Seu il Jeu n esse
t s i L s t h g i R n g i Fore De La Martinière Jeu n esse
2012-2013
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or the past two years, the children’s books catalogue of La Martinière Group has been comprised of two wonderful lists – La Martinière Jeunesse and Le Seuil Jeunesse – both different in their history and identity.
The DLMJ tradition as a renowned publisher of reference titles – essays for teenagers, beautiful photo books, fascinating works on world cultures – is now established through new concepts for novelty books and boxed sets for younger readers. The aim of our creativity: to enhance learning. In 2012, Le Seuil Jeunesse celebrates in style 20 years of creative writing. Funny, bold, intelligent and original, Le Seuil has worked with the most talented authors and illustrators of their generation. Discover past gems in this catalogue, as well as tomorrow’s new talents. From early reading to Young Adult literature. From picture books to reference books. From traditional formats to novelty books. Dive into our very first combined Foreign Rights Catalogue, It makes us proud!
Béatrice Decroix Managing Director Children’s books La Martinière Group
Seuil Jeunesse's 20th birthday
2 - 3
EARLY YEARS
4 - 9
NOVELTY
10 - 15
Picture books
16 - 27
REFERENCE
28 - 39
activity
40 - 43
FICTION
44 - 48
Seuil Jeunesse celebrates its 20th birthday!
Joëlle Jolivet Zoo-ology
3+
3+
321 x 456 mm 40 pages Hardback €21.30
Collector editions
Almost Everything 315 x 450 40 pages hardback €18.30
10 limited anniversary editions!
Rights sold: German, English (UK & US), Spanish, Catalan, Korean, Georgian, Greek, Dutch, Italian, Finnish
Rights sold: German, Spanish, Dutch, English (US)
BY THE SAME AUTHOR:
The Silliest Cat in the World
Don’t mix-up
Yakouba
Tales from Africa
see page 13
see page 26
see page 47
3+
see page 22
4+
When Dad Was a Child, There Were Dinosaurs
6+
Vincent Malone André Bouchard
Jesus Betz Fred Bernard François Roca
1+
126 x 180 mm 12 pages €6.60
The Opposites Pittau & Gervais
I love it, Mum hates it
3+
3+
Get to Work! Les chats pelés
200 x 200 mm 80 pages Hardback €14.20
315 x 405 mm 48 pages Hardback €21.80
Rights sold: German, English (UK & US), Spanish, Catalan, Korean, Danish, Dutch, Italian
Mini Almost Everything 126 x 180 mm 12 pages €6.60
6 bind-ups of some of its most famous titles!
260 x 375 mm 40 pages Hardback €18
Rights sold: German, Spanish, Catalan, Korean, Greek, Italian
Rights sold: Korean
3+
Gems
Baobab award & Alphonse Daudet award
255 x 370 mm 48 pages Hardback €18.30
Mini Zoo-ology
3+
Wee! Poo! Fart!
Little Things & Little Delights
6+
Elisabeth Brami, Ill. by Lionel Le Neouanic
Elisabeth Brami, Ill. by Philippe Bertrand,
160 x 320 mm ‒ 36 pages Hardback €15
160 x 160 mm ‒ 136 pages Box + magnets €16.90
Pittau & Gervais
I love it, my Teacher hates it
147 x 220 mm ‒ 96 pages Hardback €12.70
Elisabeth Brami, Ill. by Lionel Le Neouanic
3+
160 x 160 mm 96 pages Hardback €15
2+
Who am I? Alain Crozon 130 x 260 mm ‒ 120 pages Hardback €14.70
See other titles by Alain Crozon on page 11
Rights sold: Korean, Spanish, Catalan
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EARLY YEARS
Early years
Amazing Machinery
3+
DLMJ
2+
Imax Grégoire Solotareff, Alain le Saux - SEUIL 120 x 135 mm — 772 pages — FOAM COVER €19.90 — 2012
Imax is more than a simple picture book: An average 2-year-old knows only 200 words whereas our vocabulary has over 750! The association of images with words are created with humour and finesse which makes Imax different from any other picture book: a true reference book indeed!
3 titles 260 x 333 mm — 18 pages — Board book €13.90 — 2012-2013
An educational series to introduce eager little minds to an entire range of trucks, construction and farm equipment from common examples to very unusual ones. Large format books with large-scale 3D illustrations of topics that all little children love! A modern and dynamic layout with a simple text for the youngest readers.
• Construction Machinery (Agnès Vandewiele, ill. by stephane Neidhardt) • Farm Machinery (Agnès Vandewiele, ill. by Jean-Marc Lepretre) • Trucks (Carlo Zaglia, ill. by Jean-Marc Lepretre)
A novelty book with a foam cover for all fun loving 2 to 5 year olds!
3+
Multimages DLMJ 2 titles 160 x 185 mm — 24 pages — hardback €12.50 — February 2013
A first reference book that you open like a present! This surprise-picture book will fascinate children between the ages of 3 and 5 with its beautiful 3D drawings of all sorts of vehicles! It can delight not only boys, but girls too, thanks to its emotive illustrations. You unfold the pages as you go along, reading and discovering new images, each one funnier and more original than the last! Each double page, with an unfolding flap on the right hand side, touches on a new topic.
• Vehicles (Alain Korkos, ill. by Jacques Desprès) • Clothes (Alain Korkos, ill. by Boris Ramonguilhem)
Construction Machinery
3+
Agnès Vandewiele, ill. by Stéphane Neidhardt - DLMJ 150 x 140 mm — 48 pages €12.90 — April 2013
3+
100 Reasons to Look on the Bright Side of Life Amélie Falière - SEUIL 150 x 150 mm — 102 pages Board book €12.20 — 2012
The ‘’Amazing Machinery’’ series with a toy! This box includes a small square board book with 3D illustrations of fascinating construction vehicles, as well as a small tractor to play with. The perfect gift for young readers.
working cover
+ coming soon in 2013: Farm Machinery (Box)
A small joyful and colourful book to cheer you up! Amélie Falière gives you good reasons to see the positive sides of situations one usually dislikes: when it’s raining outside, when you have to go back to school etc. Bonus: Along the pages, the numbers from 1 to 100 are hidden, and you have to seek them out.
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Early years 3+
Early years
Surprise! Whose Is This?
Little Hand, Little Thumb
DLMJ
Martine Perrin - SEUIL
7 titles
210 x 210 mm — 34 pages — Board book €12 — 2012
170 x 180 mm — 32 pages — Board Book with flaps €10
Surprise! Which animal does this belong to? Just unfold the flaps to find out...
1+
A book to read with your fingers! An interactive read with a strong design to develop your child’s motivity. Basic action verbs are highlighted in vivid colours and invite the reader to put his hand on the page, draw the
A new series for parents and children to read together and discover
snail shape, follow a path and shush! Let Leo fall asleep.
animals, through heartwarming, funny and stunning photos with a short
• Whose Skin Is This? (January 2013)
• Whose Paw Is This? (2012)
Martine Perrin - SEUIL
(June 2013)
• Whose Tail Is This? (2012) • Whose Eye Is This? (2012)
190 x 190 mm — 48 pages — Hardback with die-cuts €12 — March 2013
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A perfect book to play with everyday objects and learn shapes, colours and words.
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MARTINE PERRIN
Lamp, baby chair, table etc. are scattered on the first left page and disappear one by one, page after page. Children have to guess which object is missing, thanks to short clues. They
2+
QUEL MARTINE PERRIN
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AISO LA M
(January 2013)
QUEL BAZAR !
• Whose Baby Is This? (2012)
• Whose Nose Is This?
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text on each flap.
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appear on the right page, revealing their function. In the end, everything is in the right place!
Little Dog 3+
Photo Discoveries DLMJ 5 titles 180 x 180 mm — 42 pages Hardback €8.90
3+
Anne Brouillard - SEUIL 210 x 260 mm — 40 pages — Hardback €13.70 — 2012
A beautiful picture book about changing seasons and time passing by. "Oh look, a balloon!" thinks Little Dog. But the ball is growing, and suddenly, it’s a mushroom! Little Dog is soon in a forest of giants mushrooms. Their dots become snowflakes… everything is white! A little red dot suddenly appears in the snow and becomes a flower!
An emotive and entertaining way to teach young children first notions, with accessible board books and factual text to go beyond simple recognition. A whole double page is devoted to the photo, and accessible information
In Daddy’s Arms
can be found in a contrasted coloured box.
Jo Witek, ill. by Christine Roussey - DLMJ
• Opposites (January 2013)
250 x 260 mm —32 pages — Hardback with die-cut €13.90 — 2012
3+
• Trees (January 2013) • Flowers (June 2013)
Rights sold: Italian
• Colours (2012)
Page by page, a little girl tells the joy of having a dad whose arms are so strong that they
• Numbers (2012)
protect her from everything. "I love when my daddy's arms open only for me." Each page is in the form of daddy’s arms, with spot varnish. A gem for the whole family. Previous title: My Mummy’s Tummy - Rights sold: English (US), Italian, Dutch
+ Coming soon in May 2013: In my Friends’ Heart
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Early years 3+
Early years
• Who Lives Here? •
What Is in this Present?
Christian Guibbaud - SEUIL 2 titles 200 x 200 mm — 20 pages Hardback with flaps €10.50 — January 2013
Katsi’s Great Ideas Caroline & Martine Laffon, ill. by Elise Mansot - DLMJ
4+
6 titles 170 x 190 mm — 32 pages Hardback with padded cover €8.50
Rights sold: Italian Wonderful or strange characters,
A new series for children on personal development. The world of Katsi and his friends,
or gifts…
Pitch and Nook, is a positive world, where you take a deep breath and let go.
