The world of work ...

Or A Fireman…

En voiture! by Louise-Marie Cumont Off we go on the road, in the car, anything can happen: traffic jam, disputes, broken-down Parallel to the grown up's life and reality, the young ones invent games with cars as a starting point to their ...

Cars

Mon voyage dans la maison, by Florie Saint-Val What does Hugo when he realises he won't go on holiday He shrinks down to become as small as his lama-toy Together they start a long journey in all the rooms of the house, meet up with Mirza the tea ...

My Journey in the House

Le Nez, by Olivier Douzou A very funny epic story, freely inspired from a novel by Gogol It all starts with: "Since we all have a blocked nose, the only thing to do is find a big hanky" The book is about the quest by a nose gang to find a "big ...

The Nose

Tout autour de moi, by Clotilde Perrin This large-format picture book is full of details, allowing the youngest to look at it from various angles, going round and round to explore a variety of new things on every side of the image Each spread ...

All Around Me