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BOARD BOOKS JOJO, THE KING OF TOYS (p. 3)
BOARD BOOKS Board books for toddlers where each double page can be featured as a game board. 2 years + • 25.5 x 32 cm • 16 pages • rounded corners • cardboard pages • 14¤
PICTURE BOOKS CROCOLOU (p. 4) BUBBLEDOH – FEET ON THE GROUND / IN THE CUDDLY TOY BOX (p. 5) ACHILE AND THE RIVER / THE NOSE (p. 6) MI AND THE FOUR VALLEYS / THE MYSTERY OF THE WILD BEASTS (p. 7)
JOJO, THE KING OF TOYS
Author-Illustrator: Benjamin Chaud Jojo so wants to find his bed so he can go sleepy byes. The little king is lost in his kingdom. Fortunately, with a little help from the reader, the toys will help him find his way. Children follow the story with their fingers to guide Jojo through his quest. Throughout the pages are hidden, cubes, cuddly toys and dolls, but also Smurfs, vintage toys and a magic tree. Children and parents alike will have fun finding their ways around Benjamin Chaud’s huge illustrations and discovering their favourite toys.
CD BOOKS MR AND MRS SNOW / AIMATA AND THE SECRETS OF THE DRUMS(p. 8) THE BLOUSE OF THE HAPPY WOMAN (p. 9)
FICTION KID’S NOVELS THE DUMB-THING COMPETITION / ALEXIS AND THE TUFT (p. 9) CHILDREN’S NOVELS CHRISTMAS IN THE CUPBOARD / THE NOTEBOOK OF THE END OF THE WORLD / LI, THE YOUNG ARCHER OF THE KING OF CHINA (p. 10) TEEN NOVELS ICE BREAKER (p. 11) “SINGLE VOICE” Collection: MY NIGHT OF LOVE / A VEIL OF SILENCE (p. 12)
ACTIVITY BOOKS GAMES IN THE CITY (p. 13)
NON FICTION THE UNUSUAL FRENCH-ENGLISH ALPHABET BOOK (p. 13) MONSTERS & LEGENDS / ENDANGERED ANIMALS (p. 14) “OPEN YOUR EYES” Collection: TO THE FOREST / TO THE CITY AND GARDENS (p. 15) “TALES FROM THE WORLD” Collection: TALES FROM CROATIA (p. 15) “STEP-BY-STEP” Collection: PIRATES AND CORSAIRS / SOUND (p. 16) “WHO WERE YOU?” Collection: CHURCHILL / ROBESPIERRE (p. 17) “THOSE WHO SAID NO” Collection: HARVEY MILK / EMILE ZOLA / LEONARD PELTIER (p. 18) WORLD RUGBY ATLAS / HIP-HOP (p. 19)
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“CROCOLOU” Author-Illustrator: Ophélie Texier Born to a mummy crocodile and a daddy wolf, Crocolou is younger children’s special "snap-happy” hero. 2 years + • 19.3 x 14 cm • 32 pages • Hardback • 7.50¤
CROCOLOU LOVES MUSIC Since he was a baby, Crocolou has loved listening to music. Now that he is older, his pride and joy is to play music. Guess what his favourite day is each year: National Music Day, of course!
BUBBLEDOH – FEET ON THE GROUND Author: Juliette Vallery Illustrator: Tristan Mory What Bubbledoh likes best is chatting to the clouds and whispering secrets to the wind. In his garage, he builds a rocket to fly way up into space on a journey. After take off, the rocket starts rattling and spluttering and suddenly veers off to make a crash landing on a pink planet. Bubbledoh is met by a big enthusiastic crowd of funny little men. He is taken on a tour of the planet and time flies by. He stays for a day, a month, a year. Bubbledoh has his feet on the ground, that’s for sure! Madcap, soft and sweet poetry in bright fun colours. Bubbledoh will delight young readers! 3 years + • 17 x 23 cm • 40 pages • hardback • 12.50¤
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IN THE CUDDLE TOY BOX Author: Christophe Lécullée Illustrator: Lucile Placin A cuddly toy tells the tale of his first day at school. When he arrives he is put in the “cuddly toy box”. He is totally bewildered by his treatment and feels so lost in the middle of the others. Gradually, as days go by, he gets used to his new routine and starts to make new friends.