Open the flap and discover who or
Just as Katsi says, it feels good doesn’t it?
what is hidden behind it! This new series is a fun way of discovering things. A clue and a flap: let’s play!
How do you adapt and accept frustrating circumstances? Through short and entertaining stories, Katsi teaches children facing a new situation to work out how to analyze, reflect, create or find a positive solution, whether on their own or otherwise.
• Keep smiling! (February 2013)
3+
To Be Contrary SEUIL
• Friendship is sacred! (April 2013) • There’s Always a Solution. How Katsi learnt to adapt to others (2012) • Keep Calm! (2012) • It’s Always Better Together! (2012) • Failed, But It’s All Right! (2012)
2 titles 190 x 190 mm — 18 pages Hardback with 14 flaps to lift €9.90 — FEBRUARY 2013
New series! From 3 on, children love to contradict everyone, even themselves! They discover they can say “no”, “I don’t want”, “I don’t like”, etc. Let’s read and have fun with those first 2 titles: lift the flaps on each spread to discover how cheeky children can be!
Arthur Barroux - SEUIL
• Yuk, I love It! Ill. by Vincent Mathy • Do what I say, not what I do Ill. by David Merveille
3+
5 titles 170 x 212 mm — 32 pages Hardback €10.10
Rights sold: Simplified Chinese A humourous series to help children laugh and play down situations that they are usually reluctant to… the leitmotivs of the parents and the
2+
A Funny Picnic! Florence Guiraud - SEUIL 216 x 216 mm — 20 pages hardback with flaps to lift + 1 pop-up €12.90 — February 2013
nightmares of the children! An album to laugh at together.
• Arthur Do Your Homework! • Arthur Eat your Soup! • Arthur Clean up your Room! • Arthur, Stop Day Dreaming! • Arthur, Go to Bed!
A game book for very young children: five friends go picnicking; each of them looks for something to eat. Lift the flaps to discover the animals. A book to learn who eats what!
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NOVELTY
Novelty
Strawberries Smell So Good!
3+
Florence Guiraud - DLMJ
2+
125 x 190 mm — 28 pages Hardback with flaps to lift, to rub and smell €13.90 — March 2013
Pop-up Zoo Martine Perrin - SEUIL
A book for the very young, which develops their sense of
170 x 170 mm — 24 pages — Pop-up book €9.90 — 2012
smell in a fun way. They will learn to recognise different fruits - strawberries,
An animated walk at the funniest zoo you have
bananas, oranges, apples, peaches, cherries, coconuts,
ever seen! As the zoo opens, let’s follow the
raspberries, grapes, lemons, pineapples and lychees-
keeper and admire the animals as we walk past their cages…
through solving riddles while discovering their smell, by + Coming soon in august 2013:
9 pop-ups to discover the animals through a very
rubbing the picture with their fingers.
Pop-up Monsters
visual picture book.
3+
Riddle’s Wheel
1,2,3 Count Animals
Fabienne Teyssèdre - SEUIL
Alain Crozon - SEUIL
5 titles 230 x 230 mm 8 pages (including 4 wheels) — Round book €11.70
130 x 330 mm — 20 pages pop-up book with flaps to lift €18 — 2012
A sequel to ABC? Animaux animés! sold at more than 35,000 copies in France. A big pop-
A very simple wheel mechanism to ask questions and make the answers appear.
up book to learn to count by solving riddles, with 23 flaps to lift to discover the pop-up
A fun filled series, made to play with first and foremost!
answers!
• Does a Giraffe… Rights sold: Castilian, Catalan, Finnish • Does a Fireman’s Truck… • Does a Dad… • Does a Witch… • Does a Potato…
3+
On the left page, a riddle, on the right page, a clue which can help you find which animal is hidden behind the flap! When you open it, you will see a snail crawling, a giraffe with its long neck, a walrus with its big teeth, etc. With the vivacious colours of Alain Crozon and his funny animals, this learning book is a great game to play. Moreover, who is this animal at the end, with 6 nostrils, 8 low-teeth, 10 high-teeth, 18 paws, etc. A made-up monster, to help learn! 135 x 398 mm, 40 pages, pop-up book with flaps to lift
• ABC? Animated Animals! — Rights sold: Castilian, Korean, Dutch 112 x 276 mm, 12 pages, hardback with flaps
3+
Where is our Mummy? Yating Hung - DLMJ 200 x 220 mm — 26 pages Hardback — Pop-up book €16.90 — 2012
• Who are those nuts for? — Rights sold: Korean • What did you eat, glutton fish? • What is this? — Rights sold: English (US), German, Castilian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Japanese • What is rolling? — Rights sold: Polish • What is flying? — Rights sold: English (US), Castilian, Catalan, Korean, Dutch • Who took my ball? — Rights sold: Korean
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Rights sold: English (US)
• Who has frightened the little mice? — Rights sold: Korean
Five new-born tadpoles are going to look for their Mummy…
• Who is hidden over there? — Rights sold: English (US), Castilian, Dutch
How can they recognise her?
• Who lives here? — Rights sold: Castilian, Catalan, Polish
A lovely little pop-up book, the text of which is based
• A plenty sport! — Rights sold: Castilian, Catalan, Dutch, Polish
on a Chinese popular tale, with very soft illustrations.
• Who am I? — Rights sold: English (US), German, Castilian, Catalan, Korean,
On each page, a different pop-up animal!
Danish, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, Polish
+ Coming soon in september 2013: Colourful Animals
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Novelty 3+
Novelty
• There’s a fire, firefighters! Carlo Zaglia, ill. by Dankerleroux - DLMJ - 2012
• My visit to the farm
HERVé TULLET
Seuil
4+
4 New revised editions in 2013!
Christine Pompéi, ill. by Dankerleroux - DLMJ - April 2013
Turlututu series
2 titles 220 x 310 mm — 6 pages + 7 mini leaflets and flaps to lift €13.90
• It’s Magical! • What a Story! • Hey Turlututu!
200 x 210 mm — 64 pages 12,70€— 2013
Rights sold: Korean
190 x 190 — 128 pages 13,90€— February 2013
Rights sold: Korean
The first interactive and playful documentary series about firemen and farmhouses for the very young!
• Ten Times Ten
The book opens in an original way, as if it were a wallet.
4+
And on the 4 flaps, we can see lots of things to do with a
Other titles
large number of flaps and mini gatefolds. You will know
• Square Man ‒ Rights sold: World English
everything about firemen and farmhouses!
• Round Man ‒ Rights sold: World English
Around the World Clémentine Sourdais - SEUIL 4 titles 210 x 235 mm 12 pages — Novelty book €16.90
• Don’t Mix Up ‒ Rights sold: German, World English, Castilian, Catalan, Korean, Danish, Dutch, Italian • Lemon Pink ‒ Rights sold: German, World English, Castilian, Catalan, Korean, Dutch, Italian
• The Five Senses ‒ Rights sold: German, World English, Dutch, Italian • How I Saved My Dad ‒ Rights sold: Korean • How I Saved My Mum ‒Rights sold: Korean • Imagine ‒ Rights sold: German, World English
This series with 5 pages with flaps and one pop-up at the end,
• Don’t Mix Up, Day and Night ‒ Rights sold: German, World English, Castilian, Catalan, Croat, Korean, Dutch, Italian
will help you discover jobs, houses, animals and school from 6
• Turlututu, Magical Stories ‒ Rights sold: Italian
different countries around the world. A series with cheerful, colourful, and very detailed illustrations!
• Jobs around the World (2012) • Houses around the World - Rights sold: Catalan, Castilian, Korean • Animals around the World - Rights sold: Catalan, Castilian, Korean + Coming soon in october 2013: Monuments around the World
8+
• Schools around the World - Rights sold: Catalan, Castilian, Korean
Judith Nouvion, ill. by Florence Guiraud - DLMJ
8+
210 x 297 mm — 168 pages Lift-the-Flap activity book (hardback) €19.90 — 2012
Rights sold: German, Italian
Oona’s Trip
A factual pop-up book to discover legendary tribes Caroline Guezille - DLMJ 300 x 210 mm — 60 pages — Pop-up book with flaps to lift €19 — 2012
A world tour by a rebellious and inventive young heroine with many photographs illustrating the wonders of our world. An interactive book with 32 pop-ups: panoramic leaflets, windows, mini postcards, explanatory summaries, recipes, hidden objects...
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In My Basket
A generously illustrated activity book to teach us everything about 40 of the most common fruits and vegetables. Did you know that there is a big blue flower on top of the artichoke, that there are about 150 varieties of tomatoes, or that you can drink citrus caviar juice? On the left page: fascinating information on each vegetable with educational, poetic and humorous illustrations. On the right page: a magnificent closeup drawing of the plant showing the whole fruit or vegetable. On lifting up a flap you see inside of it. The modern, stylish presentation (white left-hand page, Kraft paper right-hand page) and the artwork (acrylics, pen and ink) give the work a timeless, elegant style.
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Novelty 5+
Novelty
A World of Princesses
My World Puzzle Atlas
Martine Laffon, ill. by Barbara Brun - DLMJ
Michel Mouton-Barrère, ill. by Olivier Latyk - DLMJ
Book: 180 x 280 mm — 48 pages Map: 390 x 285 mm — Dolls and stickers: 40 x 70 mm Cardboard presentation box: 400 x 300 mm €19.90 — 2012
Once upon a time, marvellous princesses came from all over the world to tell us their stories...
