BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS MY BABY ALBUM
MY ISLAND
RIGHTS SOLD: ENGLISH, SPANISH, CATALAN
‘‘A delicate text (…) One marvels at those tender and dreamlike illustrations (...) A book to dream.’’ - Livres Hebdo
NEXT COEDITION: DELIVERY FOB HONG KONG OCTOBER 2018
“A joyful and original baby memory book.” - L’Est Eclair
NEXT COEDITION: DELIVERY EUROPE SUMMER 2018
EARLY YEARS MY STINKY DOG
THE LIFE-SIZE MUSEUM OF INSECTS
RIGHTS SOLD: ENGLISH, SPANISH, CATALAN, ITALIAN, SIMPLIFIED CHINESE, KOREAN
RIGHTS SOLD: GERMAN, RUSSIAN, DUTCH, SPANISH, ITALIAN, KOREAN, SIMPLIFIED CHINESE
NEXT COEDITION: DELIVERY EUROPE OCTOBER 2018
“An enchanting book” - Süddeutsche Zeitung
“Wonderful and funny.” - Radio Canada
Shortlisted for the 2018 “La Science se livre” award
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2017 Bologna Ragazzi Award mention RIGHTS SOLD IN 10 LANGUAGES ENGLISH FOR NORTH AMERICA, SCANDINAVIAN, KOREAN, PORTUGUESE RIGHTS STILL AVAILABLE!
KITES, MASTERS OF THE SKY
A stylish reference book to know everything about kites, throughout countries, eras, and cultures. NEXT COEDITION: DELIVERY EUROPE SPRING 2019
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La banquise magique
Sophie Ledesma
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THE MAGICAL ICE FLOE BATH BOOK
Quelques gouttes d’eau, et hop ! de nouveaux amis apparaissent pour jouer sur la banquise…
SOPHIE LEDESMA
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JUNE 2018 130 X 130 MM – 8 PAGES – EVA WATERPROOF PLASTIC BOOK WITH MAGICAL INK – BOOK AND TOY HOLD BY A NET – €9.90
« Plunge me into water and my colours will appear! » One colourful book, one toy and magical ink. What is mama penguin waiting for? Who is hiding behind the iceberg? Who is turning about in the waves? What has the whale swallowed? Who has tucked himself in the walrus’ flippers? What can you find in the igloo?
SELLING POINTS:
It’s bath time for the young readers who can spray this book with water and... As by magic thanks to the special ink, the hidden characters appear. They can also play with the orange whale toy that comes with the book.
• A playful book that comes with a toy. • A magical white ink that reveals the colours of the characters when it’s wet. • Sophie Ledesma’s wonderful and colourful graphics.
Parents, watch out, you could easily end up all wet too !
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I FALL ASLEEP LIKE… NEW SERIES
GILLES DIEDERICHS, ILL. BY AUDREY CALLEJA JANUARY 2018 170X 170 MM – 32 PAGES – HARDBACK – €10.90
An innovative picture books series to help little ones fall asleep! Through the stories of Little Fawn and Little Bear, about to fall asleep, and thanks to the narrator’s advice, the little child is led to do the same movements as the animals and to gradually disconnect with her/his preoccupations of the day… Through a poetic escape and a series of activities (soft movements and breathing), the child is in the right conditions to sleep: a repetitive and creative ritual is reassuring, the child feels at ease thanks to a progressive evolution of the story. In each picture book: - a sweet and emotional story - indications of movements to reproduce - a note for parents to accompany their children in their sleeping process.
Nathan écoute le silence autour de lui. Un silence rempli d’histoires que le vent souffle à son oreille. Celle du hibou qui hulule… hou, hou. Et du ruisseau qui roule, roule entre les arbres, dans son lit de pierres…
SELLING POINTS: • An innovative picture book series that combines stories and exercises to help the little ones fall asleep. • A useful and educational reading to teach both parents and children the rituals to fall asleep.
Fais comme Nathan. Tends l’oreille. Écoute les petits bruits qui habitent le silence.
• A small format adapted to children, with padded cover and soft touch matt lamination.
