Prenez une fable fameuse, Le Renard et la Cigogne, de Jean de la Fontaine, illustre poète et fabuliste français. Ajoutez une belle cuillerée d'adaptation par Dana Monceau, agrémentée de la traduction anglaise de Danielle Brown. Saupoudrez d'une bonne dose de virtuosité graphique, sous la forme de superbes planches concoctées par Nadia Léonard. Mélangez avec quelques activités ludiques sur le thème des émotions. Servez à tout public, jeunes et moins jeunes, sans modération aucune !

Le texte est en français et en anglais.

In a vast plain stood a huge and solitary tree. It was inhabited by more than a thousand ravens who lived there in harmony. The young respected the elders and their king ruled with wisdom and kindness... 

The war of the crows and the owls, transposes in the animal world, the lies and the ambitions of the human kind. Two peoples confront each other, but cunning and strategy allow them to triumph over brutality.

The text is in English and in French.

Cane, but also skull cover, parachute, pole, fishing rod... an umbrella meets many needs. But to protect from the rain, that's another story...

The text is in French and in English.

Let me introduce myself, my name is Misty, I’m a cat I live in Paris, In this apartment building next to the bakery Where my friend Caramel Lives so well. He spends his time eating croissants, Licking lollipops, Watching ladies go by the shop.

This book is also available in French: Chat chez Paris.

Moko believes that there is a creature somewhere whose breath is so strong that it makes the branches of the trees move and the sand dunes shift. He thinks that the clouds run away from the wind out of fear of the creature. He goes off to find this creature. Exhausted by the sun and the heat, it is a soft breeze that eases his rest. He then decides that the creature must in fact be a benevolent one.

Vassilia has no father nor mother. She lives in poverty, working hard without losing her kindness. One day, to thank for helping her, an old hunchback gives her a piece of wood and says these words: "Knock three times on the small wood and Mamouschka will appear ..." With Mamouschka, the magical doll, the life of Vassilia will never be the same, especially since a Russian doll often hides another ... and another ... and another!

It is night time and Moko can’t sleep. Looking out to the horizon, he notices a shot of colour at the water’s surface. He wakes Mei-Li to ask her what he is seeing. Together they take a barge and set off. Under them, a rainbow of colours is dancing in the waves. Moko and Mei-Li think that the fish must be organizing a party and decide to dive in. Bit by bit the sun is rising and day is breaking. The two friends return to the village, overjoyed at the wonders of the ocean.

To lift the curse on his village, Kumakoue, the little Zulu warrior, has to leave for a great journey. Thanks to his courage, he will become friends with Kombaku, the solitary elephant, and Lilangani, the blue-handed monkey. With the strength of one and the magic of the other, he shall free his village and become a hero, him who is nevertheless not higher than two drums placed one over the other ...

This book is also available in French: Le long voyage de Kumakoué

Day after day, Moko has been going to the shore and contemplating the rising sun. On one particular morning, he is accompanied by his friend, the village’s “wise man”. He asks his friend what he might find at the end of the world, he would very much like to go there. The old man tells him that he must leave everything behind and find out; he doesn’t know what lies at the end of the world but that he would very much like to. Moko promises to return and share his discoveries and takes off on a raft. Suddenly he is caught up in a terrible storm and he pleads with the Sea Beast to let him through. The tornado swirls around his raft and lifts him high in the sky then drops him back atop the waves, safe and sound. As the storm fades into the distance, Moko thanks the Sea Beast for keeping him safe and is now convinced that he will finally know what lies on the other side of the ocean.

Intrigué par le nom donné aux montagnes à l’horizon, « les monts de la Terre ronde », Moko se met en marche pour savoir si la Terre est bien ronde. Un vieux lui dit qu’en effet, en marchant droit devant lui, il pourrait bien faire le tour de la Terre et revenir à son point de départ. Moko suit ses conseils… et fait le tour de la Terre en revenant à son village sans avoir rebroussé chemin. Mais n’ayant pas eu la sensation de tourner autour d’une boule, il continue de penser que la Terre est plate.

Moko is woken by the sound of singing coming from the other end of the beach. It is Mei-Li, who wears a hat the shape of a sand dune and whose eyes are the shape of a moon crescent. As they are walking towards Mei-Li’s village, they feel a terrible rumble and see black smoke coming from the mountain. Moko thinks this is his fault, that he has trespassed in the forbidden forest, and wants to apologize. They arrive at the edge of an enormous chasm, a veritable fire pit. To calm the mountain, Moko offers it a beautiful seashell, as Mei-Li’s ancestors did. The mountain’s rumbling stops and Moko is proud to have learned it’s language.

During the dry season, the river’s water dries up and what is left turns to mud, making it impossible to swim or to drink. Moko wonders how to find water. An old man carrying a stick tells him he should dig behind some rocks, and there he finds water sprouting from the ground. A hidden spring! Moko is so happy at this discovery, he tells himself that water is so precious that it hides itself in the ground to make sure that there is always some left, even when the river is dry.

