It is winter. All the colours of the forest have faded and given way to cold and silence. There's no question of ever going outside again! During this time of year in Japan, the tanuki sleeps soundly in its burrow... and doesn't move until spring returns! But this winter, a strange feeling comes over his stomach...

After the Fukushima tsunami and the death of her grandmother, Yuki and her family leave Japan for Brittany. She meets Clara and they become fast friends. As Clara enters the world of Yuki and her mother, she discovers a whole new culture. She tries on a kimono and a pair of geta, bakes a rice cake or admires the beautiful kokeshis. But what Clara loves most of all is haiku. She is passionate about this traditional poetry and dreams of becoming a haijin.

Amadeo is a tram driver in Lisbon, but not just any tram driver. In his Éléctrico 28, it's great happiness: people all fall in love with his panoply of skilful and amusing manoeuvres. All of them? Except Amadeo himself, who has a heart as big as this... At the end of his journey, will the driver of this emblematic tram of the Portuguese capital find his sweetheart?

Berlin 1988. While playing in the attic, I discovered a cello that belonged to my grandmother. I took it in my arms and we never left each other. Music sounds like a language to me. What's more, my parents fled East Berlin with this instrument, while my grandparents are still on the other side of the wall. But today, more and more people are angry, they demonstrate in the streets and soon, this wall will have to come down.This album has been selected for the Prix Michel Tournier, category CM1-CM2, 2020.

The construction of the century has started: a tunnel that will connect France to Great Britain. Everyone is talking about that! For that matter, Rosa's father, a specialist in underground construction has been called to work on that incredible project. Rosa is not thrilled: she'll have to leave her friends, school, and Martinique to move to Sangatte, in the Pas-de-Calais. "Un jour ailleurs", stories to discover a striking event of the 20th century.

Four high school students, who run a blog specializing in strange and paranormal phenomena, are leading the investigation. For their first case to solve, Kyle, Ashley, Zoey and Tyler will have to deal with disturbing werewolves that invade Hyde Park... As the clues come in, this adventure will lead them to the most mysterious places in London! An exciting and suspenseful comic book for apprentice detectives.

The story takes place in Burkina Faso. The book tells of the tribulations of the chicken Piga who is taken to the big market in Ouagadougou. A journey through the colourful and dusty tracks in a crowded bus. Discovery of the city, its numerous stalls and its intense traffic. Arriving on the big market, Piga understands that he is going to be sold, we then discover bartering, haggling, all the exchanges that allow to be in turn seller or buyer to provide for his needs. Piga, who has no desire to end up in stew, will manage to escape from the city. The story of Chicken Piga was born from notes and sketches collected during several trips of the author to Burkina Faso.

Sipho loves rugby! He is mocked by his brothers and neighbours in the township of Soweto. Rugby is a white man's sport and everyone supports the Bafana Bafana football team. But this year, South Africa is hosting the Rugby World Cup and the Springboks have Chester Wiliams, a black rugby player who is going to unleash the passions.With the help of short texts and large colourful illustrations, this album simply recounts this important event in history. With short texts and large colourful illustrations, this book simply recounts this important event in history. At the end, a few explanatory pages tell the reader more about apartheid, the life of Nelson Mandela and the inequalities that still exist in this country. Le P'tit Libé

Aslam watches helplessly as his father is arrested for disobeying the English authorities by harvesting salt, which is taxed too heavily. The boy is plagued by doubt. Why did his father break the law? Why isn't the salt of the sea for everyone? When he learns that the famous Gandhi is on his way to his village, Jalalpur, Aslam regains hope. With his cousin Kamal, he watches impatiently and relentlessly for the arrival of their hero, the only one who can stand up to the authorities and perhaps free his father.This album was selected for the Prix Michel Tournier 2021.

A long time ago, elephants had wings, beautiful colored wings, and the gods rode them through the clouds. But one day, the elephant of the king of the gods disobeyed his master, and came down to earth...

Navani de Delhi introduces us to a little Indian girl who invites us to visit her city and shows us her little world in a playful and original way: her home, her family, her friends, her school, the bazaars and temples, the Taj-Mahal, the music, the dance and the delicious Indian food...

Bombay Wow! A heartfelt cry for anyone who ventures into the streets of Bombay, a city of strange and miraculous encounters, in the footsteps of characters who are as endearing as they are gifted at finding themselves in funny situations. It is a Bombay teeming with fantasy and colour that is told to us here, with finesse, and which invites us to travel.