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CROCOLOU LOVES ASKING WHY Crocolou wants to know why we can’t eat cakes all day long. He also wants to know why we always have to get dressed and go to school. He asks so many big questions that sometimes his parents have trouble answering them.
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3 years + • 24 x 17 cm • 32 pages • hardback • 13¤
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In Achile’s house, there’s noise and chaos all the time: his brothers argue, the dog barks, his sister and mother turn their stereos up and there are people coming in and out all the time. You can’t hear yourself think! The little boy likes to go wandering along the green and silent river. It’s beautiful there, but also a little strange. Achile always finds Angelo, a funny little green creature, who makes peoples’ dreams come true. Today what Achile wants most of all is a little calm. But when he goes home, everything is different, there’s nobody talking, nobody laughing, everybody is working and whispering. Suddenly the house feels very cold. Now Achile wants things back the way they were… 6 years + • 25 x 32 cm • 40 pages • hardback • 15¤
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The day when a magnificent dragon lands in his valley, Mi’s life changes for ever. She leaves her home and sets out to discover the world riding on the back of her new friend. In the valleys of the north and south, the girl makes a whole host of new encounters: Mimouchi and his snail Mo who were forced to leave their village because of the terrible feathered monsters, Kikakouki who is bored in his swamp, and Nouki and Nouko who are feeling ever so heavy hearted. Mi is determined to help her new friends and sets out in search of Kalaka the sorcerer, the only person capable of helping them get rid of the terrible monsters and bring happiness back to the four valleys…
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PICTURE BOOKS MI AND THE FOUR VALLEYS Author-Illustrator: Aurélia Grandin
6 years + • 29.5 x 29.5 cm • 40 pages • hardback • 18¤ Aurélia Grandin 17,50 € TTC France ISBN : 978-2-7427-9925-1
9 782742 799251
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THE NOSE Adapted from Nikolai Gogol’s short story Author-Illustrator: Camille Dolladille Welcome to a weird and wonderful world! One morning a barber finds a nose in his loaf of bread. Horror of horrors! It belongs to one of his customers. The barber tries to get rid of the nose and throws it off a bridge. But the next day, what does he see? The nose. Parading and prancing around in the street, celebrating being so free. Medical students come from all around to study the nose; women rush up to talk to it. One morning, leaving church, the nose comes face-to-face with its owner, and abracadabra! No one knows how! Suddenly the nose is right back where it belongs in the middle of the bereft man’s face. The man is absolutely delighted to get his appearance back, not to mention his popularity.
THE MYSTERY OF THE WILD BEASTS Author-Illustrator: Sébastien Orsini From the Alligator to the Zebra, this alphabet of animals and lino-engravings introduces to the mysterious world of wild animals. Insects, mammals, birds and reptiles are hidden on the pages, and mingle in with the stones, earth and trees around them. This extraordinary book gives the impression that we really are out in the savannah staring these wild creatures between the eyes. 5 years + • 19 x 24 cm • 64 pages • Hardback • 18.50¤
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THE DUMB-THING COMPETITION Author: Gilles Abier Le concours de bêtises Illustrator: Benoît Perroud Léa, Louis and Léo are brothers and sisters. This morning as they sit in their shared bedroom, there is one big question troubling them: who is their mother’s favourite? Léa thinks it’s Louis, but Louis is sure it’s Léo, while Léo is convinced it’s Léa. The best way to find out is to stage a competition: each has to do the dumbest possible thing. One after the other, the children spill glasses of orange juice on their mother’s lap, they break her favourite plates, and turn a simple trip to the park into a nightmare journey to hell. So? Who will get told off the most? And who is her favourite?