+ Coming soon in 2013: A World of Dancers
take young readers on a fascinating journey to discover the lives of different people on Earth.
map, six little magnetic dress-up dolls and 12 dressed, you can place the dolls on the map.
Bus à malice
Serious and original, this "box of treasures" will
hardbound book with 10 princess legends from
dresses on electrostatic stickers. Once they are
6+
Book format: 150 x 190 mm - 148 pages board format: 300 x 600 mm 90 puzzle pieces €17.90 — 2012
This wallet-style set contains a 48-page around the world, a magnetic search-and-find
7+
A valuable entertaining educational tool for home or school, with colourful and modern illustrations.
Learn to read! Virginie Hanna - DLMJ 3 titles 220 x 240 mm — 20 pages Hardback with magnetic surface and magnets €15.90 — 2013
working cover
Let’s learn to read with fun! This is a new series which will help you read and have fun at the same time. Each title has a double subject such as colours + animals from savannah, or shapes + pets. Some words are missing in the texts, and you have to find the right magnet to complete the sentence!
• Colours (March 2013) ‒ ill. by Amandine Piu
7+
Twist Enigmas and quirky matters! 110 x 190 mm — 64 pages — Cardboard box €12.20
Come on board with Twist for a round the world trip of questions! Let’s discover the secrets of animals, the mysteries of nature, the particularity of mankind and the biggest scientific discoveries.
• Shapes (March 2013) ‒ ill. by éléonore Thuillier
A box with 64 questions/answers cards, from serious to crazy!
• Instruments (May 2013)
4 themes: Nature, Science, Mankind, Animals.
My Passion: Horses
Sherlock and Phinnaeus Holmes’ First Quest The Pharaoh’s Secret
Martine Laffon, ill. by Christine Roussey -DLMJ
Caroline Guezille - DLMJ
170 x 230 mm — 192 pages €15.10 — 2012
250 x 320 mm
In a sweet box, let’s discover 3 books, information cards and a beautiful keychain! For all
• one 72 pages Novelty book • Three 24 pages reference books
those who are passionate about horse riding!
€23.30
My how-to book and My horse and I put together essential information on a horse’s
An animated book that sets off in search of adventure
universe. My games booklet puts together lots of questions and activities to quiz your
with the most legendary detective!
knowledge and 5 laminated cards advise hand craft activities which have step-by-step
One day, the young John Watson dares to approach the
illustrations, to create or to customize any accessories for yourself or your horse.
8+
DLMJ
10+
15-year-old twins Sherlock and Phinnaeus Holmes, to show them a collection of hieroglyphs by Jean-François
Previous title by Martine Laffon:
Champollion…
Horses, Passionately (activity book)
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Picture books 3+
Little Tales to Read on the Carpet
Picture books
GAËTAN DOREMUS Seuil Ping Pong
3+
330 x 360 mm — 26 pages + 1 flap Hardback €20
SEUIL 25 titles Hardback
A large and colourful picture book for the very young, full of details
Exist in 2 formats:
table tennis, as the ball falls off the page, it takes one of them on a
and varied situations. The story begins with two elephants playing fantastic journey between dreams and reality.
- Large format: 12 pages — 250 x 350 mm one big flap with the text in the end €13 - Small format: 12 pages / 250 x 175 mm €7.50
Previous titles:
Board books telling beautiful stories from around the world. An innovative large format, the spreads are with pictures only and you can read the text on one flap placed at the end of the book while the child is looking at the illustrations or turning the pages. You can also show the images to several children or a classroom, showing the illustrated spreads to them while you read the text on the flap you have folded towards yourself. Small format: The text is on the left page and the illustrations on the right page.
Empty Fridge Grouilly Award 2010
Jocelyne, Milk Cow
Rights sold: Simplified Chinese, English (Australia)
Incorruptibles Award 2007
Good Evening Rage
It’s Nighttime
Available in both formats
Only available in large format
• The Ugly Little Duck
• Three Little Pigs
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Town Musicians of Bremen
• Why Can’t the Tiger Climb Trees?
• The Little Jackal and the Alligator
• Why Does the Tortoise’s Shell… ?
• Mrs Porcupine’s Boubou
• The Wolf’s Big Fishing
• The Lion with Bad Breath
• The Little Red Hen
• I Am the King!
• Goldie Locks and the Three Bears
• Snow White
• The Gingerbread Man
• The Booted Cat
Why Is the Lion the King of Animals? Why Is the Girafe’s Neck So Long?
• The Wolf and the Dove
Kenza Guennoun, ill. by Baloo - dlmj
• Itak and the Whale • Hadidouène and the Ogresse’s Donkey • The Rabbit and the Tiger • The Magic Pot • How Little Monkey Saved his Heart
Bélisaire Rights sold: German, Castilian, Greek
It is not because…
Rights sold: Catalan
4+
187 x 295 mm — 48 pages — Hardback €12.70 — 2012
Why is the girafe’s neck so long and why is the lion the king of animals? Well, maybe not for the reasons you believe! Two stories to review with humour, through dynamic and accessible illustrations, jungle life and its legends.
• The Three Fishes • The Three Wishes • Abu Kassem’s Slippers
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Picture books
Picture books
BENJAMIN LACOMBE
Corn Seeds Manfeï Obin, ill. by Olivier Charpentier - SEUIL
Seuil
Benjamin could have been born on a cold December night in a dark neighbourhood of London, that would correspond to the atmosphere he likes. But he was born in July, one of the sunniest and most joyful days of the year. With this same taste for paradoxes, he paints his stories, often with oil paint and gouache. Stories that hover between shadows and lights, melancholy and humour.
5+
230 x 330 mm ‒ 32 pages Hardback €15 — 2012
A beautiful African tale that highlights important
values
–
honesty
and
integrity, brilliantly illustrated by Olivier Charpentier’s naïve illustrations.
Nightingale Rights sold: Castilian, Catalan, Basque
The Silence Child text by Cécile Roumiguière Tatoulu Award 2008-2009 Rights sold: Castilian
The Book of Magic Spells text by Sebastien Perez Rights sold: German, Castilian, Catalan
Dearest Santa Emma Chedid, ill. by Dankerleroux - DLMJ
The Butterfly Lovers
5+
250 x 320 mm 56 pages and 5 envelopes enclosing letters — Hardback €15.90 — 2012
A big animated picture book about Santa’s adventures: In 4 short stories and 5 envelopes with manuscript letters from children.
Rights sold: Castilian, Catalan, Russian
Aglaé is scared by everything and doesn’t even write to Santa Claus; Barnabé asks for a simple ‘‘yes’’; Noémie would like to have a scotch-tape for adults and Jérémie asks for 1001 gifts… Funny, tender, moving stories, illustrated with talent, humour and poetry.
The Little Witch text by Sebastien Perez Rights sold: German, Castilian, Catalan
Once Upon a Time Rights sold: Castilian, Catalan, Dutch, Italian
What-Is-Happening?
5+
David McNeil, ill.by Tina Mercié - SEUIL 230 x 330 mm — 16 pages with flaps Hardback €18 — 2012
The Pipes’ Melody Rights sold: Castilian, Dutch, Russian
Cherry & Olive
Rights sold: Italian, Castilian A surprising, strange and beautiful picture book in which pictures unfold to show us a
Listed in The NY Times’ 10 best children books in 2007 Rights sold: English (US), Korean, Castilian
different version of reality… Be careful, you may get a few surprises! A small dormouse and a mole are walking in a field… but where-are-they-going? A big pink heart made of feathers is floating as if by magic in the blue sky… but what-is-it? When we unfold the flap on each double page, a new revelation is made. The animals reveal a giant vegetable; the heart made of feathers is actually two flamingos hugging… All the talent of the songwriter David McNeil is revealed in a few lines. Shhh! We can almost hear the music.
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Picture books
Picture books
Martine Delerm
Charles and the Cyclops Alex Cousseau, ill.by Philippe-Henri Turin - SEUIL
Seuil
Clemence and the Great Umbrella
5+
6+
280 x 400 mm — 40 pages Hardback €19.90 — 2012
Rights sold: Italian, German
210 x 260 mm ‒ 40 pages Hardback €13.90 ‒ 2012
Now that our favorite poet dragon Charles knows how to fly and blow fire, he is travelling
Under her great umbrella, Clemence feels safe.
ladybirds and even a Cyclops! He will have to choose… or be chosen.
Clemence’s umbrella protects her when the sky is grey and lets her dream too. But as she
Philippe-Henri Turin’s stunning illustrations make us travel the earth and the sky, through
cowers, the umbrella gets bigger. It hides the sun from her and becomes cumbersome.
olive tree fields, northern lights on the ice floes and the Cyclops’ dark cavern… And take
She sometimes dreams that it flies away. Soft and sensitive illustrations about one of
our breath away!
the world, from the Great North to Sicily… But he feels lonely and would like to have a friend. He will cross paths with various characters, small and big: a walrus, an Inuit,
childhood’s essential dilemmas: fear and the will to grow up. Previous title: • Charles at the Dragons’ School - more than 20,000 copies sold in France
Previous titles:
Rights sold: Italian, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Greek
The Little Girl without Matches
Barnabé, Painter of Shadows
Red Nose
The Tightrope Walker
The Bird and I
Fragiles
Coppelia 6+
The Transparent Boy Emma Chedid, ill. by Luciano Lepinay - DLMJ 260 x 375 mm 32 pages Hardback €19 — 2012
Once upon a time, there was a transparent boy who did not have a name… He was so invisible to everyone else that he had himself forgotten what his name was. During a cold Christmas night, Santa Claus – who had forgotten to bring a present to the boy – decided it was high time he rediscovered the beauty of life. Off they go on an incredible night when, thanks to an enchanting music instrument and a lot of love, the boys’ life changes.