1925, Joséphine arrives in France. It's the beginning of an incredible adventure.

In a joyous and energetic turbulence, the little girl from the poor neighborhoods of Saint-Louis in Missouri will become an immense star but also an engaged woman, ready to fight to defend her values.

The adventures of Tom Sawyer took place a long time ago in America at the time of the conquest of the West, the cowboys and the Indians. It is the story of a boy who was a bit wild, as was his country at that time.

But who left a footprint on his horse?

The little fox takes the tiger to meet a deer and her fawn, three baby pandas then four agile monkeys. Behind the fox who's walking confidently, the animals notice the big tiger... They all run off immediately.

At the edge of a footpath, Old Laolao is worried. In this cool season, no one to buy her fans. Where will she find the money to feed her grandson? Passing by, the famous calligrapher Wang is touched but he has his own idea to help Laolao. He will embellish the fans with his beautiful writing and he will work miracles! This story of giving and generosity is inspired by the life of the most famous Chinese calligrapher, WANG Xizhi (4th century).

Once upon a time, there were five Chinese brothers who were as similar as a drop of water to another drop of water. Each of them had a special gift. One day, the eldest of the brothers is held responsible for the disappearance of a little boy. The sentence was swift. He was sentenced to death. However, the five brothers are like the five fingers of a hand. Nothing can separate them. And with their fabulous powers, they have more than one trick up their sleeve... A traditional Chinese tale revisited by Virginie Soffer and beautifully illustrated by Roshanak Ostad.

The cat with no name hangs out in the streets with his friends. One day he discovers a nice building and moves in. Each inhabitant calls him by a different nickname, our cat now has several names... This story invites the audience to ask: What are the cat's names? Have you ever been given a nickname?

Max is a little boy like no other: he is an ogre who lives in Paris. When summer arrives and the capital is empty of its inhabitants, he can finally give free rein to his every whim! He likes to build gigantic sand castles in the Tuileries gardens, the ring road becomes a giant circuit for his remote-controlled cars, in short his imagination has no limits!

Can you imagine a doctor as a musician? A few notes of music, no more flu! A few chords on the piano, no more backache! And for the most serious cases, the violin does its work. A dream, a utopia? No, here is Doctor Bellenote, and his dog Ré-Mi, who will cure all your worries.

In the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, the ponies are bored. It has snowed. The park is almost deserted. Finally, a little girl arrives... A mischievous pony and a curious little girl set off to discover Paris and its treasures.

Max is a little boy like no other: he is an ogre who lives in Paris. When summer arrives and the capital is empty of its inhabitants, he can finally give free rein to his every whim! He likes to build gigantic sand castles in the Tuileries gardens, the ring road becomes a giant circuit for his remote-controlled cars, in short his imagination has no limits!

Marie de Paris is a French girl who takes us on a tour of her city and introduces us to her little world in a playful and original way: her house, her family, her friends, her school, the boat-flies, Montmartre, the garden of Luxembourg...

This book is also available in French: Marie de Paris.

Marie de Paris is a little French girl who takes us on a tour of her city and shows us her little world in a playful and original way: her home, her family, her friends, her school, the bateaux-mouches, Montmartre, the Luxembourg Gardens...

This book is also available in English: Marie from Paris.

A long time ago, night did not exist. The sky was a huge yellow picture from which the day never faded away... Sometimes, clouds, rain or snow came to shade the light, but that was not enough to make life less monotonous, less boring... One day, Naîm decided to take his courage in both hands as well as a ladder and his brushes, and to attack this invariably yellow sky...

This tale is a social fable. It speaks of the fear that seizes us in front of the unknown, in front of a stranger, even a simple cat. It tells how this fear can grow until it paralyses a whole kingdom... A Persian tale illustrated, in the respect of the tradition, by the patchworks of a major Iranian illustrator of this beginning of century.

Seven Lives relates the joys, fears, doubts and thoughts of a cat with many faces and representations as diverse as its states of mind. The cat, a metaphor for the child, tries to define and understand himself: who does he look like? Who does he inherit from? Who does he love? Who is he really? How to be unique and so multiple at the same time..;

Poems in Landscapes is a collection of poems for children written from engravings and engravings painted from poems. The poems evoke the sensation of bodies in nature, the engravings integrate the body as a natural element. Here, everything is playful, everything echoes the world of childhood and the particular attention paid to details in the world. The tiny and the gigantic rub shoulders, marvellous animals appear, mountains, trees, water, beasts and the human body merge.