war Archives - Hannele and Associates

Comment faire la paix, by Francis Combes and Bruno Heitz A playful anti-war poem that halts the cannon fire while encouraging children to erect monuments to life in village squares! The aim is to catch a sleeping tank and, in the ...

How to Make Peace?

La guerre, ce n'est pas pour moi ! by Éric Battut A young African, who calls himself Baki-the-football-king, is recruited by a military group, even though he’s only 12 years old We follow his training sessions and the fighting he’s ...

War Is Not For Me!

Dans le cœur, by Nada Matta I’m six years old and I live with my family in the suburbs One day, some men push us in a truck with other people We’re packed at the back The driver speaks loudly and gives us orders I’m scared Men, women, ...

In My Heart

Sauve-toi, Éli, by Élisabeth Brami and illustrated by Bernard Jeunet War is raging and Eli’s parents send him to stay with farmers to keep him safe The young Jew doesn’t understand why he can’t live with his parents or play ...

Save Yourself, Eli!

La guerre en mille morceaux, ou le petit musée du soldat Machin, by Alain Serres and Zaü This 100-page picture book tells us about the war of this hairy man who,one day in August 1914, had to leave his field, his family and his horses The story ...

The War in a Thousand Pieces

L’arrêt du cœur ou comment Simon découvrit l’amour, dans une cuisine, by Agnès Debacker, illustrated by Anaïs Brunet Since Simone left, Simon comes to his building caretaker Françoise’s office every day for ...

When Your Heart Misses a Beat, or How Simon Discovered Love in a Kitchen

A bas les murs !, by Éric Battut When the old king dies, it’s not long before his two sons start bickering over the kingdom They end up with the worst possible solution: they split the country in two, with everything blue on one side and ...

Down With Walls

Papa, pourquoi t'as voté Hitler , by Didier Daeninckx, illustrated by Pef Germany, March 1933 Rudi’s father is about to vote for Adolf Hitler’s party, but his mother flatly refuses to Didier Daeninckx uses the daily life of one family to ...

Daddy, Why Did You Vote For Hitler?

For Girl's Rights to an Education Malala pour le droit des filles à l'éducation, by Raphaële Frier and illustrated by Aurélia Fronty Malala, the 17- year-old Pakistani girl who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, made ...

Malala

Une si petite noisette, by Sylvain Alzial and Sébastien Touache Did you know that a tiny little nut could trigger a huge cataclysm On a sunny day, a man walks across a village carrying a bag on his back A nut falls down from the bag and, ...

Such a Tiny Little Nut

La Maîtresse ne danse plus, by Yves Pinguilly & illustrated by Zaü Being a child in 1914 This book evokes WWI by telling young readers the life of those who stayed behind Summer of 1914 Little Adèle eats her snack while looking at her ...

The Day Our Teacher Stopped Dancing

Maudite soit la guerre, by Didier Daeninckx, illustrated by Pef It is 1917 One child sets off to deliver a letter to his father in the trenches The story of his secret and moving journey through inhospitable landscapes takes up the cry of one ...

Cursed Be War

Korczak pour que vivent les enfants, by Philippe Meirieu and Pef Very few books are designed to help children think about their education This book explores the career of Janusz Korczak, a doctor and gifted educator who was a tireless champion ...

Korczak-Long Live the Children

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

Et Picasso peint Guernica, by Alain Serres This exceptional large-format picture book, which explains to children Picasso's howl of outrage against war, is about both a work of art and a life It describes the genesis of Picasso's brilliant ...

And Picasso Paints Guernica