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.

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

My father decided that we would move to Montgomery to live with my grandmother. Blacks aren't treated any better there, but I would be safer. Besides, my grandmother makes the best red bean casserole in the neighborhood! We often took the bus across town. The blacks sat in the back, the whites sat in the front. One day, before Christmas, a lady refused to give up her seat to a white man. She dared to say no to him. This was the beginning of a great protest.This album was the winner of the Fleur de sel Prize at the Nau Belles Rencontres 2016.

Yehunda was born in a cotton field and lives under the sun, her eyes glowing with light. Yehunda has a secret that she only finds at nightfall. Her secret has blond hair and skin as light as hers is dark. Together they build their dreams, lightening themselves from the crushing weight of the discipline imposed by the masters. But one day, perhaps they will be free to realize their dreams. This album won the 2016 Confidentiels de Combourg youth award.

Around the lake, the situation is serious. The birds of bad luck have invaded parts of the country, imposing their terrible laws. Jojo and Jolie, two young birds have to flee, leaving their parents behind. Without any other choice than making a deal with dishonest trespassers, they'll be confronted with many dangers and start a new life! A touching graphic novel with just and moving illustrations.

In the middle of Oceania was stretching Papua. In the shadows of its thick forest, the village of the young Tahirou was living in perfect harmony. Never a quarrel, never a conflict until the terrible day when pirates landed of his island...

Hana is a refugee in France because there is a war in her country. At night, she sleeps with her mom in a museum, very close to "Mademoiselle Vole". But, that is a secret, you mustn't say it. Until the day where...

Paloma and her parents left Spain because of the war. However, in Paris too, people talk about the dictator Franco, especially since he bombed the town of Guernica. During the May 1st demonstration, Paloma finds a wounded dove. She nurses it, feeds it, and her father builds it a cage. The bird, nestled in her shoulder, accompanies her everywhere. During one of her walks in the streets of Paris with her dove, Paloma exchanges a few words with a man who marks her mind. Later, when she sees the painting of Guernica during her visit to the World's Fair, she realizes that it is Pablo Picasso.This book has been selected for the Prix Michel Tournier 2020 and for the Prix jeunesse Alé of the LEC Festival 2020 (Littératures européennes de Cognac).

Every evening, at mealtime, little Jeanne is worried. She waits without making a sound. And what she dreads always ends up happening: the argument, the anger, the shouting. Jeanne is afraid. Sometimes she runs away, to Grandma's house or to the plain, on her blue bicycle. But tonight, it's raining and it's dark.... So she closes her eyes, presses her hands very hard over her ears and escapes, far, very far from here, where her life is beautiful, where her life will be beautiful...This album was part of the Opalivres 2020 selection and is supported by the Ministry for Women's Rights.

A little girl lived alone with her mother. But her mother falls in love... and unknowingly brings the big bad wolf into their home. From then on, the smiles fall. And the howling begins. The little girl now wears long sleeves and builds a brick wall around her heart. Valérie Fontaine and Nathalie Dion deliver a moving fable about family violence. The wolf character represents the figure of the violent man with terrifying power. The references to classic fairy tales amplify the emotional tension of the story. This book was selected for the Prix Communication Arts Illustration Annual 2020, was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award in the category of children's literature/illustrated books in 2020, and received the Prix Espiègle in 2021.A portion of the sale price of this book is donated to SOS Violence conjugale (Canada) and Solidarité Femmes (France).

Once upon a time, a little wolf had an earache. It had nothing to do with any illness. This little wolf had heard too many cries, too many things that hurt him, and his ears refused to listen! In a violent family context, Little Wolf tries to tell his pain... to Mommy? To the teacher? To a friend? Shame prevents him from speaking. It is only in Grandma's arms that he can finally tell his heavy secret. This conversation will lead to another one, this time with the father.

This is a 7 year old girl who carries a heavy burden. She can't tell anyone what she is going through. She would be too afraid to be called a liar. And then, around her, nobody would understand, he is so nice... "It's our little secret", he says to her, every time he visits her at night. Unable to say no to him, she feels guilty. Her everyday life is disrupted, at home and at school, where she sometimes feels suffocated in the middle of a lesson, assailed by dark images. Then one day, he stopped coming. Little by little, she regained a taste for life. Until that famous night when she caught him coming out of her little sister's room. She realizes then that with her too, he has a small secret. This revelation, like an electroshock, makes her decide to talk, so that it will finally stop. 

Jack and his mother are poor. The day Jack trades their goat for six bean seeds, his mother gets angry. But the seeds are actually magic! In one night they grow into a huge ladder of greenery, like a giant bean. Jack climbs to the top of the ladder and, beyond the clouds, enters the ominous home of an ogre and an ogress...

Abandoned by their parents, Margaux and Jeannot are lost in the forest. In this Grimm's tale, a mysterious white bird guides them to a wonderful house made of bread, cakes and sugar. But this house belongs to a wicked witch who has a habit of eating children...

"In the midst of the gusts, in the freezing cold, a poor girl walked down the street: she had nothing on her head, she was barefoot." Discover or rediscover this Andersen fairy tale through the moving illustrations of Isabelle Desternes, who makes each scene in this story a truly delicate, fragile, and deeply touching tableau.

The Whale on Bus 29 evokes in a very warm and poetic way a little girl's view of a colourful and moving woman who has been sitting in front of her bus stop for a week. In the eyes of the little girl, this woman looks like a whale stranded on the sidewalk. In creating this story, in which one of the two characters is a homeless woman, the author succeeds in creating a very endearing book, rich in tenderness, poetry, imagination, humour and emotion. This album was awarded the 2015 Jérôme Main Prize at the Cherbourg Children's Book Festival.