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Claude Clément, ill. by Daniela Cytryn - SEUIL
6+
260 x 380 mm 40 pages Hardback €18 — 2012
An outstanding picture book with a very large format, inspired by the famous ballet Coppelia, shown worldwide and danced by little girls for many years. The beautiful oil paintings with shimmering colours are inspired by central European Slavic Folklore. At the end, a spread packed full of stories puts in perspective the adaptation of the ballet in this picture book.
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Picture books
Picture books
GILLES BACHELET
Lions Don’t Eat Dog Food Seuil
André Bouchard - SEUIL 240 x 310 mm — 40 pages Hardback € 15 — 2012
Mrs White Rabbit 6+
6+
‘‘No dog, no cat!’’ Dad and Mum said. As Clemence is an obedient little girl, she has brought
230 x 330 mm — 40 pages — Hardback €15 — 2012
home a lion. Having a lion as a pet instead of a cat or a dog can be quite an asset, but it also Everything you have ever wanted to know about the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland! With plenty of quirky details and amusing hints from the famous tale
has some downsides… André Bouchard shows us his unique talent and… roaring humour! Previous titles:
by Lewis Caroll. Once again Gilles Bachelet’s humour will
• When dad was a child, there were dinosaurs - Rights sold: Korean
make you laugh out loud!
• Yuk-Yuk!
Through the diary of Mrs White Rabbit, his extremely busy housewife, you’ll be able to learn about his everyday life, his very large family and discover the hidden face of a country that is not always a Wonderland for everyone!
Fabian Negrin - Seuil
Previous titles:
The Silliest Cat in the World 56,000 copies sold Baobab award
The Lastest News from my Cat
240 x 310 mm — 40 pages Hardback €15 — 2012
Rights sold: Italian
their feelings. A story filled with humour and beautiful illustrations with frightening undertones. Fabian Negrin was awarded the 2010 Bologna Book Fair Non-fiction award. This is his second picture book published by Seuil Jeunesse.
Buffon's Monkey
Rights sold: Italian, German, Japanese
There are no ostriches in fairy tales
5+
Two children get lost in the forest. Animal imagery is used as a metaphor to portray Rights sold: Italian, German, Japanese
Rights sold: Danish, Japanese, German, World English, Chinese, Korean, Dutch, Hebrew, Norwegian, Czech, Italian, Castilian
When my cat were little
Animals
Frida and Diego in the Skeletons’ country
5+
Fabian Negrin - Seuil
Mushroomeon Bonaparte
255 x 345 mm — 40 pages Hardback €16.50
Rights sold : Italian In each culture, we celebrate the dead. All soul’s day, Halloween, the ways of honouring them are quite different. In Mexico, the Day of the Dead is one of the most important festivals. In this album, Fabian Negrin illustrates the preparations and the festive and joyous side of this tradition. He represents the characters of Frida Kahlo and Diego Ribera, emblematic figures of Mexico, as children. The characters are already recognizable: their passionate love, their characters and their relationships.
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Picture books
Picture books
Claudine Desmarteau Seuil 6+
• Who Wants the Squat Bears Dead? (Emile Bravo) ‒ 2012 Emile Bravo tells his own humourous version of the classic fairy tales in the fourth title of
167 x 168mm — 68 pages Hardback €14
his successful series: already more than 60,000 copies sold accross the first three titles!
In modern SMS times, it is unspeakably
After a difficult night because of his foul,
urgent to redeem language, with its
despicable, filthy, disgusting, hideous
colossal
staggering
and loathsome younger brother, our hero
diversity. 24 hours in the life of a young boy
doesn’t feel brave enough to face his maths
can be packed full of synonyms!
test. Thanks to someone feeling faint, it
and
SEUIL
6+
10 titles Several authors 240 mm x 175 mm — 48 pages — Hardback €12
The Dictionary of Synonyms
wealth
The Gang of Little Ones
its
is cancelled. The pupils are joyful, perky, happy, thrilled, delighted, cheerful, glad.
Snow White, fed up of being a skivvy, decides to leave. But our squat bears aren’t going to be lonely: Soon come to their house a new housekeeper called Donkeyskin and a man at least as grimy, wearing a bear skin and looking for board and lodging. Our squat bears are sure they have unmasked Bluebeard himself. They clear off the house quickly because they think he wants them dead!
Previous titles in the Gang of Little Ones series:
• Goldie Locks and the Seven Squat Bears by Emile Bravo Rights sold: German, Italian, Castilian, English (US), Finnish
6+
The Little Rebel
• The Hunger of the Seven Squat Bears by Emile Bravo Rights sold: German, English (US), Finnish, Castilian, Italian
160 x 160mm — 152 pages Hardback €14
• Beauty and the Squat Bears by Emile Bravo Rights sold: German, English (US), Finnish
From the first endpaper, the tone is set: ‘’to
For example: "To tidy: I have been asked
read in the evening to your parents before
to tidy my bedroom far too often in life.
putting them to bed’’. 35 ‘’rebellious’’
The words in this book are not listed in
definitions made by a very perceptive kid.
alphabetical order. They are listed in the order I like because by the way this book is not a bedroom."
• Niac Niac! by Lionel Le Néouanic • The Bluest Wings by Gaëtan Dorémus Rights sold: Korean
• The Bear Who Stole Sausages by Alain Crozon Rights sold: Korean, Japanese
• Hairball and my Duck by Marc Boutavant Previous titles:
• The Pirate’s Son by Vincent Bourgeau
Mum was a little girl before being mummy 25,000 copies sold Rights sold: German, World English, Dutch, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Castilian
All Jealous
It’s written up there
• The Pirate’s Father by Vincent Bourgeau
Grouilly Award 2010 Rights sold: German
The Best Classic Tales in Comics DLMJ
7+
180 x 255 mm ‒ 160 pages Hardback €15.20 ‒ 2012
This book gathers the greatest tales of three of the most famous authors in this genre: Perrault, Grimm and Andersen, in comics format. Each author is introduced by a spread presenting his life and works.
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Picture books
Picture books
THIERRY DEDIEU
I Will Work Miracles... Seuil
Yakoubwe
6+
Susie Morgenstern, ill. by Jiang Hong Chen - DLMJ
Yakouba Expression award 1995 Mille Pages des écoles award 1996 Sorcières album award 1995
230 x 330 mm 40 pages Hardback €15.20 — 2012
Rights sold: Simplified Chinese, Korean, Italian, Hebrew
The third and last part of Yakouba and Kibwe’s adventures. Beautiful monochrome canvas paintings that tell the strong story of an unbending friendship between a man and a lion,
297 x 346 mm 36 pages Hardback €14.70
All children let their imagination run wild when they dream about their future. Commanding the sun, bringing the dead back to life and making them dance, curing the sick with lemonade, putting an end to war, playing with time, providing food for all the children in the world... There is so much to do!
Kibwe Rights sold: Simplified Chinese, Korean, Italian
beyond clans and beyond death.
Prince Daucus Carota
5+
Thomas Perino - Seuil
Warmonger
6+
5+
220 x 305 mm 32 pages Hardback €13.70
230 x 330 mm 48 pages hardback €16 — 2012
Princess Annette de Dapfulheim is about to get married with the man she loves: the poet Amandus de Nebelstern.
This is a story of a king that only dreamt
But one day, she finds in her vegetable plot a nice gold ring. Curious, she can’t resist to
of one thing: to make war. An absurd tale
try it on. Immediatly, she’s married to Daucus Carota, the worrying prince of vegetables…
that shows that your worst ennemy can
He manages to seduce her… at least for a short moment!
be yourself. Strong designs, black humour and an enlightening moral: A brilliant picture book by Thierry Dedieu!
The Master of Japanese Paintings
Emile, The Little Fife When the Picture Comes to Life series
UNE GRANDE ŒUVRE UNE BELLE HISTOIRE
Les aventures imaginaires du jeune Émile, modèle du célèbre tableau de Manet. Tous les secrets de l’œuvre dans un mini-livre : la véritable histoire du peintre et de son chef-d’œuvre.
Anne de La Boulaye, ill. by Sébastien Mourrain - SEUIL
UNE GRANDE ŒUVRE
The Fables
Good Catch
3 volumes
2010 Nathan magazines’ award
by Jean de la Fontaine
Rights sold: Catalan, Italian
Aagun Chrétien de Troyes award 2009
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Bluebeard
270 mm x 270 mm 32 pages + 1 flap with a small book underneath Hardback €18 — March 2013
UNE BELLE HISTOIRE
Émile est orphelin et, à dix ans, fait partie des jeunes musiciens de la Garde impériale. Un jour, alors qu’il est puni et doit rester seul dans la caserne pour récurer le réfectoire, on lui demande d’accompagner le commandant Lejosne chez un peintre... Émile prend peur. Que va-t-il donc lui arriver ? L’histoire émouvante d’un enfant de troupe inconnu qui devient le modèle d’un des tableaux les plus célèbres au monde.