Léa, Louis et Léo sont frères et sœur. Ce dimanche matin, au lieu de lire, de jouer ou même de se disputer, ils se sont lancés dans une grande discussion pour savoir lequel des trois est le préféré de maman. Mais ils n’arrivent pas à se mettre d’accord. Quelle idée va leur passer par la tête pour avoir la réponse ?
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Winter is here! Time for hot chocolate and snowmen. But what happens to snowmen when we go to bed? What if they start moving and singing and falling in love? Mister Snow has fallen desperately in love and his heart beats like a drum whenever he’s near her. How can he declare his love? He has to be fast, because spring is on its way…
KID’S NOVELS 6 years + • 12.3 x 18 cm • 40 pages • 8¤
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La chemise d’une femme heureuse
5 years + • 20.5 x 20.5 cm • 48 pages • 23¤
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THE NOTEBOOK FROM THE END OF THE WORLD Author: Françoise Grard Illustrator: Agnès Maupré Anna’s dad isn’t fond of Christmas. What he most likes about Christmas day is taking his family for a long walk in the blustering wind at the end of the beach. However, this year, Anna loses the car keys in the sand and their walk takes ages. While Dad goes looking for help, Anna takes refuge with her mum and brother in a bunker sheltered from the wind and cold. Anna discovers a rucksack containing a diary. The author, a boy, has apparently been adopted. In the diary he talks several times about Théo, also adopted, who seems to be in some kind of danger because of his wild temperament. Anna has the impression the secret writer is talking to her. She wants to find out more and tries to find the boy.
LI, THE YOUNG ARCHER OF THE KING OF CHINA Author: Pascal Vatinel Illustrator: Peggy Adam After Bao and the Jade dragon, Lao Sheng tells Spring Flower a new legend, that of Li, the young archer of the King of China. At that time the King of China wasn’t very popular because he only thought about his own pleasures and never about those of his people. His cruelty made the spirit of the mountains angry. Li was the son of the captain of the royal guard, but he was a daydreamer and had little motivation for the military arts. The boy however was a magnificent archer and one day the boy had the honour to be invited on a royal hunt. However, when the moment came to fire the arrow, he couldn’t bring himself, and the beautiful bird was spared. The bird started talking to him and telling him what to do. Li had to draw on all his courage and generosity to reconcile the King of China and the spirit of the mountain, the Jade Emperor, and thus save the kingdom.
Thibaud hustles the young man and forces him to come out of his isolation. Aurélien once again enjoys being surrounded by friends, making people laugh and being attractive. One evening, Thibaud even manages to convince Aurélien to take part in a slam poetry. Little by little, Aurélien begins to appreciate this strange mix of spoken wordartists, their rituals, their history... he begins to write himself and finally manages to perform. Amid the energy of the verse and in the warmth of the burgeoning friendship, Aurélien finally manages to break the ice around him and is able to unburden himself of a secret of a terrible loss in his life.
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ICE BREAKER Author: Jean-Philippe Blondel Aurélien is new to the school. He has just moved house. It isn’t the first time he has moved house and every time he has to make new friends, which is never easy. But Aurélien doesn’t seem bothered about having friends. He’s a solitary child, secretive; sometimes all he wants is to melt into the background so that everyone will leave him alone.
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CHRISTMAS IN THE CUPBOARD Author: Gilles Abier Illustrator: Hélène Georges This year, Robin doesn’t want anything for Christmas because his mum doesn’t have the money to buy him presents. His friends are at first dumbfounded but then they all rally around: one by one all the children in the building decide to give up presents for Christmas. The parents are bewildered. But Robin’s mother has an idea: what if they organised a big feast to get together everybody who is down on their luck. As the days go by, the guest list gets longer and the ideas come thick and fast: everyone is to bring something they like eating to share, as well as gifts that cost nothing. This unlikely Christmas is sure to become a Christmas to remember.
Solitaire, secret, Aurélien n’aspire à rien d’autre qu’à oublier et se faire oublier. Mais dans son lycée, Thibaud semble s’être focalisé sur lui, décidé – pour quel motif ? – à briser la glace et gagner son amitié.
