Selling points
• INTERNALLY INSPIRED: Identity is a major theme in Milo the Knight and can offer young readers courage in feeling free to discover and be their true selves.
• SOPHOMORE STRENGTH: Milo the Knight a tale of great personal significance to the author, is the second picture book published by for up-and-comer Grégoire Laforce.
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• VIVID VIBRANCE: With 2.8K followers on Instagram, illustrator Charlotte Parent and her signature style are on full display, bringing life to the animal characters in the story.
• POWERFUL POIGNANCE: In a world constantly under siege, Milo the Knight gives educators a significant tool to acknowledge the existence of war, in the context of stepping back from it to creating positive change.
Milo, the Knight
Text: Grégoire Laforce
Illustrations: Charlotte Parent
Hardcover with jacket
48 pages
Width: 8”
Height: 10.5”
Ages: 4 to 8 Grade: P-3
Publication date: October 15, 2024
Full-color illustrations throughout ISBN: 9781990252358
Price: US$19.99 CAN$23.99
Fiction
Distributed in the US by Abrams and in Canada by Manda Group
The empowering tale of a knight who emotionally sheds the only identity he’s ever known to discover his true self.
From the moment he was born, all Milo has ever known is knighthood. He eats, sleeps, and breathes it every moment of his life, never taking his armor off even for a minute. After all, Milo lives in the shadow of generation upon generation of knights before him and feels dutybound to defend his colony should a dragon ever attack. But while training one day, rain begins to fall and eventually turns Milo’s armor to a pile of rust, leaving the young knight weakened and unable to move. It isn’t until a chance encounter with a court jester, who helps him shed his armor and lay down his spear, that Milo has his first taste of freedom.
Other titles by these creators
The Lost Drop (Grégoire Laforce, Benjamin Flouw - Milky Way Picture Books, 2023), The Magic Cap (Mireille Messier, Charlotte Parent - Milky Way Picture Books, 2023)
Grégoire Laforce is a former military man who’s slowly rediscovering his more childlike side. Through his work in the community, he discovered first-hand the importance of engaging men in preventing gender-based violence. Milo the Knight is his second picture book, following his October 2023 debut The Lost Drop. He and his family can often be caught having wild kitchen dance parties in their home in Gatineau, Canada.
Charlotte Parent is an illustrator and creator of children’s picture books. She holds a bachelor’s degree in visual arts from Concordia University, where she specialized in drawing and a master’s degree in art conservation. Milo is the third picture book she has illustrated. Her first, The Magic Cap written by Mireille Messier, was published in 2023. She lives and works in Montreal.