Sébastien Mourrain
Spécial sorcières award 2010
The Princess and the Pea
Anne de La Boulaye
The King of Sands
Émile, le petit fifre
Previous titles:
4+
Anne de La Boulaye
Sébastien Mourrain
Émile, le petit fifre d’après le tableau d’Édouard Manet
ISBN : 978-2-02-107334-8
18 €
A picture book which mixes art and fiction, with a mini-book to discover all the secrets of the masterpiece of Edouard Manet.
couverture le fifre ok.indd 1
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Previous title in the same series: • The Menines’ Princess and the Maids of Honour
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Tatsu Nagata’s Natural Science
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Animals Poster Books
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DLMJ 2 titles 303 x 426 mm — 24 pages — Hardback with 10 A3 format posters €14.90 — April 2013
New series! Each title is focused on an animal. The content gives all the information you need to know about your favourite animal. Pictures are news and they won’t stay in the book: 10 big posters to unfold will decorate the walls of your bedroom!
SEUIL • Baby Animals
More than 20 titles 190 x 270 mm — 32 pages — Hardback €8.50
• Horses
Japanese professor Tatsu Nagata tells us the secrets of animals. Animal documentaries in which everything important is put forward, simply, with humour and with quirky illustrations for kids to remember.
DLMJ • The Spider
• The Shark (2012)
• The Ostrich
• The Wolf
• The Beaver
6 titles 250 x 290 mm — 72 pages — Hardback €13.10
• The Red Worm
• The Lion
The daily life of animals told to children, exclusively through stunning photographs
• The Rat
• The Bear
by renowned artists.
• The Penguin
• The Louse
Rights sold: Simplified Chinese
• The Fox
• The Tortoise Rights sold: Simplified Chinese
Rights sold: Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese
• The Pig
• The Crocodile
• Cats (2012)
• The Gorilla
Rights sold: Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese
• Lions ‒ Rights sold: Simplified Chinese
• The Ant
• Monkeys ‒ Rights sold: Simplified Chinese
• The Frog Rights sold: Simplified Chinese
• The Whale • The Owl Rights sold: Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese
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Animal Portraits
• The Hen (2012)
• The Cow
working cover
Rights sold: Simplified Chinese
6+
• Snow Monkeys (2013) • Surprising Animals (2012)
• Girafes ‒ Rights sold: Simplified Chinese
• The Hedgehog Rights sold: Simplified Chinese
• The Snail Rights sold: Simplified Chinese
• The Mole
Bind-up:
Rights sold: Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese
• Tatsu Nagata's Little Animals
Tatsu Nagata’s Nature Squares 6 titles 190 x 190 mm ‒ 32 pages ‒ hardback €6.90
All About the Seasons Clementine Sourdais, Charline Picard - Seuil
7+
4 titles 260 x 260 mm — 64 pages — Hardback €18 — February 2013
Absolutely all you need to know about Spring, Winter, Autumn and Summer between a picture book, a work of art and a fact book. For each spread, the author and illustrator joyfully use plenty of different techniques: pencils, painting, photos, comics, linocut, digital drawing and more. Scientific information focuses on agricultural and animal life, naturalist spreads are shown to discover insects,
• Of Animals that are freezing
flowers, fruits and vegetables, landscapes, poems and songs, activities: land-art, games,
• Of Animals as low as the grass
recipes and much more.
• Of Animals with sands between their toes • Of Animals that share the forests with the wolf • Of Animals that are reflected in the pond • Of Animals that should wear a cap
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• All About Spring (February 2013) • All About Winter (October 2013) • All About Autumn (2012) • All About Summer (2012) Foreign rights list - 29
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The Who – When – What How Books
The Encyclopaedia of the Inquisitive Two
DLMJ
Elisabeth de Lambilly, ill. by Remi Saillard - DLMJ
More than 15 titles 72 x 315 mm — 96 pages — Padded PLC €14.90
6 titles 175 x 185mm — 24 pages — hardback with a 12 pages leaflet €10
Answers to funny, goofy, and serious questions that kids often ask.
Louise and Louis are two inquisitive and adventurous children who travel back in time
Whether they’re about art, the body, civics, daily life, feelings, history, nature, space, technology, or something else entirely, all questions have an answer. The author provides clever and funny questions and gives clear, impertinent and poetic answers. The perfect series for curious minds!
3+
or go on fantastic journeys to bring back useful clues to broaden their knowledge! Written as fun quests, these books comprise: • 24 pages • A double-sided leaflet illustrated in a realistic way, with cartoons. On the front, 6 double sided flaps that help reinforce knowledge by highlighting the main facts. On the back, a frieze with fun illustrations.
• The Book of Possibles(2012)
• The How Book
Rights sold: Greek
Rights sold: Italian, German, SImplified Chinese, Greek, Italian, Dutch, Romanian, English (US), Castilian, Indonesian
• The What Book
• The Plus and Minus Book
• I’m Left-Handed, So What ? (2012) • The What-If Book
Rights sold: German, Castilian, Greek
Rights sold: Greek
• The Who Book
• What Do Carnivorous Plants Have for Snacks and Other Nature Questions
Rights sold: German, Castilian, Greek, English (US)
• The When Book Rights sold: German, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Castilian, Greek, Indonesian, Dutch, Romanian, English (US)
• The Why Book Rights sold: Bulgarian, German, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Castilian, Greek, Indonesian, Dutch, Romanian, Italian, Complex Chinese, English (US & UK)
• The How-Many Book Rights sold: Castilian, Dutch
• Why All those Whys? Rights sold: Greek
• The Human Body (May 2013)
• Recycling (2012)
• Fortified Castles (February 2013)
• Prehistory (2012)
• Egypt (August 2013)
• Water (2012)
Rights sold: Bulgarian
• Why Does my Dog Tear my Socks to Shreds? Rights sold: Indonesian, Dutch, Castilian
• How Can You Fit an 8 Meter Long Bowel in Your Belly ? Rights sold: Castilian
• The Big Book of Questioning Questions • Tell Me, Where Does That Come From? • Where Do the Gallic Cocks and the Pizzas Come From?
Legendary Trains Ill. by Olivier-Marc Nadel - DLMJ 360 x 270 mm — 22 pages — hardback €18 - 2012
Climb on board for a memorable world tour on 10 legendary trains. All aboard! We’re off! An illustrated, educational book which will thrill train enthusiasts and those who want to learn about them. As you turn the pages you’ll discover the story of these legendary trains which made railway networks famous. The Orient Express, the Trans-Siberian, the Train to the Clouds, etc. Famous names which make us dream of travel and adventure. Illustrated by magnificent oil paintings.
+ coming soon in 2013: Legendary Planes
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Reference
Top 100 Strange Facts!
Explained to Children
Astonishing information (nature, science, sport, history)
DLMJ
DLMJ - Science et Vie magazine
6 titles
8+
• Currency Explained to Children
170 x 170 mm — 86 pages — Board book €14.50
Anne-Marie Thomazeau
10 themes x 10 incredible, funny or bizarre facts = 100 fascinating discoveries! A round the world trip to discover incredible information in diverse subject areas, from serious to iconoclastic. For example, did you know that in Mexico they eat giant ant eggs, that Zorbing is a sport, that there is a Ferrari made entirely of Lego, that you can admire forests of stone, that Nutella was created by accident in 1963? Or perhaps you’d like to know the names of the greatest explorers of the planet?
210 x 140 mm — 192 pages Hardback €13.50 — 2012
The new instalment in the series Explained to Children after the international success of Flags. Take a fantastic journey and discover world currencies and their history. Currency is the most important ambassador of a country. You will discover the history of currencies around the world, what they say about their country as well as main information on the country (capital city, language etc.), through clear and vivid explanations.
• Flags
The Right and Wrong Book
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Gérard Dhôtel, ill. by Benoît Perroud - DLMJ 260 x 260 mm — 80 pages — Hardback €12.90 — 2012
Rights sold: English (US), Italian, German, Russian
• Boards Rights sold: Italian, German
• Music Instruments • Traditional Costumes • A Wonderful Story of Clothes
An entertaining book to sort fact from fiction. Do you think that a guinea pig is a type of pig, that elephants never forget, that you shouldn’t swim after eating, that table tennis comes from China, or that we’re the only living things in the Universe? Educational, funny and brimming
+ Coming soon in 2013:
with examples, this book tracks
Right and Wrong, Animals
down the most commonly heard ideas and offers an illuminating source to help the reader sort fact from fiction.
Art Up Close Claire d’Arcourt - SEUIL
8+
7 titles 270 x 370 mm — 64 pages with flaps to lift — Hardback €23
Travel through time in this exciting art history lesson cleverly disguised as a game! This series gives young readers an up-close look at art around the world, with over 20 masterpieces, fascinating stories about each work and artist and lift-the-flap keys at the end of the book.
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The Great Routes Annick de Giry, ill. by Merlin - Seuil 270 x 290 mm — 64 pages Hardback €16.70 — 2012
• Art Up Close, from Antiquity to Today - Diablotins award Rights sold: English (US), Castilian, Catalan, Korean, Danish Dutch, Italian, Japanese
• Battles Up Close Rights sold: Korean
• Masterpieces Up Close Rights sold: German, Korean, Castilian, Italian, English (US)
• Families Up Close
Between a factual book, a work of art and a travel journal, this wonderful book presents
Rights sold: German
the major routes that have marked history and the exchanges between people and
• The Louvre Up Close
cultures: The Silk Route, The Spice Route, The Gold Route, The Tea Route, The Salt
Rights sold: Korean
Route.