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TEEN NOVELS 14 years + • 13.5 x 21.5 cm • 112 pages • 10¤
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CHILDREN’S NOVELS 8 years + • 12.3 x 18 cm • 104 pages • 7.50¤
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ACTIVITY BOOKS GAMES IN THE CITY Author: Christine Dodos-Ungerer Illustrator: Dominique Corbasson A book of games and activities centred on the city: architecture, urban planning, rivers and canals, and transport systems, all of these aspects inspired the author to dream up entertaining city trails as she wondered around Rome, Paris, and London. Children learn how to read a map and identify what a building is used for. They can also play at imagining what is going on inside a building. There are history and geography thrown in, and we follow the trail of the animals that haunt the pavements. If you’re feeling romantic there is even a chance to write a declaration of love.
“A SINGLE VOICEâ€? 14 years + • 11 x 17.6. cm • 64-72 pages • 7.80 ¤
MY NIGHT OF LOVE Author: FrĂŠdĂŠrique Deghelt She is 15 years old and thinks she’s a real idiot. However can she believe that a 21 year old boy is interested in her? However can she believe he desires her? But that’s what he said, and again she hears him whisper in her ear: “Soon, you and me are going to spend the night together, making love.â€? No other boy had ever told her such things. She desperately does want to believe him, even if she has seen him kissing another girl. Too many times she has played out the brain-movie of their first night of love together that she refuses to give in. A VEIL OF SILENCE Author: Patrick Goujon He can’t get to sleep. By night, thoughts run around his head and stop him drifting off. Ever since the news was broken on the estate: the news of the scooter accident. Demba. He didn’t pull through. He had desperately wanted the boy to die. Demba stole his cap from him, beat him up and made him look stupid in front of everyone. Die, Demba, die! But as soon as the words emerge they sound like a curse. An imaginary dialogue sparks up in his mind so that at last he can resolve his issues with the boy who is no more.
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Florence Guiraud
AbÊcÊdaire insolite français et anglais
5 years + • 16.3 x 21 cm • 64 pages • 13¤ Illustration de couverture : Anne-Marie Adda 7,80 ₏ • ISBN 978-2-7427-9609-0
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t a ÊtÊ spÊcialemen La grosseur du caractère lecture à voix haute. une ÊtudiÊe pour faciliter : Anne-Marie Adda Illustration de couverture9430-0 7,80 ₏ • ISBN 978-2-7427-
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OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE FOREST When out walking in the forest, we always spot something we cannot name: a tree, plant, flower, mushroom, insect, spider, bird or mammal. This picture book features the most common species and their names, to help identify them. A book that will turn a simple stroll through the trees into a wonderful treasure hunt!
8 years + • 25 x 32 cm • 56 pages • 16¤
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“OPEN YOUR EYES COLLECTION” A new series by Anne-Sophie Baumann and Christophe Rivier A new collection of photo albums to teach children to open their eyes to the wonders around them as they take in the scenery. The album teaches children to name and identify animals, plants and rocks, to help us feel more comfortable in the world in which we live. 4 years + • 18 x 18 cm • 46 pages • hardback • 9.80¤
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MONSTERS & LEGENDS Author: Davide Cali Illustrator: Gabriella Giandelli Popular tales are full of monsters that science has relegated to the status of mythology and superstition. Of course the creatures are not at all magical or supernatural. If our ancestors believed in mermaids, unicorns and cyclopes, it was not that they were mad. They were simply unenlightened and impressionable. Fear has an ability to transform the unknown into something bigger and scarier. However, seafarers and fishermen, scholars and writers from the past all saw something, but what? Thus at the origin of the myth of the mermaid is the sea mammal, the dugong; the breasts of the female of the species resemble those of a woman. And what if the terrible kraken, so feared by sailors, was none other than a giant squid? A delightful journey into fearsome unknown worlds of dragons, vampires, yetis and gremlins, magnificently illustrated by Gabriella Giandelli.
