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Spectacle au potager, by Raphaële Enjary and Olivier Philipponneau A tomato, a strawberry, a bell pepper and a mole! A circus artist mole comes out from the hole in a garden With three fruits and vegetables, he puts on a show With a bit of ...

A Show in the Garden

Les cartonnés, by Ingela P Arrhenius Here is a new series by Ingela with shaped board books of images babies will love to recognise and name Thick boards, shaped pages, pretty cloth spine and a nice little price In-between the object and the ...

Shaped Board Books

Livre Magique, by Fanette Mellier On the first page, a circle Then little by little, it moves into the binding, eventually disappearing into the book at its half-way point But it is not over, as an object gradually appears that emerges ...

Magic Books

Olive et le grand jardin, by Ariadne Breton-Hourcq and Laurence Lagier Look closely at this tiny little bird: he has the shape of an olive, the size of an olive, the colour of an olive So his name is Olive! This morning, like every ...

Olive and the Big Garden

Méli-Mélo, by Martine Perrin Riddles and cut-out pages to explore countries with a graphic vision! These round corners board books play with perception thanks to cut out in the pages, and precise patterns related to the environment ...

Jumble Series

Comme ci, comme ça, by Anne Crahay Is it an umbrella or parasol Is it the moon or the sun Is it a cat or a fox A pig or a boar A tiger or a lion Is the child awake or asleep Happy or sad Surprised or angry Move the semi-circle flaps on ...

On Each Side

Chut !, by Claire Garralon Look at this funny bear! What did you say You can’t see him and you don’t even hear him So let’s carefully open our eyes and ears and play a game First let’s ask the colours all around to make less ...

Hush!

Ronds ronds, by Betty Bone Round like a drop of milk, a mother’s cheek or an orange Betty Bone’s marvellous inventory takes readers back to the secrets of their child-hood and their discovery of themselves and the world around them ...

Round And Round

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

Tip-Tap Series, by Judith Gueyfier Tip-tap, tip-tap, with tiny steps I go out into to the world One step to the left, one to the right, and it’s forward I go! One image on the left, one on the right and the reader discovers a pair of ...

Tip-Tap Series

Otto, by Florie Saint-Val and Etienne Exbrayat Today is the day when Otto has to deliver a parcel of the highest importance to Madame Glisse Here we go! Once underway Otto comes across many friends and discovers new landscapes as well as handy ...

Otto

La Promenade des canards, by Claire Garralon It’s hard to make out anything but blue squares, green rectangles or maybe yellow crescents in this mess of geometric shapes Enters Claire Garralon to sort it out, and a duck and its ducklings ...

Ducks On A Trip

Dix livres de toutes les couleurs!, by Janik Coat My elephant is as blue as… the sea As blue as… the sky As blue as… The elephant appears on each page, surrounded by things of the same colour, which children can recognise and name The last ...

Ten Books, All Colours!

Baby Box, by Ingela P Arrhenius The first books box for babies! Four leporello books based on shapes, colours and contrasts and a mobile for the baby’s room Inspired by the books Ingela had handcrafted for her sons when they were born! The ...

Baby Box

ABC des peuples, by Liuna Virardi From a limited number of shapes, we can draw all the different peoples of the world This is what Liuna Virardi shows us in this ABC of Civilisation, representing 26 of them to begin with! Each letter of ...

The ABC of Civilisation

Dans le sapin, by Fredun Shapur The children carefully decorate the tree with presents for their two animals and their parents Sally receives a doll, and Jim gets a boat A very simple text made up of riddles to accompany Fredun Shapur’s ...

The Christmas Tree

Animaux, by Ingela P Arrhenius 32 animals in a GIANT BOOK! Ingela P Arrhenius’s bestiary in a giant book (size close to «ZOOLOGY» by Joëlle Jolivet) 32 animals, 32 images designed like 32 posters Ingela’s 50’s inspired, colourful, ...

Animals

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

Tchoum!, by Virginie Morgand The bear smells a flower, which makes him sneeze: Achoo! and he loses his ears The fox mistakes them for blueberries and, trying to pick them up: ACHOO! his own ears blow off And so on from page to page, each ...

Choo!

Avez-vous vu la Reine, by Gay Wegerif What does the Queen look like We are given some clues: she wears a golden crown, a pearl necklace, shiny shoes and a nice handbag Oh, really Does she All the animals are eagerly waiting for her From page ...

Have you seen the Queen?

Gommettes 2000, by Romain Galissot and Chamo Stickers, an all-time favourite of children under 6, are revisited here by 5 illustrators in an activity book that rocks! Teacher Romain Galissot and illustrator Chamo team up to offer children ...

My Zany Sticker Book

Señor Nachos, by Chamo Señor Nachos, the famous Mexican triangle crisp, invites little readers to play with him On his bicycle, in a plane or in a rocket, Nachos goes around the world (and beyond!), in places more and more bizarre, where he ...

Señor Nachos

Jojo & Co, by Vincent Mathy Vincent Mathy seizes the sound and shape of the «O» and drags us in a journey with accumulation… Rounds of all kinds invade Jojo’s crazy day: the pompom on his bonnet, the wheels on his bike, his dog Fido’s ...

Jojo & Co

Mercredi, by Anne Bertier Small Round and Big Square are friends and love playing figures and forms together They learn, while trying to mix their shapes, to build together and discover a game that is both fun and infinite There is no longer a ...

Playtime

Comment tu t'appelles , by Gay Wegerif Before mentioning his name, each of the characters in the book shows a few details of him, so that the reader can try and guess Discovering the rabbit, the pig, the frog and then finally a strange animal, ...

What’s Your Name?

Zou ! by Gay Wegerif Horse goes clipperty, clopperty, clipperty, clop Duck goes waddle, waddle, waddle Dog goes roly poly, roly poly Rabbit goes boing, boing, boing Cow goes lollop, lollop, lollop And the snail goes ZOOM! How come Discover and ...

Zoom!