• Versailles and the Hall of Mirrors Up Close • Paris Up Close
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Reference
The World Around Us DLMJ
Previous Design • Agriculture Rights sold: German
More than 35 titles 285 x 255 mm — 72 pages — Hardback €14.50
• Faraway Festivals, photos by Charles and Josette Lénars
A brand new design and new titles for the renowned series The World around us, with
• The Earth Future, photos by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Rights sold: Italian, German
more than 800,000 copies across the series sold to date! Books of rare quality, which will amaze both adults and children. The series The World around us uses photography to introduce readers to the natural wonders and diversity of our planet. With gripping photos by acclaimed photographers enhanced by the large format of the series, travel-diary-style sketches and illuminating texts written by enthusiasts.
Rights sold: World Castilian, German, Dutch, Danish, Italian, English US
• Ships, photos by Philip Plisson
• Call of the Desert - The Sahara, photos by Philippe Bourseiller Rights sold: German, Italian
• Animals of the Savanna, photos by Christine and Michel Denis-Huot • Birds photos by Gilles Martin Rights sold: Italian
• The Tour de France Rights sold: German, Dutch
• Rugby
‘’All the beauty of the world right before your eyes.’’ (Okapi magazine)
Rights sold: German, Italian, English (US)
New Titles
• The Earth from Above, photos by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
• The South Pole, photos by Francis Latreille
Rights sold: World Castilian, Italian, English (US & UK), German, Dutch, Korean, Danish, Catalan, Hungarian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish
Rights sold: German, Italian
• Wonders of Europe (2012) - 144 pages- Rights sold: Italian • Sky (2012) • Firemen (2012) • The North and South Poles (2012) - 144 pages • Water (January 2013)
Rights sold: German, Italian, English (US)
New Design • Extreme Jobs (2012)
• Lighthouses, photos by Philip Plisson
• Wonders of France
• Exceptional Animals Rights sold: German, Castilian, Italian, English (US)
• Egypt Rights sold: German, Italian
• Nomadic Children Rights sold: Italian
Previous edition rights sold: German
• Animals, photos by Steve Bloom (2012)
• The Sea, photos by Philip Plisson (2012)
Previous edition rights sold: German, Dutch, Italian, English (US)
Previous edition rights sold: German, Dutch, Castilian, Catalan, English (US)
• Tennis (2013)
Photo Reporter
• Dogs (2013)
DLMJ
• Children of the World (2012) Previous edition rights sold: German, Italian
• Africa (2012) Previous edition rights sold: German
• Volcanoes, photos by Philippe Bourseiller (2012) Previous edition rights sold: German, Dutch, Danish, English (US)
• Great Cities of the World (2012), Previous edition rights sold: German, Italian, Castilian
• Dances (2012) • Wonders of the World (2012) 144 pages
Previous edition rights sold: German, Castilian, Italian, English (US & UK)
• The Space conquest (2013) Previous edition rights sold: German, World Castilian, Italian, English (US & UK)
10 titles 260 x 260 mm — 40 pages with flaps to lift and to unfold Hardback €15.10
• Horses (2013)
Enter the world of photography with Photo Reporter, a new series of animated coffee
Previous edition rights sold: German, Dutch
table photo books.
• Football (2013) Previous edition rights sold: Castilian
• Houses of the World (2013) Previous edition rights sold: German, Castilian, Italian
• Cats, photos by Hans Silvester (2013) Previous edition rights sold: German, Dutch, English (US)
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• All about Great Explorers (January 2013) • All about Natural Phenomenons (May 2013) • All about the Firemen (March 2013) • All about the Children of the World (2012) • All about Trees (2012) • All about Paris (2012) • All About Volcanoes • All about Earth’s Poles • All About Outer Space • Incredible Nature
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Reference
Children Who Make the World Better
Children’s Lives in Other Times
Anne Jankéliowitch, Yann Arthus-Bertrand (photographs) Fondation Good Planet - DLMJ
DLMJ
190 x 228 mm ‒ 128 pages — Softcover with flaps €14.50 - 2012
From the US to Africa, South Korea or Hungary, 45 young heroes aged from 10 to 17 years old tell their everyday stories and the actions they take to make the world a better place, by organising an international campaign to plant trees, recycling old computers or talking at the United Nations…
9+
More than 30 titles 48 pages — 210 x 270 mm — Hardback €12
Rights sold: German, Korean, Dutch, Greek A series that shows today’s children what life was like for children in other times across the world. • Prehistory
They are children but they have achieved what adults thought would be impossible.
• Antiquity: Ancient Greece, Egypt, Rome etc. • Middle Ages: Knighthood, Native Americans, Great Discoveries etc.
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Children from Other Places
• From the 15th to the 18th century: Artists in the Renaissance, Slavery in North America, the Age of Enlightenment, the French Revolution etc. • From the 19th to the 20th century: The Great War, the Second World War etc.
DLMJ 27 titles 185 x 265 mm — 48 pages — Hardback with rounded spine €12.90
A series that cleverly offers a look into the day-to-day life of children around the world, through the voices of three children from each given country.
10+
Alain Korkos, ill. by Christophe Clérici - DLMJ
• We Live in Spain (2012) • We Live in China (2012) Previous edition rights sold: German, Korean, English (US & UK)
• We Live in India (2013)
260 x 285 mm — 96 pages — Hardback €15.10
Rights sold: Simplified Chinese, Dutch
Previous edition rights sold: German, Korean, English (US & UK)
• We Live in Japan (2013) Previous edition rights sold: German, Korean, English (US & UK)
Previous Design
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Understanding the Devices Around Us
Would you like to know how a toaster or a microwave work, what is hidden behind the face of your watch, how the high-speed train is propelled or why a fridge produces cold? With his unequalled style, subtly mixing humour and knowledge, Alain Korkos explains how 40 everyday machines work.
• Algeria
• Lebanon
Rights sold: Korean
Rights sold: German
• Argentina • Australia
• Madagascar • Morocco
Rights sold: German
Rights sold: German
• Brazil
• Poland
Rights sold: German, Korean, English (UK & US)
Rights sold: German
Little Stories of Masterpieces Alain Korkos - DLMJ
• Canada
• Romania • Russia
Rights sold: German
Rights sold: German, English (UK)
• Cuba • Egypt • Guatemala • Indonesia
• Rwanda • Senegal • South Africa
Rights sold: German
• The United States
One question, one detail, one painting: the little story of a great work explained to
• Iran
Rights sold: German
children. From little stories to History, this beautiful book will unveil the secrets of famous
Rights sold: German
• Turkey
masterpieces that have influenced art history.
• Jerusalem and Bethlehem
Rights sold: German
Rights sold: German
• Vietnam
Rights sold: German
12+
250 x 310 mm — 160 pages — Hardback €20.20
Rights sold: Italian Go right to the heart of the picture to grasp its details!
+ Coming soon in 2013: Little Stories of Masterpieces, Volume 2
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Teenagers’ Families
Oxygen DLMJ
Régine Feldgen, photographs by Uwe Ommer - DLMJ
70 titles 143 x 220 mm - 112 pages - Softcover with rounded spine €11
190 x 280 mm ‒ 312 pages ‒ Softcover with flaps €20 -2012
Rights sold: Arabic, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese, Castilian (Colombia), Croatian, Danish, Korean, Italian (1 title), Romanian, English (US)
Rights sold: German 600 photos and short interviews of close to 300 families and their teens, in 40 European countries. Twelve years after making the biggest photo book of families from around the world (The 1000 Families, Taschen), Uwe Ommer continues his work with the same fascination. The book confronts the opinions of the teens and their parents with the same questions:
Sibel & Bedri avec vue sur le Bosphore et le pont qui relie l’Europe à l’Asie.
Suphi (11) joue à la PlayStation sur l’écran géant du salon.
Sibel adore les fêtes, les voyages et les rencontres. Bedri est artiste peintre, écrivain et politiquement engagé. Il a ouvert un centre de rencontres artistiques et politiques (Pyramid) 43 au cœur d’Istanbul. Chaque semaine il écrit un éditorial dans un grand quotidien turc.
Il fréquente l’École française à Istanbul, comme son père à l’époque. Son hobby ? Le basket sur l’écran et le terrain.
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The series that responds to the first questions teenagers ask themselves. • School: homework, teachers, repeating a year, reading etc. • Body: puberty, your willy, being overweight • Psychology: I don’t know who I am, I don’t dare say no, teenage blues, self confidence • Society: violence, religion, drugs, death • Feelings: jealousy, love, friendship
ABINGDON ANGLETERRE
ISTANBUL TURQUIE
2020? The European Union? Ecology? Parents and children? A Wish?
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• Family: twins, absent parents, divorce, brotherhood and sisterhood
Mimi (18), Joe (17), Ruby (14) et Danny (11).
Simon & Luana avec leur miroir-soleil conçu par une amie artiste.
Joe a creusé une mare dans le jardin pour attirer et photographier grenouilles et libellules. Il a quitté l’école à 14 ans. Il vend ses photos d’insectes et d’animaux dans une petite galerie. Mimi est en terminale et veut étudier l’anatomie.
Simon, ingénieur, est directeur d’une société qui développe la « Nanocoating Technology », qui rend imperméables des objets et matériaux divers : chaussures, chapeaux, téléphones, etc. Luana est conseillère en allaitement maternel.