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EARLY YEARS/ AGES: 3+
UNDER MY TREE JO WITEK, ILL. BY CHRISTINE ROUSSEY JUNE 2018 256 X 256 MM – 30 PAGES – HARDBACK ROUND SHAPED DIE-CUTS ON EACH RIGHT PAGE (TREE TOPS) – €15.50
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A new lovely picture book about nature with die-cuts in the bestselling Growing Hearts series. An ode to this unalterable shelter where dreaming, playing, learning and growing-up feels good.
SELLING POINTS: • A very gifty format. • An ode to nature.
« In the fields, I have a TALL, TALL friend. My friend is so giant you can see him from far away. His head is in the clouds, he has birds in his hair And he is very wise. He is more than a hundred years old! Mum told me. He is called « My Tree », do you know him? With his long neck and his wood face, He is always here, close to me. »
• The seven previous picture books by Jo Witek and Christine Roussey have sold more than a million copies in 15 languages.
MON ARBRE n’a pas de bouche, mais il sait chanter. Quand il frissonne, quand le tonnerre tonne, que le vent le fait plier ou les oiseaux s’émerveiller, il siffle, il danse il applaudit les enfants de la prairie sous une pluie de fleurs de confettis.
• “Buoyant and delightful” — The New York Times, about previous title In My Heart.
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NINA’S MISCHIEF CAROLINE FAIT, ILL. BY MATHILDE GEORGE MAY 2018 175 X 241 MM – 32 PAGES – HARDBACK – €10,90
How fabulous friends come alive when you make up stories...
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On a normal day, Nina, who loves playing, reading tales books, eating cakes and having fun, starts acting silly, once, and again, and again, and to avoid being punished, she invents a whole group of imaginary friends. This is how a giraffe, an elephant, a crocodile and three little pigs, supposed to be the guilty ones, appear and, foolery after foolery, come to life. For bursts of laughter and bad behaviours, for punishments and cuddles, for joy tears, big sorrows, for real and for ever, cross my heart and hope to die, Nina and her friends are inseparable! A book about children’s ability to mix reality and imagination, more or less consciously, in this playful zone where they grow up, learn and face their fears.
SELLING POINTS: • A tender and humourous picture book about the power of imagination.
With Mathilde George’s very expressive illustration, this humourous picture book is delightful.
• A new gifted young illustrator. • A strong and endearing character. Une après-midi, Nina s’ennuie. Soudain elle dit : – Ça vous dit une partie de cache-cache ? Commence alors la plus folle des parties pour Nina, la girafe, l’éléphant, le crocodile et les cochons. En se cachant, ils roulent le tapis, dépendent les rideaux, renversent une chaise, deux ou trois livres, écornent quelques bibelots…
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PICTURE BOOKS/ AGES: 6+
THE PENGUIN WITH THE BROKEN WING PHILIPPE DE KEMMETER JUNE 2018 220 X 160 MM – 32 PAGES – HARDBACK – €8.50
The third opus of the hilarious palmiped trilogy by Philippe de Kemmeter.
SELLING POINTS: • Simple and hilarious texts. • Previous picture books in the same series have been translated into 9 languages.
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A little penguin falls down trying to catch a seaweed jam pot, and he ends up with a plaster cast. No more swimming pool or slides. But – who could have imagined that? – this broken wing makes him popular in the schoolyard: selfies, hints for homeworks, success with girls, 2753 likes on Icebook. Even at home, he is pampered: no more housework! In spite of the inconvenience of having a plaster cast and of the itching it causes, it is so good to feel like you’re the center of the world. But all good things come to an end: once his plaster cast has been removed, he is back to anonymity, and even more so because a classmate just got braces for his beak with pins that shine and everybody thinks it’s cool. Daddy wants to take a family picture to immortalize this return to a normal life, so he climbs on a stool and…
Quand Papa est venu me chercher à la sortie de l’école, ma nouvelle popularité dans la cour de récré l’a impressionné. Je crois qu’il aimerait bien avoir autant de succès.