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OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE CITY AND GARDENS When a small piece of nature comes to town, one is surprised by the diversity of wild beasts to be observed. With this picture book, children will learn to identify birds, insects, and small mammals, but also the trees and plants they walk past everyday, whether on a balcony, in a garden or park. A book that encourages children to respect nature, even when rarified in the city.
Already published : Open your eyes to the sea Open your eyes to the mountain Open your eyes to the country-side
animaux menacés en (n)ombre
Dimitri Delmas
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ENDANGERED ANIMALS Author-Illustrator: Dimitri Delmas There’s no question about it: we are currently in the heart of the 6th mass extinction of living species since the dawn of time. And this genocide is due to human activity. Scientists around the world agree that species must be protected as much as possible. The simple attractive approach of this album is to present the endangered species as black silhouettes. The hand-drawings have been produced from International Union for the Conservation of Nature sources and when they are superimposed they form another species, which becomes the focus for attention; On the following double page, each animal and the danger facing them is described in more detail. An original and striking work on the theme of biodiversity.
DE CROATIE TALES FROM CROATIA Authors: Axelle Hutchings and Vlatka Valentic Illustrator: Catherine Chardonnay Popular Croatian tales have a long tradition based on the mythology that Croats have inherited from their ancient Slav lands, on the other side of the Carpathian Mountains. In the Balkans and on the shores of the Adriatic, Christianity rejected these tales as heresy. In the Middle Ages, the Crusades had a huge influence and local tales developed cosmopolitan twists. Various invaders left their mark on the oral tradition by stoking their heroic legacy. Here we discover colourful characters, like Prince Marko or the fairy Ravijola; we learn why the sheep’s tale is longer than a goat’s tale. And we find familiar stories like the tale of the Frog Princess.
8 years + • 22 x 28 cm • 56 pages • 14¤
8 years + • 16.5 x 24.5 cm • 72 pages • 13.80¤
AXELLE HUTCHINGS Née en 1973, elle a grandi en région parisienne avant de parcourir le monde en tous sens. Après un voyage autour de la Méditerranée, elle a écrit Contes des Hébreux, et rapporté ces Contes de Croatie. Professeur des écoles, elle prend plaisir à transmettre ces récits à ses élèves.
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et le tissage de la laine, pendant les travaux des champs, ou en attendant que le grain soit moulu au moulin... On narrait les commencements du monde, lorsque
dans les fermes des plaines, on racontait les contes le soir autour de la cheminée, pendant le filage
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un homme que rien ne contentait jamais. On se délectait du destin de la gentille Petite Grenouille ou de l’amour
Née en 1975, elle a étudié à l’école des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg. Depuis 2002, elle vit à Marseille et travaille pour l’édition et la presse jeunesse, comme illustratrice mais aussi comme auteur. Elle a illustré Histoires des Arméniens dans la collection “Contes et mythes de la terre” et La Mythologie celte.
mêlé de haine de Prince Marko et de la fée Ravijojla…
Ces contes aux origines chamarrées sont le reflet de la culture croate : chrétienté, islam et mythes païens s’y croisent et s’entremêlent. Les envahisseurs successifs de la Croatie ont laissé leurs empreintes dans ces récits où l’amour, l’humour et le bon sens finissent toujours par triompher…
13,80 € TTC France ISBN : 978-2-7427-9927-5
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Illustrations de CATHERINE CHARDONNAY Dans la même collection
Histoires des Sugpiaq, un peuple d’Alaska
Dieu parcourait la Terre sur une barque car les eaux
recouvraient tout. On évoquait la vie du pêcheur Palunko,
Histoires des Trumai, un peuple d’Amazonie Histoires des Jawi, un peuple de Thaïlande
CONTES DE CROATIE
Dimitri Delmas
“TALES AND MYTHES AROUND THE WORLD”
Histoires des Maori, un peuple d’Océanie Histoires des Arméniens, un peuple du Caucase Contes et mythes des Maasaï, un peuple d’Afrique de l’Est Contes des Hébreux, un peuple du Moyen-Orient Illustrations de CATHERINE CHARDONNAY
Contes des Indiens du Chiapas un peuple du Mexique
Contes et mythes du Vietnam, un pays d’Asie du Sud-Est
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“STEP-BY-STEP�
“WHO WERE YOU?�
8 years + • 16.5 x 24.5 cm • 72/80 pages • 12,50¤
PIRATES AND CORSAIRS STEP-BY-STEP Authors: Éric Dars and Éric Teyssier Illustrator: Laurent Kling Feared by sailors, pirates have plundered the seas since Antiquity, because the question of who rules over the oceans has always had huge economic stakes. The authors of Romans step-by-step and Ancient Greece stepby-step here introduce us to a special world where violence, abduction and theft rules strong. It tells the tale of the pirates, corsairs and buccaneers who, even today, spread their reign of terror over the oceans and ports. It also shows their more positive heritage: the new lands they discovered and the legends they have left. All their colourful names are here: from Blackbeard to Jack Rackham, from Jean Bart to Dugay-Trouin, these naughty yet intrepid outlaws have always set us dreaming.