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160 Questions for Teenagers Anne-Marie Thomazeau , ill. by Odile Amblard - DLMJ
Hydrogen DLMJ
170 x 250mm ‒ 248 pages ‒ Hardback €19.95 -2012
Rights sold: Korean
60 titles 143 x 220 mm - 112 pages - Softcover with rounded spine €11
A survival guide answering questions of teenagers between 11 and 14.
Rights sold: Portuguese, Russian, Castilian (Colombia), Romanian
This special ‘Survival Guide’ edition talks to teenagers about teenagers: their lives, their
The series that offers teenagers advice, new avenues of thought and reference
feelings, fears and hopes. Through their questions, this book covers all topics, whether
points to help them form their own opinions. It also offers parents and teachers
serious or light, surprising or disturbing: friendships, young love, changing bodies, tough
serious and detailed information within various topics.
questions, new behaviour, families, questions about the future. Each question has a precise answer without being too factual, generic or theoretical. Other reference titles for teenagers:
• Girls and boys, so many feelings! 190 x 228 mm ‒ 320 pages ‒ softcover €15
+ couv
13+
• Society: religions, violence, rights, fashion, injustice, intolerances • Health: bad sleep, skin problems, stress, loosing weight, bulimia and anorexia, phobias, drugs, cigarettes etc. • Feelings: Girls and boys differences, love, sexuality and homosexuality • School: Future work, becoming an artist, last year of school, dealing with mathematics etc. • Girls: prejudices, changing bodies • Family: life with a single parent, coping with your parents etc.
• Girls and boys, so many questions! Brigitte Bègue, Sylvie Sargueil 190 x 228 mm ‒ 320 pages ‒ softcover €15
Rights sold: Dutch, Portuguese
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activity 4+
Activity
Bilingual Look and Find
bilingual
4 titles 125 x 185 mm — 14 pages + 10 flaps €10.10
Look and Find
• Look and Find on the Farm
• Look and Find at Home
• Look and Find on the Zoo
• Look and Find at School
3+
Thierry Laval, Yann Couvin - SEUIL Hardback — 4 formats
Within very intricate scenes, go and search for the elements that are shown on the flaps. It is sometimes more complicated than it seems, so keep your eyes peeled!
Medium Look and Find
medium
9 titles 125 x 290 mm — 14 pages with 10 flaps €10.10
• Look and Find: Princesses and Knights (March 2013)
• Look and Find: Oceans
• Look and Find: Pharaonic Times (2012)
• Look and Find around you
• Look and Find: Nature
Rights sold: Simplified Chinese, Finnish, Castilian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch
• Look and Find around the World
• Look and Find: History
Rights sold: Catalan, Chinese, Danish
• Look and Find in Imaginary lands Rights sold: Castilian, Finnish
Rights sold: Catalan, Finnish
Rights sold: German, Simplified Chinese
• Look and Find: Transports Rights sold: German, Simplified Chinese
Mini Look and Find
mini
8 titles 125 x 185 mm — 14 pages + 10 flaps €7.60
3+
Giant Look and Find
• Mini Look and Find: on Wednesdays
giant
• Mini Look and Find: on the Circus • Mini Look and Find: at School
2 titles 160 x 370 mm — 16 pages with 12 flaps €15.20
• Look and Find: Animals (2012)
• Look and Find: 5 Continents
Rights sold: Danish, Finnish, Catalan
Rights sold: Catalan, Danish
2+
• Mini Look and Find: on the Zoo • Mini Look and Find: Going on Holidays Rights sold: Simplified Chinese
• Mini Look and Find: on the Farm
• Mini Look and Find: at Home
• Mini Look and Find: the Four Seasons
Rights sold: Simplified Chinese
+ Coming soon in october 2013: Look and Find: Dinosaurs
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Activity 4+
Activity
Draw and Colour
The Fashion Notebook
Olivia Cosneau - SEUIL
Marie Venditelli, ill. by Sophie Griotto - DLMJ
2 titles 240 x 310 mm ‒ 16 pages ‒ softcover €7.10
190 x 260 mm — 144 pages Softcover with flaps €14.90 — 2012
Images to complete, drawings to colour in, do whatever you like!
Rights sold: World English, Simplified Chinese, German
With this clever series, kids can be inspired by what the artist has
The perfect gift for any aspiring fashion designer.
already done and are free to express their creativity as well.
Packed full of advice, handy hints and top tricks and tips to help girls get started on the path to fashion stardom. Full of stunning coloured illustrations, and with a stylist’s
• Draw and Colour the City
sketchbook section at the back.
• Draw and Colour the Countryside
7+
10+
Le tissage
Comment créer un vêtement ?
Have Fun Learning
Pour réaliser du tissu, on tend sur un métier à tisser de grands fils à la verticale entre lesquels on vient entralacer d’autres fils (en fibres naturelles ou synthétiques). Les fils verticaux constituent la chaîne, les fils horizontaux, la trame. Plus on met de fils, dans un sens ou dans l’autre, plus le tissu est dense et lourd ! Une fois ces tissus réalisés, on peut les utiliser tels quels ou appliquer dessus des motifs, et faire ce que l’on appelle des « imprimés » ; ces créations peuvent être multipliées à l’infini !
On se demande toujours où les couturiers
étoffes, mais aussi à Émilio Pucci
d’autres se fichent complètement de savoir
(1914-1992), dont les imprimés
si leur vêtement va être confortable ou facile d’inspiration pour créer les tendances. Les grandes chaînes ont résolu le problème :
Pour représenter en dessin un tissu imprimé, comme le tweed, coloriez tout le vêtement de la couleur dominante (beige, par exemple), puis superposez les autres couleurs (exemple marron et rouille) sous forme de traits
elles déclinent les modèles des couturiers pour les rendre accessibles au plus grand nombre. Pas toujours fair-play, mais bien pratique pour que l’on puisse être à la mode pour des sommes raisonnables ! Avant tout, un créateur s’inspire d’une
Pour créer votre collection, suivez le chemin
8 titles 240 x 260 mm ‒ 72 pages ‒ softcover €9.95
difficile mais passionnant, qui mène du choix de son thème aux podiums !
ILLUS SOPHIE la trame d’un tweed en très gros plan pour comprendre le tissage et faire le dessin
Conseil
à porter, mais ils ont toujours assez
ambiance qui lui fait immédiatement penser
de tissu haut de gamme. réputation à la qualité de ses
adorent regarder la rue et s’en inspirent,
à des couleurs, puis à des formes.
l’un des principaux fabricants Le pays doit évidemment sa
puisent leurs idées… Cela dépend : certains
DLMJ
Emilio Pucci Encore aujourd’hui, l’Italie reste
VOIR
À SA
verticaux et horizontaux. Inspirez-vous du dessin ci-contre.
!
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le dos des plus grandes stars des années 1950-1960, notamment Marylin Monroe. Mélanges géométriques multicolores, les tissus Pucci sont reconnaissables au premier coup d’œil. Remontée dans les années 2000 par Laudomia, la fille
À SAVOIR
!
On trouve aujourd’hu i des tissus que l’on appelle « innovants ». Super souples, imperméables ou anti-stress (oui, ça existe ils sont, pour la !), plupart, transformé s seulement après le tissage par des techniques industrielles. On les fabrique généralement à partir de matières synthétique s, comme les bouteilles en plastique qui servent à faire les tissus polaires.
: envie d’acheter Vous donner des grandes chaînes telle est la devise n’hésitent Pour cela, elles d’habillement. an pour collections par pas à faire plusieurs (environ cesse leur offre : renouveler sans Autre astuce semaines !). toutes les six de place régulièrechanger les rayons habitudes. vos ment pour casser ! Et ça marche
ont fait le tour de la planète sur
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du créateur, la marque Pucci continue d’habiller les célébrités confirmées, comme Halle Berry ou Kylie Minogue, ainsi que quelques bébés-stars, comme la petite Suri Cruise.
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to encourage imaginations of chilren aged 7 to 10. The emphasis is put on
Journals
acquiring the basics like mathematics, spatial concepts, and accurate drawing.
DLMJ
The Have Fun Learning series contains intelligent games organized by subject
Packed full of entertaining activities (search and find, whip out your pencils, quiz time,
12+
400 pages — 18 x 260 mm — Softcover €23
spot the difference, hidden words etc.)
• Sea and Ecology
• Egyptians, Greeks and Romans
• Music and Dance
• Indians and Horsemen
• Records and Inventions
• Pirates and Corsairs
• Tennis, Football and Rugby
• Pets
365 days, 365 quotes, 365 writing or drawing activities…
• The Aspiring Author’s Journal Rights sold: Castilian, Korean, English (US), Simplified Chinese
• The Aspiring Poet’s journal Rights sold: English (US), Simplified Chinese
7+
The Young Footballer’s Book Benoît Nacci, ill. byDavid Giraudon - DLMJ
• The Aspiring Illustrator’s Journal Rights sold: German, Korean, Castilian, English (US & UK), Simplified Chinese
• The Aspiring Scientist’s Journal Rights sold: German, Korean, English (India), Simplified Chinese
• The Aspiring Photographer’s Journal • The Curious Reader’s Journal
143 x 220 mm ‒ 112 pages ‒ Softcover €10 ‒ 2012
• The Aspiring Philosopher’s Journal A practical book and notebook to learn and improve basic football movements. With clear explanations and illustrations, you can even
• The Aspiring Actor’s Journal • The Aspiring Gourmet’s Journal
practice on your own, in your bedroom!