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PICTURE BOOKS/ AGES: 6+
ROGER’S ROCK JEAN LEROY, ILL. BY MARIE-ANNE ABESDRIS APRIL 2018 160 X 220 MM – 40 PAGES – HARDBACK – €8.50
A tender and humourous picture book about friendship. When a rock is your friend, it has nothing to do with a common pebble! « Hi Roger! You are still with your pebble? - It is not a pebble, it’s a rock! You’re going to offend him... » Three kids are on the beach. Roger loves his rock, he likes reading against it, and considers it as a true friend. The other two kids make fun of him, as they don’t understand a pebble can be your pal. But when the sea level starts rising, the rock becomes a useful shelter for the little group and the three friends can wait, dry feet, for low tide, sharing stories. Everyone indeed has particular friends, for some it can be a pebble, others a balloon, other a flower...
SELLING POINTS:
What seems absurd or naive to some people is obvious to others, like love, this is what this lovely picture book reminds us with humour and a great tenderness.
• A renowned author. • The illustrator of bestselling middle-grade series Diary of a Pest (150,000 copies sold)! • A tender and humourous picture book.
− Rocher, caillou, c’est pareil ! Toi, tu peux même pas jouer avec ton ami, d’abord…
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Roxane Marie Galliez Seng Soun Ratanavanh
Merci Miyuki
THANK YOU, MIYUKI ROXANE MARIE GALLIEZ, ILL. BY SENG SOUN RATANAVANH SEPTEMBER 2018 250 X 340 MM – 32 PAGES – HARDBACK – €13.90
A wonderful tale to learn the art of gratitude and meditation. Miyuki and her grandfather are having a walk. Miyuki is very excited. «Lilac dew and drizzle on the fields, Grandpa wakes up to greet the Wind. Next to him Miyuki tries to do the same: one arm up in the air, her feet right-angled. She gasps and falls on the floor, mumbling. »
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SELLING POINTS: • A poetical text to deal with gratitude and meditation. • A beautiful large format picture book. • Previous picture books in this series have been translated into English, Spanish, Catalan, Complex Chinese and have received awards (French award Chronos for Be Patient, Miyuki, « one of the ten best picture books of 2016 » - El Pais, Spain).
While Grandpa danses slowly, Miyuki wants to play, bring him tea, take care of him. But Grandpa would like to meditate quietly. All right, she says, then teach me how to meditate. Here they are, drinking tea without saying a word, walking slowly, looking at the river, looking at a cloud in the sky, as if it were the first time. And the hours unwind, Grandpa keeps quiet, Miyuki twists and turns. Grandpa inhales a rose, and Miyuki wonders when they will at last start meditating. When? « But Miyuki, we have been meditating the whole day. When we have walked the path, doing nothing else than that, with no thoughts, no words, nothing else than our steps, we have meditated. Close to the river, looking at the water, without our eyes following the flow, we have meditated. When we have laid our eyes on the clouds, without imagining them, without transforming them, being fully present in this moment, we have meditated. » GrandPa and Miyuki come back home, filled with the happiness of being here and now, together.
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REFERENCE/ AGES: 3+
WHEN I GROW UP... JULIETTE EINHORN, ILL. BY SARAH ANDREACCHIO MARCH 2018 190 X 200 MM – 64 PAGES – HARDBACK – €12
This joyful catalog presents about thirty jobs, from the most conventional to the most unusual ones, and might foster vocations! Which child doesn’t dream of becoming a pilot, a singer, a fireman, a stylist, a journalist, a veterinarian, a football player, a policeman, a horse raiser, a baker? But do children know what a nose, a lock keeper, a lawyer or a beekeeper do?
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SELLING POINTS:
Each job is stylishly represented on a full page illustration, swarming with details. As a leitmotiv, the child can have fun looking for a little black cat who wanders, as the pages unfold, in each scene. By the way, is being President a job?
• A various selection of jobs to please every child. • Swarming and colourful illustrations by Sarah Andreacchio, who illustrated successful Constellations (close to 10,000 copies sold). • Short and funny texts by Juliette Einhorn.