CHURCHILL Author: Marcelino Truong Illustrator: Jean-Christophe Mazurie Winston Churchill was born in 1874 during the reign of Queen Victoria and died in 1965. First he joined the army and then went into journalism before ruling over English politics for more than thirty years. He led the English people through the war, staunchly supported them through the Blitzkrieg, and became one of the artisans of the reconstruction of the world after the Second World War. He was eccentric and brilliant and had an amazing way with words.
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History books for children who love stories. The lives of well known or totally unknown characters from history, both good guys and bad guys, are related by writers of today. The stories reveal, above all, how these men and women, with their qualities and flaws, are simply human. 7 years + • 12.3 x 18 cm • 72/128 pages • 7.80¤
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Une collection pour s dÊcouvrir les homme fait ont et les femmes qui l’Histoire, parfois peu hÊroïques, parfois recommandables, ou tout simplement humains.
7,80 â‚Ź TTC France 7-9916-9 ISBN : 978-2-742
ROBESPIERRE Author: Philippe Lechermeier Illustrator: Guillaume Long A central figure of the French Revolution, Robespierre is known as the man behind the Terror, that dark period of French history when heads fell “like roofing tiles�, as Fouquier-Tinville said. The period only came to an end with the execution of Robespierre himself. Philippe Lechermeier presents us the ambiguities and paradoxes of the fine political strategist, who couldn’t escape the temptation of dictatorship.
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Robespierre. Jamais nom dans l’histoire n’aura provoquÊ autant de passion. Essayez. Prononcez -le. Vous verrez, cela produit immanquablement son effet. Un peu comme si vous marchiez sur la queue d’un chat. L’Incorruptible‌
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Une collection pour dÊcouvrir les hommes et les femmes qui ont fait l’Histoire, parfois hÊroïques, parfois peu recommandables, ou tout simplement humains.
7,80 â‚Ź TTC France ISBN : 978-2-7427-9917-6
12,50 â‚Ź TTC France ISBN : 978-2-7427978-2-7427-9930-5 9930-5
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Mais qui est donc ce petit vieux à la grosse moustache grise, mort en roulant des yeux terribles et en maudissant les siens ? Il s’appelait Joseph Vissarionovitch Djougachvili, dit STALINE.
I. COHEN-JANCA • G. LONG
Infrasons, ultrasons, radars, sonars, Êchographies : tu trouveras dans ce livre tous les secrets des sons, même les plus bizarres, comme celui que produisent les harengs pour rester groupÊs‌
ANTONIO FISCHETTI˜˜2˜ 2˜ ARION ARION PUECH
Chants d’oiseaux, cris dans la cour de l’Êcole, motos qui dÊmarrent en trombe : nous sommes entourÊs en permanence de sons agrÊables ou insupportables, doux ou perçants. LL’acoustique, ’acoustique, la science qui Êtudie les sons, nous aide à comprendre comment ceux-ci sont Êmis, comment nous les percevons ou comment ils se propagent. On se sert de l’acoustique pour l’amÊnagement des salles de concert, pour la construction automobile, mais aussi pour la mÊdecine‌
SOUND STEP-BY-STEP Author: Antonio Fischetti Illustrator: Marion Puech From birth and even before, sound is constantly around us: voices, animal noises, music, tools, and vehicles produce all manner of sounds that we experience through our ears. An acoustics expert shows us the secrets of the science of sound: the emission and reception of sound, how ultrasound is used for scanning, and also how to listen and decode the language of animals. The work also tells of the way the voice changes at puberty (especially among boys), and provides a warning to music fans how delicate the ear is, and how it should never be exposed to volumes too loud.