Amandine's parents are divorced and get along very well. Everything is in its place in the little girl's life. But one day her father introduces her to his lover, who is none other than Jean, his daughter's teacher. Amandine finds it hard to accept her father's homosexuality. For a while, her father chooses to break off his relationship with Jean so as not to interfere with his relationship with his daughter. But thanks to her friends and her mother, Amandine finally understands: "It's all love, just love". And she will, with the help of her friends, bring about a meeting between her father and Jean so that they can renew their relationship.This album was part of the selection of the 2018-2019 Ruralivres Nord fair, intermediate category.

I'm nine years old. But what can I do if my mom fell in love with a girl named Christelle? "The story of a student who must face the other students in his class because he has two moms.

My name is Marius, I am five years old and I have two houses. My father also has a new lover.

A love story, far from clichés, a love story, quite simply.

Liberty, equality, fraternity... But in fact, what does this motto mean? Have fun with the everyday situations that Pierre Gay offers you to (re)discover, through them, the values of our Republic! "[...] excellent: accessible to all children, concrete and perfectly clear" - Nicolas Cadène, general reporter of the Observatory of Secularism.

Charlie and his friend live in troubled times, with the rise of an extreme political regime, the Brown State, and they go about their lives in a very ordinary way: between beer and belote. They are neither heroes nor pure bastards. They simply look the other way to avoid trouble, but do we know enough about where the little cowardice of each of us can lead us collectively?

In the middle of Oceania was stretching Papua. In the shadows of its thick forest, the village of the young Tahirou was living in perfect harmony. Never a quarrel, never a conflict until the terrible day when pirates landed of his island...

Liberty, equality, fraternity... But in fact, what does this motto mean? Enjoy the everyday situations that Pierre Gay proposes to you to (re)discover, through them, the values of our Republic!

Liberty, equality, fraternity... But in fact, what does this motto mean? Have fun with the everyday situations that Pierre Gay offers you to (re)discover, through them, the values of our Republic! "[...] excellent: accessible to all children, concrete and perfectly clear" - Nicolas Cadène, general reporter of the Observatory of Secularism.

Liberty, equality, fraternity... But in fact, what does this motto mean? Enjoy the everyday situations that Pierre Gay proposes to you to (re)discover, through them, the values of our Republic!

Hana is a refugee in France because there is a war in her country. At night, she sleeps with her mom in a museum, very close to "Mademoiselle Vole". But, that is a secret, you mustn't say it. Until the day where...

Around the lake, the situation is serious. The birds of bad luck have invaded parts of the country, imposing their terrible laws. Jojo and Jolie, two young birds have to flee, leaving their parents behind. Without any other choice than making a deal with dishonest trespassers, they'll be confronted with many dangers and start a new life! A touching graphic novel with just and moving illustrations.

Hana is a refugee in France because there is a war in her country. At night, she sleeps with her mom in a museum, very close to "Mademoiselle Vole". But, that is a secret, you mustn't say it. Until the day where...

Sam can't stand sharing his room with his brother: he prevents him from sleeping and takes his things without even asking for his consent.After seeing Donald Trump talking about his project of a wall at the borders of the United States and Mexico, on the TV news, Sam realizes that the best way to solve his problem is to be inspired by the American president and to build a wall right in the middle of his room in order to keep his brother away.But while this seems like the ideal solution, those around him don't seem to think so... Sam then starts writing a series of letters to Donald Trump in which he shares his plans and thoughts with him and asks for some advice.

But who left a footprint on his horse?

This novel is a modern version of the tale, approaching in a funny way contemporary themes such as animal welfare, work exploitation, women's rights, and even patriarchal domination.

Three princesses, Curious, Chatterbox and Coquette despair of their father. The king would have preferred sons, capable of succeeding him! In spite of this, the three princesses love their grumpy father deeply. A deep tenderness unites them. One day, war breaks out. Each princess tries to propose solutions but their father does not listen to them. Defeated by his enemy, the king is taken prisoner. The opportunity for our three sisters to prove their true worth and qualities. This album has been selected for the 2013-2014 Incorruptibles prize.

Snow White is fed up with having to deal with the chores of seven ill-mannered dwarfs. And Cinderella is fed up with her husband's cat in boots putting other feet behind her back when she thought he was charming! Thanks to the zozio, the princesses will unite to rebel against their oppressors, and when the girls rebel, it's all over!

Because of my brother, I always have to tidy up at home, he has a dog, I don't. But my brother is also a bit of a magician, he knows where the things we are looking for are, at night he reads without turning on the light and he tells us lots of stories.

For this summer, it's stuffed! No choice! Pénélope is going to her uncle and her aunt's in the middle of nowhere, where she'll have for only friends her narrow-minded cousin and her other cousin, clothes-makeup and boy-crazy. Horrible! But, she didn't plan to meet the charming Dylan, and the strange Maya!

My name is Fred Baramine. I'm 8 years old and I live at 7 rue Cénou. On Saturday, the day started out great: Mum and I were watching cartoons... until her cousin Caroline arrived with her daughter! She was - how can I put it? - different. They explained to me that she was born with "trisomy 21"...

This is the story of a little guy who has big problems with words... Yet he spares no effort to learn to read and write. If only his teacher and his parents knew how much time he spends on it! When you're a child, it's not always easy to learn to read... an area where pressure comes from all sides! This book is a reminder that all good learning requires kindness. This book was part of the Opalivres selection, category 6 years.