Architecte Sans moi, la tour Eiffel n’existerait pas. Je suis un créateur, qui aime défier les lois de la gravité par des constructions aussi grandioses que ce que la nature peut inventer. Mais je suis aussi un technicien minutieux qui ne laisse rien au hasard : avant de dessiner le plan d’un bâtiment, je choisis ses matériaux et sa forme, pour que sortent de terre un immeuble où tout le monde veut habiter, des ponts spectaculaires, des musées et des gratte-ciel qui ne ressemblent à aucun autre. La nuit, je rêve de métal et de bois, de béton et de verre. Je suis un bâtisseur qui a la folie des grandeurs…
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REFERENCE/ LIFT-THE-FLAP/ POP-UP/ AGES: 6+
THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS ISABELLE FRACHET, ILL. BY MIKAEL MOUNE MAY 2018 226 X 226 MM – 22 PAGES – HARDBACK WITH ONE POP-UP IN THE END – €14.50
In this lift-the-flap book, jump into the past and discover the first civilizations and the earliest forms of writing. How was writing born? How were the first cities built? So many fascinating questions that lead us to discover the first civilizations. working cover
SELLING POINTS: • First civilizations: a fascinating theme linked to the school curriculum. • An entertaining book with flaps to lift and a beautiful pop-up spread.
Humans were first nomadic before settling down and inventing agriculture and farming. Around 3,500 years ago, in several places around the world, brilliant civilizations develop. Like their ancestors who used to paint in the prehistoric caves, those men try to name and order their daily lives. They develop a culture and skills and hand them down thanks to the invention of writing. We are their distant heirs. The first writings were mostly for inventory and accounting use. But men will soon start using this new communication tool to tell stories... and history!
• With stylish illustrations.
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Soon available in a box set with a mammouth to dig out (october 2018).
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REFERENCE/ AGES: 3+
FOUR SEASONS IN YOUR BASKET AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES MONTH AFTER MONTH FANNY DUCASSÉ MAY 2018 260 X 280 MM – 64 PAGES – HARDCOVER – PRINTED IN MULTICHROMY – €16
A beautiful encyclopedia of fruit and vegetables to raise awareness for responsible eating. With illustrations by renowned picture books illustrator Fanny Ducassé and a multichromy printing technique that renders wonderfully the vivid colours of nature!
SELLING POINTS: • A beautiful vocabulary book and almanac. • An ecological topic essential today! Eating seasonal fruit and vegetables is better for children, their parents, and everybody’s planet. • The first reference book by renowned picture books illustrator Fanny Ducassé.
No more eating strawberries during Winter! This beautiful book will not only teach or remind the names of fruit and vegetables but also help children know that to preserve our planet, it is important to respect the natural cycle and to eat seasonal local fruit and vegetables, most of the time much better than imported ones that have come by boat or plane, whether organic or not. A wonderful almanac, with Fanny Ducassé’s sense ot details, meticulousness, colour harmony. Each of the four seasons is introduced by a poetic setting and then each month spread pays tribute to the seasonal fruit and vegetables.
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REFERENCE/ ACTIVITY/ AGES: 3+
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THE LITTLE GARDERNER’S HANDBOOK THIERRY HEUNINCK, ILL. BY AURORE PETIT APRIL 2018 210 X 300 MM – 64 PAGES – HARDBACK – €14.90
A gardening handbook full of vivid colours and easy tips for little urbans who dream of growing their own fruit and vegetables! Radishes, basil, strawberries or parsley... You don’t need many hectares to have your own vegetable garden! Those step-by-step chapters are simple and clear, full of ideas of recipes and anecdotes (did you know carrots were white before becoming orange?). Together with the cycle of seasons, gardening tricks, a garden lexicon, it makes a full introduction to gardening, for all small green fingers!
SELLING POINTS: • Children love gardening... at their grandparents’. Here’s a book to help them garden at home!
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• Sparkling and colourful illustrations. • Ten step-by-step chapters, fully illustrated, for children to be able to do nearly everything by themselves.
En tartelette, confiture, compote, à croquer nature avec du sucre, de la crème, un filet de citron… la fraise est le fruit adoré des petits et des grands ! Son goût sera encore meilleur si tu la cultives toi-même. Et on peut en manger toute l’année !
• An introduction to present the great mechanisms of nature (photosynthesis, seasonality...) and the vocabulary of gardening.
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• Une jardinière en terre de 50 cm de longueur.
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• Des billes d’argile pour le drainage*. • Un mélange de terre : moitié terreau potager et moitié sable.