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FICTION
Fiction
SUSIE MORGENSTERN - DLMJ 6+
Festivals around the World
6+
12+
My Box of Stories Box set with 9 books 40 pages each
Box set with 5 books 40 pages each ‒ 2012
7+
Mireille Disdero - SEUIL
12+
Just over 16 years old
168 pages ‒ Novel
Mireille Disdero - SEUIL
Friendship, pleasures, curiosity, happiness… To put her life back together after her parents’ death in the tsunami, Héloïse has to learn all over again.
80 pages ‒ Novel
A novel about teenage years: their wanderings, questionings and their uneasiness.
Funny, lively, imaginative and sensitive stories for young readers: learning to read has never been so much fun!
Read for pleasure! 15 stories about festivals from the entire world, gathered into 5 little books, in 5 folders bound up together. Entertaining stories that open little minds to other cultures, for more tolerance.
My Super Box of Stories
My Ocean Life
A life-story, set in summer at the heart of a council house, far from the common clichés.
26 stories, each corresponding to a letter of the alphabet, for children to discover throughout the school year.
9+
My New Box of Stories
Box set with 8 books, 40 pages each
Box set with 9 books, 40 pages each
24 Imaginative and benevolent stories written from serious or quirky questions kids ask. Do we have to be happy? Why can’t I get everything I want? Why do I have to go to school? Why do people make war?
This box deals with first feelings of childhood through tender illustrated stories. Like a mini-encycopledia of feelings, each story deals with one of 26 feelings, from joy to sadness, fear to nostalgy, frustration to anger, embarassment to pride.
13+
Fragiles Marie-Sabine Roger - SEUIL
13+
Yaël Hassan - SEUIL
144 pages ‒ Novel
112 pages ‒ Novel
France Télévision award 2002
As her socialite parents neglect her, Lena decides to leave to a boarding school, to discover ‘‘real life’’ and build her own personality.
Laurence is 23 and she lives with her son Nono under a bridge. Nel is a blind teenager. Step by step, we grow fond of these characters with their intimate pains, their breaks, we follow them in their daily battles, up to the day when their paths cross.
Elisabeth BRAMI - Seuil
Lena and Real Life
Yaël Hassan was awarded the 1998 "Sorcières award"
Your Lou, With Love 8+
56 pages – Epistolary novel
This is the summer correspondance between a 9-year-old and her grandmother, both feeling lonely: Lou is for the first time going on a summer camp, and her grandma is spending her first lonely holiday as a widow, in a hotel in the South of France.
8+
My Dear Lou 64 pages – Epistolary novel
10-year-old Lou and her grandma Thelma go on exchanging letters and sharing their souvenirs and projects until suddenly love appears in their lives…
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13+
Lou For Ever 8+
120 pages – Epistolary novel
Here is a new and more intense exchange of letters, secrets and love between the grandma and her dear grand daughter…
The Strike Murielle Szac - SEUIL
12+
In an Instant Jo Witek - SEUIL
144 pages ‒ Novel
160 pages ‒ Novel
A young girl involved in a violent strike at her mother’s plant, discovers the values of the working world she thought she hated and reconciles with her mother.
At only 23, Matt Borovski becomes the most famous magician, especially known for his pickpocket acts. A journalist from a tabloid magazine interviews him to know how he became so notorious. Matt agrees to a few meetings during which he tells her about his childhood…
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Fiction
12+
Fiction
(Almost) Integral story of a failed haircut!
Jo Witek - SEUIL
Jo Witek - SEUIL
Claire Mazard - SEUIL
128 pages ‒ Fiction diary
192 pages ‒ Fiction diary
304 pages ‒ Thriller
The humorous and moving diary of a 15-year-old teenager, whose life is turned upside down… after a failed haircut! The second volume of the misfortunes of Xavier we met in "(Almost) Integral story of my very first kiss".
A fast-paced novel with colourful characters and hints at Agatha Christie…
First love is a such a funny thing! Xavier is 13 and he has a quiet life… until that afternoon when he meets Mina, the daughter of his mother’s friend. And if, for once, a novel about love for young adults was seen from the boy’s side?
9+
Fanny's Diary Fanny Ben-Ami - SEUIL
11+
168 pages ‒ True story
Christophe Léon - SEUIL
13+
Spain, beginning of the 19th century. Suddenly an orphan, Gabriel leaves to Venezuela to repay his father’s debts. He becomes a soldier, in charge of stopping the Indigenous’ rebellion. But when he meets the pretty Walipo, he’s not so sure of what he’s doing with his life anymore…
11+
In Pursuit of the Five Emperors
13+
Extreme Nature Yves-Marie Clément - SEUIL
304 pages ‒ Thriller
On his eighteenth birthday, Alan only has one wish: to meet the one he has never met, whom he doesn’t know anything about, not even her name: his mother. This wish will turn his life upside down. Deep characters, action and suspense: an intense thriller.
12+
Just a Mistake Hubert Ben Kemoun - SEUIL
304 pages ‒ Thriller
144 pages ‒ Novel
An ecological page-turner for today's teenagers.
A thriller filled with shams that revolves around the story of a beautiful friendship and the power of appearances in today's society.
Imagine that during a walk in the forest, suddenly, nature, animals and plants start to go crazy and try to kill you…
Melitine -discrete- and Melanie, more extrovert and preoccupied with her looks are best friends. Melanie fails at a casting for an advertising campaign. So does her main rival. Both of them will attempt to kill themselves but they will be saved at the last minute…
Five teenagers get lost in the Canadian forest close to an American former secret military zone…
9+
Never Without Her Again Mikaël Ollivier - SEUIL
In a nursing home, a man’s naked dead body is found under a 300 yearold walnut tree. Three old men start investigating on their own and seem to know more about the case than police officer Gilles Lafosse.
192 pages ‒ historical Novel
In Occupied France, 13-year-old Fanny leads a group of Jewish children accross the border to Switzerland.
Toxic blue
On Walipo’s Shadow
12+
Yves-Marie Clément - SEUIL
The true and moving story of an incredibly brave young girl.
12+
The Dead under the Walnut Tree
(Almost) Integral story 12+ of my very first kiss
Tales from Africa Henri Gougaud - SEUIL
9+
Tales from Asia Henri Gougaud - SEUIL
112 pages – Short Novels
Michel Laporte - SEUIL
160 pages – World tales
154 pages – World tales
Two destinies linked to two major ecological disasters…
256 pages ‒ Historical novel
20 tales from North and South Africa or Ancient Egypt, gathered in this collection sharing universal wisdom and taking us into fanciful universes…
20 tales from Asia that all invites us to dream and takes the reader into a mysterious and elusive universe.
1956. In Minamata’s Bay, Japan, animals die in strange circumstances and children suffer from an unknown disease… 1984. In Bohpal, India, a chemical plant explodes. 14 years later, Gaz, born the night of the tragedy, tries to survive in the ruins of the factory…
A breathtaking plot set in Imperial China, filled with conspiracies and martial arts… Young Lan is wrongfully condemned to death for attempting to kill the Emperor’s brother, but he runs away and meets three other fugitives. Will our four outlaws manage to unravel the Imperial City’s plots?
Shortlisted for three literary awards.
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Fiction
Marie BRANTÔME - Seuil 11+
Your Picture in the Newspaper
11+
After everything we have done for you
128 pages – Fiction diary
188 pages – Fiction diary
For her summer holidays, the last thing that Laure dreamt of was spending 2 months at an old couple's house with their simple-minded 30-year-old daughter Francia and some other boy Pierrot.
The diary of a teenager in distress, in 1951. Since her sister died from a tramway accident in front of her, May has lost her will to live and neither her mad mum, nor her blith brother or her absent dad can help. But writing gives her some hope again. May will choose to live…
Laure will teach her new friend Pierrot how to write and read, watched by jealous Francia.
‘‘Sorcières Roman" award.
11+
Without Shame or Regrets
11+
184 pages – Fiction diary
Velasquez’ Princess 128 pages – Fantasy
When Ines sees The Maids of Honour by Velasquez at the Louvre, she is dazzled with the rich and splendid costumes. She wishes she was - as always - the prettiest girl in the picture… and suddendly disappears, as if absorbed by the painting.
In 1959, just before turning 18, May has to suffer an unexpected setback: She fails her A-Levels and looses all her hopes: Paris, University, Freedom… She has to find a job. Earn a living.
When they finally find Inès in the evening in a closed room of the museum, she looks strange and apathetic… what happened to her?
Tara Duncan by Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian - Seuil 11+
"Harry Potter’s little French sister" (Paris Match) TV cartoon produced my Moonscoop and internationally broadcasted.
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Tara Duncan and the Spellbinders
11+
Tara Duncan and the Forbidden Book
480 pages - Fantasy
480 pages - Fantasy
An epic adventure full of inventive magic and bravery that is sure to cast a spell on young readers!
Tara’s friend Cal is convicted of a crime he didn’t commit, and she and her friends set out to prove him innocent. It’s an unlikely crew: Tara, the riddleloving Fabrice, Robin the half-elf, Sparrow the shape-shifting princess, and Tara’s cultured grandfather—and black Lab—Manitou.
12- year-old Tara learns that she is a spellweaver, descended from a long line of powerful magic-wielders born on the planet OtherWorld. Forced to flee her Earth home when Magister, the Master of the Bloodgraves, attacks, Tara escapes to planet OtherWorld and discovers that her mother is alive and being held captive by Magister.
Meanwhile, the Empress of Omois has discovered that Tara is her niece and heir. She insists that Tara come live on OtherWorld for good. If Tara refuses, it will mean war.
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