On this night, Moko is meditating, contemplating the horizon. Mei-Li comes to keep him company. All of a sudden, they hear a hollow and continuous sound coming from beyond the beach. Mei-Li is frightened but Moko is curious and wants to know what is making this sound. As they approach the hills, the sound gets louder and louder and Mei-Li is more and more frightened, so Moko decides to go around the dune on his own. As he does so, the sound changes and becomes more of a song. Moko returns and tells Mei-Li that it is the sand and the ground singing together. She decides to sing as well. Moko thinks to himself that the magical dune is urging him to go on with his travels and he knows that this is likely his last day in the village. With a heavy heart, Moko decides that at dawn he will need to pack his bags.

With a storm approaching, Moko heads towards a nearby tree to seek shelter. An old man urges him to reconsider and tells him to return to the village, the tree could suddenly burst into flame. On his way back to the village, Moko sees a lightning bolt hit the very same tree, and set it on fire. Frightened, Moko thinks that the old man must be a magician to have predicted such a thing.

In the middle of the day, the sun suddenly starts disappearing little by little. Frightened, Moko wonders what magician could be responsible for this. With the village wise man he goes off to find the sorcerer responsible for the sun’s disappearance. When they cannot find the culprit, they join the other villagers to observe the sky. An old lady sees them and tells them she has seen this happen before and to have no fear, the sun will return. When it does, Moko thinks to himself that the sun, tired of shining every day, must sometimes simply need a little nap.

On that morning, Moko goes to see he friend the village wise man. The old man has such a beautiful garden filled with so many beautiful flowers that Moko spends the whole day admiring them. The old man gives him a rose, and tells him to take very good care of it. When Moko returns home, he notices that his rose is wilting. He thinks of bringing it to a river, but the rose dries out completely. The old man finds Moko crying, saddened by the loss of his beautiful flower. As the wind gusts around them, the old man tells him to look down at his precious rose. Moko is amazed to discover that his withered rose has become a sand rose. The wise man tells him to guard this secret as if it was a treasure. Moko thinks then that he must also have meant a great deal to the rose, and that the wind consoled his sadness.

A little frog thinks she is too ordinary and despairs to attract the attention of other animals. When she discovers she can grow infinitely by drinking the river's water, she begins to swallow all the water of the earth, to the last drop, in order to put the world at her feet...

This book is also available in French: L'eau de la Terre.

A young boy dreamed of taking a boat to the sea. Then three mysterious and familiar swans appeared on the surface of the water. Riding a wood board, the boy went to sea to try and catch the birds ... But without ever reaching them, he soon found himself in the middle of the sea...

Sur une plage de l’Atlantique africain, face à l’océan, Loango scrute les vagues, très concentré...

Sa grand-mère, Mame Tsaku, lui a dit que s’il parvenait à compter jusqu’à la mille-et-unième vague, alors son vœu le plus cher se réaliserait... Et si c’était vrai ?

That morning, Moko tells himself that it is time to leave Mei-Li’s land and he gets his raft ready. A man tells him that he must take the route of the great plains to continue his journey. Moko goes to the village to bid farewell to Mei-Li who has made rice cakes for him. One morning a few days after his departure he reaches the famous route where the horizon seems never-ending. As he walks a great gust of wind makes him fall and drop his precious stone. Seeing it on the ground, Moko thinks of Mei-Li and tells himself he must go on for those he has left behind. He goes on while clutching his stone in his hand. Moko’s heart lightens as he thinks that one day his travels will bring him back to those he loves.

Moko, watching the sky one night, sees a shooting star and wonders where the stars come from. He travels to the mountain and meets a woman tending to a bonfire. As the woman blows on the fire to revive it, glowing embers fly up high into the sky. Moko thinks that he has found the source of all the stars in the sky.

Moko wonders why the clouds all come and cry on his village at once. Why are they so sad? He asks the old wise man who suggests that he wait until the end of the rainy season to understand. Once the rains have stopped, Moko returns to see the old man. He tells Moko that the answer is in the fields. Moko sees then that the rains have made the crops grow and thinks that the clouds are not crying when it rains, they are offering all of their water to the earth to make it fertile.

There is no rain in sight and Moko is worried. He decides to go and ask the advice of an old wise man who is said to be part magician, part sorcerer. Further confused by the wise man’s explanations, Moko heads nevertheless for the sand dunes. Far in the distance he sees a strange apparition: a cluster of trees around a small lake. He starts to run towards the apparition but no sooner has he begun his run that he can no longer see his destination. Disappointed, he sits on a rock and rests. A woman carrying a jug full of water on her head walks over to him and explains that he simply has to look in the right direction, and there, in the distance Moko sees the lake once again. He decides to head for it while never losing sight of it this time. On his way back to his village, he drops a trail of leaves to be able to return to the lake, but the wind quickly wipes away all of the leaves. Moko thinks that the desert shared a great secret with him and that it is best to keep it to himself.

The Curupira is one of the most strange beings of the Brazilian jungle. Protector of flora and fauna, it chases and punishes those who destroy nature. The young Cuchui, doubting its existence, decides to go looking for him.