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Avant toute chose, débarrasse ton plant des fleurs et des petites fraises toutes vertes : pince avec tes doigts et détache-les doucement au niveau de la tige. Sinon, les fraises que tu récolteras seront toutes petites. Puis, fais tremper tes plants pendant au moins 1 heure dans l’eau pour qu’ils soient bien humides.
les variétés dites « remontantes » ont un avantage sur les autres : elles donnent des fraises plusieurs fois dans l’année !
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dépose une couche de billes d’argile au fond de la jardinière, puis remplis-la de terre jusqu’à la moitié. Casse les éventuels morceaux avec tes doigts en remuant bien. Ensuite tasse légèrement la terre avec tes mains et vaporise abondamment toute la surface avec de l’eau.
• Du paillis*. N’hésite pas à demander conseil au vendeur. • Un vaporisateur. • Un arrosoir.
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OCEANS HÉLÈNE DRUVERT
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A stunning lift-the flap and laser-cut book by the illustrator of awarded Anatomy. This stylish book takes us from the shore to the ocean trenches to discover this fascinating world. Diving into this book, from the top to the bottom of the oceans, the reader will understand the cycle of water, the waves movements, the oceans’ inhabitants, the oceans’ secrets and their vulnerability.
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SELLING POINTS: • A renowned illustrator, Bologna Ragazzi Award mention in 2017 for Anatomy. • A fascinating topic. • A stunning object.
An impressive die-cut frieze shows the animals living in each stratum, from the top to the dark bottom: - Flaps to lift on the shore to discover shellfishes and crustaceans under the pebbles - The tide system - The foodchain - A coral die-cut theater - A fascinating spread showing the way animals can hide and protect in the most populated zone: the top, filled with light. - A zoom on the giant squid - Die-cut black smokers on the deep dark bottom of the ocean - A coral die-cut theater - A large lift-the-flap iceberg Pollution and its consequences will end this fascinating journey, to remind how essential it is to preserve the oceans.
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REFERENCE/ AGES: 6+
THE MOON POP-UP BOOK OLIVIER CHARBONNEL, ANNE JANKELIOWITCH, ILL. BY ANNABELLE BUXTON OCTOBER 2018 230 X 300 MM – 22 PAGES – HARDBACK WITH 5 POP-UPS – €23
A stunning and original view of the moon! What would the moon look like if you could see it from up close? How were man’s first footsteps on the moon? Learn everything about this mysterious and beautiful satellite. Half or full, the moon fascinates each and everyone with its poetic atmosphere. A perfect subject for a large scale pop-up.
SELLING POINTS: • With both stylish and whimsical illustrations. • A beautiful pop-up book for Christmas. • A fascinating theme for budding scientists and great dreamers. • A great book to celebrate the 50 years of the first steps on the moon!
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REFERENCE/ AGES: 10+
100 SILLY COMPARISONS THAT ARE NOT THAT DUMB STÉPHANE FRATTINI, ILL. BY VINCENT RIFF APRIL 6, 2018 145 X 255 MM – 208 PAGES – €14.90
Is a life time enough to count loudly from zero to one billion? A hundred stupid comparisons to learn fascinating facts! Do we have more eyelashes or eyebrows? If the Earth had 1,000 inhabitants, how many Europeans would there be? Would we die faster if we stopped sleeping or eating? Does an eye bigger than a basket ball exist? Are as many baby boys as many baby girls born each year on earth? If all the ice on earth melt, how higher would the oceans be? Are there more cows or pigs on earth? Those comparisons are stupid, aren’t they? But you learn a lot when trying to answer them...
SELLING POINTS: • A dynamic layout, enhanced by sharp and funny illustrations.
With funny, serious or anecdotal answers, this entertaining book will help learn a lot on a varied range of topics.
• “ This well-made book gives great pleasure and, let's admit it, some strong laughs. […] To drag all summer with you so to challenge your friends!” — The Huffington Post Canada about previous title in the series.
À QUE LLE HAU TEUR SAUT ERAI T UNE PUC E AU SSI GR AN DE QU’UN HOMME ?
