HAVE A NICE TRIP, LITTLE ONE! • Beatrice Alemagna It’s time to go! First things first: choose my favourite plush, pack all my stuff, put on my best costume, kiss Mummy and Daddy good night, and then… dive into bed! An adorable picture-book to guide toddlers towards the Big Journey of Night! > From 1 on • Hardback • 15,5 x 20 cm • 32 pages • French retail: 10,90 €
Beatrice Alemagna has published 23 picture books in France, Italy and Japan. They have been translated throughout the world. She won the Italian Andersen Prize for «Illustrator of the year» in 2010.
MY WILD FAMILY • Laurent Moreau laurent moreau
MA FAMILLE SAUVAGE
I have a very special family. My older brother, for instance – he’s strong and respected. You’d better not upset him! My grandma, she’s sweet and generous, and she loves to stay home. She’s got very good hearing, especially while the TV’s on. My cousins, they’re fast and fit, and they have a gift for monkey business. And me? Well, I wouldn’t say I have anything special, really… how about you?
Throughout everyday scenes, Laurent Moreau pictures the idea and perception we have of the people around us in a surprising way. An original point of view about family that leads to a new kind of dialogue between parents and children. > From 4 on • Hardback • 28 x 34 cm • 32 pages • French retail: 15,90 €.
Laurent Moreau draws, paints, creates posters and collages. He’s written and illustrated À quoi penses-tu ?, Les Beaux instants and Après with hélium…
GRUMPY GROUCHY YOUK • Text by François Beaune • Illustrations by Julia Wauters All by himself, little Youk walks in the forest, mumbling and grumbling about the branches, le râleur the birds... everything! This grumpy grouchy little boy is so busy complaining there is no time for fear. When he runs into a wild boar, he yells and screams and scowls: “Hey, you! why are you looking at me with your tiny eyes and your yucky moustache?! You’d better tell me which way is BigCity! My parents are waiting for me and I’m fourteen minutes and twenty-three seconds late!” But Youk may be grumpy, he’s also very lucky: a wild boar, a nice cow, a funny rabbit, and an Indian elephant will bring him home safe – despite his moans! – to the relief of his worried parents. But as he pops his head around the door, guess how they welcome him? With moans!
Youk Julia Wauters
ne François Beau
A whimsical story inspired by Where the Wild Things Are, a humorous tribute to imagination. > From 4 on • Hardback • 26,5 x 23 cm • 40 pages • French retail: 14,90 €
François Beaune has published several novels for Verticales (Gallimard). Youk le râleur is his first children’s book, a story he imagined for his daughter. Julia Wauters has graduated from the arts décoratifs and works with Milan, Nathan… She’s the illustrator of Ma grande sœur m’a dit and Une nuit loin d’ici for hélium.
PRINCESS, KNIGHT and DRAGONS • Delphine Chedru Princess Attack and her Brave Knight are enjoying happy days together at last after the crazy adventures they’ve been through! But one day, in the library, the Princess discovers a mysterious book entitled “Travels to the East”. The couple takes on a new quest that will bring them as far as Asia, where they’ll fight terrible dragons and warriors who go by the names Samouraïs. Become the hero of the story in this new interactive book where you can choose to follow either the Brave Knight or the fearless Princess Attack ! With an asian feel, filled with a whole lot of things to do, puzzles, riddles to solve, hidden images to search through and graphic traps. > From 5 on • Hardback • 22 x 34,5 cm • 56 pages • French retail: 15,90 €.
Delphine Chedru is free-lance designer and colorist for comic books. She has published many children’s books for Albin Michel jeunesse, Gallimard jeunesse…