journey Archives - Hannele and Associates

Corentino, by Benjamin Lesage Corentino harvests coconuts for a living Every day, he climbs to the top of the coconut trees on the Milcoco estate to harvest their fruits He is not unhappy in Colombia but he yearns to discover his grandfather’s ...

Corentino

L'appel du volcan, by Claude Marthaler The Call Of The Volcano is the new book by a writer and explorer of far-flung corners of the globe, travelling on foot or by bicycle, and has recently climbed the world’s tallest volcan Here this ...

The Call Of The Volcano

Patchou, l'alpaga du Pérou, by Li Lamarre and illustrated by Odile Santi Admired for his thick fleece, Patchou the Alpaca won’t let anyone shear it But as time passes, his wool grows long and becomes filthy and uncomely When the others ...

Patchou, The Alpaca From Peru

Lune, by Junko Nakamura Night has fallen Leaving the circus, a child walks along under the gaze of his old friend, the Moon Somewhere between waking dream and everyday wonder, Junko Nakamura takes us once again into the poetic magic of her ...

Moon

Vite, vite, vite, by Clotilde Perrin This is a story that travels at 1000 miles an ...

Hurry Hurry Hurry!

Les Trois Gibbons et la chanson du colibri, by Kenji Abe As the three gibbons take a stroll, a gust of gale lands a tiny hummingbird in front of them The little birdie is lost, having been blown by the wind away from her parents ...

The Three Gibbons and the Hummingbird’s Song

Comme-ci, comme-ça, by It's Raining Elephants Inspired by the song “I’m This” by the poet and musician Moondog, “Like This Like That” highlights everybody’s duality and contradictions via a game of graphic and poetic ...

Like This Like That

Batistou, by Nada Matta Following on Petite pépite, Nada Matta, takes us on a donkey ride Even though the child started by keeping her distance from the donkey and chose to let her mother take up the reins, animal and child will get to warm up to ...

Batistou

La petite épopée des pions, by Audren and Cédric Philippe / Polynia Series by Chloé Mary Sasha lives in a beautiful rose wood box surrounded by other black and white Sashas Sometimes The Hand takes him out for a breather and moves him a long a ...

Pawns – A Small Odyssey

La marche du baoyé, by Sigrid Baffert, Adrienne and Léonore Sabrier / Polynia Series by Chloé Mary Nothing much remained from the life of Tiago, his brother Big Ouji, his Mum and Dad, of the whole Manké farming family A watering can, a sewing ...

The March Of The Baoye Tree

C'est l'histoire, by Anne Crausaz Four children are waiting for Madame Ourse She comes in every week at the same time to tell them stories Each to their own book, each to their own story Once everyone gets cosy on the carpet the adventure can ...

This Is The Story

L'Hiver d'Isabelle, by Jeanne Macaigne Winter has settled in all around Isabelle and nobody knows why Sadness and cold have penetrated through every hole of her house and permeated her empty life She mopes about as if asleep, devoid of any dream ...

Isabelle’s Winter

L'aviateur, by Hubert Poirot-Boudain The aviator lives with his head in the clouds He takes off every morning to observe the world from high above A terrible storm breaks out one day despite a clear sky and sends the aviator crashing with his ...

The Aviator

Nous allons au bois, by Junko Nakamura “Let’s Go in the Woods” treats its young readers to a trip mixing pages of action and reflexion Past the brook, we come across blueberries A double silent page lets us then admire the lake before we ...

Let’s Go in the Woods