Petite fonceuse
Grâce à une caméra à grande vitesse, des chercheurs de l’université de Cambridge ont pu constater qu’en sautant, la puce s’appuie sur ses orteils (tarses), dotés de puissantes griffes de serrage. Cela lui permet de se lancer à une vitesse de 1,9 m/s, soit une accélération de 150 G (l’homme le plus entraîné ne peut supporter que 18 G)… Son accélération est donc 20 fois supérieure à celle de la fusée Ariane, tandis qu’à l’atterrissage, elle subit une décélération équivalente à celle d’une voiture fonçant dans un mur à 300 km/h ! Ça va, ma puce ?
Pulex irritans, la puce de l’homme, doit son nom au fait que sa piqûre irrite terriblement la peau. Ce qui n’empêche pas d’admirer un instant ce petit animal, avant de l’écraser d’un ongle rageur !
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Tout est relatif
Depuis 1993, le Cubain Javier Sotomayor détient le record du monde de saut en hauteur, avec 2,45 m. Sachant qu’il mesure 1,95 m, ce score représente 1,25 fois sa taille. De son côté, la puce ne mesure que 2 mm, mais réalise des sauts pouvant atteindre 30 cm de haut… soit 150 fois sa taille ! Si Javier Sotomayor était aussi performant qu’une puce, il sauterait donc à 360 m de haut, bien au-dessus de la tour Eiffel.
Super élastique
Tout comme la sauterelle, qui saute 200 fois la longueur de son propre corps, la puce possède, entre le thorax et les pattes, un tampon constitué d’une protéine spécifique, la résiline. Cette matière aux propriétés élastiques exceptionnelles stocke l’énergie nécessaire, avant de se détendre brusquement lors du saut. Et zou, voici la puce accrochée aux mollets d’un promeneur ! 18
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DISCRIMINATIONS
KNOWING THEM TO FIGHT THEM! EMMA STRACK, ILL. BY MARIA FRADE SEPTEMBER 2018 170 X 230 MM – 160 PAGES – SOFTCOVER – €14.50
Origins, looks, health, identity, affiliations... there has always been discriminations in all fields, and they remain. This book is a graphic and clear picture of discriminations around the world and through history that helps realize how the standards of what is considered as normal and acceptable vary through times and cultures.
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SELLING POINTS: • An essential topic.
On a global scale it will make the readers want to act as it reminds them how tragic the consequences of discriminations can be. On an individual scale, it will make the readers accept their « differences » and those of their acquaintances which wouldn’t be called as such in other countries or in other epocas. This book gives a bigger picture of all types of discriminations. Thanks to short texts and a dynamic layout it is an efficient source of information for this age group. With its colourful illustrations, it is also an attractive book and a powerful invitation to action. An essential read.
• A dynamic and modern layout for an easy hopping read adapted to the age group. • Hip and colourful illustrations.
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MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION/ AGES: 9+
DIARY OF A PEST
DIARY OF MY (ALMOST) ORDINARY LIFE
VOLUME 5 / ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! SERIES
VOL. 2 / THE MYSTERY OF THE HUMMINGBIRD
VIRGINY L. SAM, ILL. BY MARIE-ANNE ABESDRIS
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FEBRUARY 1, 2018 140 X 205 MM – 288 PAGES – SOFTCOVER – €11.90
VIRGINY L.SAM, ILL. BY CLOTKA
SELLING POINTS: • After bestselling Diary of a Pest series (150,000 copies sold in France), Virginy L.Sam gives life to a realistic pre-teen. • Full of humour, of cheerful little scenes and witty one-liners that are always spot-on. • A punchy layout filled with little illustrations.
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MARCH 2018 170 X 230 MM – 224 PAGES – SOFTCOVER – €11.90
Love, camping, and mountain goats! Fran is on holiday, and she’s off camping in the mountains. But there’s no rest for the cheeky!
Move after move, Lila-Lou drags her little wheeled suitcase, her bad temper and her little complexes. What if, for once, she tried to open up a bit? In this new volume, Lila-Lou has received a letter from a secret admirer. Could this be the beginning of true love for the queen of grouches?
