poetry Archives - Hannele and Associates

Les mots adorables, by Atelier Saje You don't need music or complex rhymes to cradle your baby or awaken him/her to poetry Just pick up the cutest words in the book! 45 pretty and funny words to whisper in your baby's ears: a ...

Adorable Words

Ma plus belle ombre, by Carl Nora and illustrated by Gaya Wisniewski I have to tell you something Sometimes, when I’m drawing, in he comes He sits down behind me Yes, a giant rabbit I don’t know where he comes from, how he got in, ...

My Most Beautiful Shadow

L'arbre m'a dit, by Jean-Pierre Siméon and illustrated by Zaü A compendium of some 40 short pieces on the theme of our relationship to trees by the poet Jean-Pierre Siméon, published here for the first time The Tree ...

The Tree Told Me

Ton premier poème avec les mains, by Alain Serres A poem for toddlers, playing on the rhythm of nights and days, on black and white, and the colours that emerge at dawn: a large sun to grab hold of Clever visuals bring the book ...

My First Poem

Une seconde, papillon ! by Pierre Coran and Carl Norac, illustrated by Cécile Gambini The two poets, father and son, write together for the first time! Forty tiny poems about time, the ephemeral and the joy of watching the years go by ...

One Moment, Butterfly!

Poèmes cueillis dans la forêt de vos yeux, by Françoise Lison-Leroy, illustrated by Nathalie Novi 40 first names and as many short forms on what the poet has read in the eyes of children A bit of the hidden life of each one, a bit of their ...

Poems Gathered in the Forest of your Eyes

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

La courbe de tes yeux, by Nadine Brun-Cosme After being repeatedly tormented by a group of his classmates, Benoît becomes one of them, striking out with a hate so deep he loses sight of himself When he brutally attacks a classmate at ...

The Curve Of Your Eyes

Les devinettes de la langue au chat, by David Dumortier, illustrated by Aurélia Fronty This small format book opens up the appetite for words and offers a playful journey through poetry to children, but also to all those who want to pick up ...

Riddles

Ouvrons l'oeil du coeur ! by Abdellatif Laâbi, illustrated by Laurent Corvaisier Open the Heart’s Eye brings together a selection of short forms drawn from the work of Abdellatif Laâbi In a small pinch of words, the poet provokes in us a ...

Open the Heart’s Eye!

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

Et si on redessinait le monde , by Daniel Picouly and Nathalie Novi Revised and enlarged 2020 edition This sumptuous picture book returns to the bookshops to tell us that there is an urgent need to redraw the world The pandemic invites us to ...

Let’s Redraw the Earth

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

Mon premier livre de poèmes du monde, by various poets and illustrated by 15 artists from here, there and the world over Poetry is the most beautiful way to experience the world, and this collection offers a first invitation to ...

My First Book Of World Poems

Bienvenue en poésie, 30 poems to celebrate birth by various poets and illustrated by Aurélia Fronty Poets know better than anyone how to weave a cradle of words for new arrivals They evoke our relationship with nature, the seasons, ...

Poetry Welcomes You

13824 jeux de couleurs, de formes et de mots, by Patrick Raynaud 13,824 games with colours, shapes and words are contained in this hodgepodge On the left-hand pages, we find suggestions for poems in the form of calligrams On the ...

13,824 Games With Colours, Shapes and Words

Mon coffret à poèmes, by 15 classic and contemporary poets and 15 talented illustrators Hang them on the wall, display and share them: 15 poems and 15 illustrations to create your own little poetry exhibition, in your bedroom, at school or in ...

My Poem Box

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

52 petits mensonges et autres vérités, by David Dumortier and illustred by Evelyne Mary Did you know, hedgehogs have prickles so they can comb the grass at night It’s true, really, and I can stick out my tongue with my mouth closed! And what ...

52 Little Lies And Other Truths

L'Albatros, by Charles Baudelaire, illustrated by Mathilde Magnan The Albatross is probably one of Baudelaire’s most famous poems from The Flowers of Evil collection It is also one of the most comprehensible because of its universal subject: ...

The Albatross

Les Haïkus des tout petits, by Alain Serres, illustrated by Judith Gueyfier A collection of 32 poems in haiku style, evoking the feelings and experiences that make up a very young child’s day Slip this board book into your bag and make ...

Haïkus for Little Ones

J'Atteste, by Abdellatif Laâbi, illustrated by Zaü In a few powerful words, the great poet Abdellatif Laâbi argues the case for peace and humanism His words of hope run alongside an account of the Paris attacks In the aftermath of the ...

Against Barbarism

Mon Pays en partage, by Yves Pinguilly and illustrated by Sandra Poirot Cherif In these times of mass exile, Yves Pinguilly maps out a land of poetry, which welcomes all the colours of humanity Never forgetting the pain of people torn from ...

My Shared Country

Les robes de la reine, by L’Atelier Saje and Vavoute Each dress hides a surprise for the child to discover As the King left to war, a Queen has to satisfy the desires of a mean fairy To survive, she must sew a new dress every ...

The Queen’s Dresses

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

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