The summer holidays are finally here! Fran is excited, to say the least: in a few weeks time, her family is going camping with Kevin’s family (Yuk) but also with… Théo’s (Yaay)! In the meantime, there’s a lot to do: Fran needs to get ready for the great end-of-year ball, must find a present for her little sister Eva’s birthday, and go and entertain Grandpa Gaston, who is in the hospital and bored out of his mind… These will be some well-deserved holidays!
The Tabouret family has moved again and Lila-Lou, who hates being “the new girl in the class”, is having trouble fitting in. This morning’s forehead zit-count has reached seventeen. On top of that, her parents have decided to organise a party to get to know the neighbours, and she is the one who is going to have to take care of the kids while the adults have all the fun… Luckily, she can still text with her old friends and new ones, there is her boxing classes, and there is that film in which she is to play a young boxer. But above all, there is that anonymous letter that says she is pretty… despite the blemishes all over her face and her too-round backside. What if this were the start of a beautiful love story? Whatever the case, Lila-Lou is determined to find the identity of her secret admirer… And to find her place in this new town, she’s is ready to fight like a boxer!
SELLING POINTS: • A girl doesn’t have to be either a wimpy dork, or a well-mannered swot. A girl can choose her own way of life: being a true pest! • Easy to read, filled with hilarious illustrations and a dynamic layout. • The character and humour will not only touch girls but boys can also easily identify to Fran and laugh with her! • A bestselling series: 150,000 cp sold in France, already translated into 3 languages.
How dull a well-behaved girl’s everyday life must be! Fran thinks the funniest things you can do are the forbidden ones. Through her diary, she gives us plenty of tips to become a true little pest. When Tom Gates meets Nellie Olson, bursts of laughter guaranteed!
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enfants turbulents que tu es obligée de garder
Objectifs : sous la douche, devinez qui a dû leur faire la conversation ? Moi. Conversation totalement dépourvue d’intérêt qui a commencé ainsi : – C’est tout de même drôlement laid, ces petites choses qu’on vous colle sur les dents, à vous, les jeunes, a commencé le vieux monsieur en tentant une intrusion de son doigt fripé dans ma bouche pour tripoter mes bagues. – Mais laisse donc cette pauvre gamine tranquille, a rétorqué sa femme. C’est déjà pas marrant�pour�elle�de�s’appeler�Tabouret�!
Puis elle a pris un air compatissant proche de celui qu’on adopte face à une personne qui vient de perdre toute sa famille dans un crash d’avion. Comme je suis polie et plutôt bien élevée, je n’ai rien répondu, mais j’ai pensé très fort : « ET TA MISE EN PLIS, ON EN PARLE ?! » Le reste de la discussion n’a pas volé plus haut : j’ai même eu droit aux détails du buffet d’entrées à volonté chez Flunch. Eh oui, ma vie est parfois un cauchemar ! Heureusement, Xavier et Ghislain, les meilleurs amis de papa, sont arrivés peu de temps après et je leur ai refilé le bébé. (Quand je dis le « bébé »… il serait plus juste de dire « le pépé et la mémé »).
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Mini-antilopes sur la chemise de Xavier : 35 (oui, certains amis de mon père portent des chemises à motifs sans avoir honte)
En rejoignant ma chambre pour me préparer, j’ai croisé Charlène dans l’escalier. Toujours aussi sympa, celle-là !
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• que les enfants ne veuillent plus Jamais être gardés par toi.
• que tes parents n'aient plus Jamais envie de te confier qui que ce soit !
IN THE SAME SERIES: rs éternels. les prisonnie chaise. est ligoté à une Chaque enfant libère a gagné. se Le premier qui noeuds, serres bien les tu Sauf que si tu er, à se libér et aucun ne réussira u'à l'arrivée des jusq seras tranquille les parents). ir, savo (à secours
aisable. le puzzle inf s de trois Mélanger les pièce et demander puzzles différents ce puzzle faire de petits aux diction infaisable. Avec inter qu'ils tant absolue de se lever n'ont pas fini.
le musée. Les enfants sont des statues . Ceux qui bougent sont expulsés du musée et envoyés au grenier. (Précise bien que le grenier est hanté par un fantôme canniba le, et tout le monde se tiendra à carreau .) Variante : le cimetière. Vu que les morts ne bougent pas, ils s'allon gent tous et tu es peinarde !
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