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T´Êtais qui, toi? IRĂˆNE COHEN-JANCA • GUILLAUME LONG 7,80 â‚Ź TTC France ISBN : 978-2-7427-9250-4
7,80 â‚Ź TTC France 9508-6 ISBN : 978-2-7427-
T´Êtais qui, toi ? Une collection pour dÊcouvrir les hommes et femmes qui ont fait l’Histoire, parfois hÊroïques, parfois peu recommandables, ou tout simplement humains. www.actes-sud-junior.fr
9 782742 799305
7,80 â‚Ź TTC France ISBN : 978-2-7427-9251-1
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HARVEY MILK: “NO TO HOMOPHOBIA” Author: Safia Amor In 1978, Harvey Milk, a San Francisco city councillor, was assassinated in his office by one of his former homophobic colleagues. Safia Amor’s novel skilfully resurrects the man’s struggles for the recognition of gay rights in the United States. As a teenager in New York, Harvey Milk became aware of his difference and constantly attempted to make society become aware of the issues. He moved to San Francisco with his partner in the 1970s and, supported by the West Coast gay community, became an active gay rights militant. After his death he became a symbol of the community and the filmmaker, Gus Van Sant, devoted a film to his life in 2008.
Le rugby, “ce sport de voyous jour en Ang pratiqué par leterre au e XIX des dans l’hém isphère nord siècle. La folie du ballo gentlemen”, a vu le a pris racin avant de touc n oval e. Au fil des her l’hémisph e s’est propagée hasards de pages de ère sud où ce l’His ce sport adapté à chaq toire ont fait voyager livre, on découvrira comment le rugby et ue pays. Du char les Racing Club don écossais comment ce sport de France, s’est aux nœuds remise par du haka des papillons Mandela à du l’équipe d’Afr All Blacks à la coup les surprise e du s de l’Ovalie, ique du Sud le pays sans , on découvrir monde frontières des fous de a toutes rugby…
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WORLD RUGBY ATLAS Authors: Bénédicte Mathieu and Myrtille Rambion Illustrator: Marie de Monti The mysterious oval land of “Ovalie”, inhabited by aficionados of rugby union, is not to be found on maps. Because Ovalie has no borders. Born in England, it set down deep roots in the British Isles and in France before crossing oceans through colonisation, to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It even travelled to Argentina, Romania and Georgia. Each nation who adopted the sport gave it a style and integrated it into their own culture.
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“THOSE WHO SAID NO” 12 years + • Softcover • 11 x 17.6 cm • 96 pages • 7.80¤
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LEONARD PELTIER: “NO TO THE MASSACRE OF THE AMERINDIAN PEOPLE” Author: Elsa Solal Since 1976, Leonard Peltier has been imprisoned in a US jail for the murder of two FBI agents. Peltier, an Amerindian militant and member of the American Indian Movement, has always claimed his innocence. The trial was weighted against him and evidence was falsified. Up to now he has never been allowed to force an appeal. Elsa Solal’s dynamic novel gives him a voice, in dialogue with that of John, the investigative journalist who is eager to find out the truth. Both look at the persecution the Indians have suffered, and still suffer, in the land of the free and the brave.
EMILE ZOLA: “NO TO MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE” Author: Murielle Szac In 1898, the writer Emile Zola appeared before the courts for slander. In his manifesto, entitled “J’accuse!” published on the front page of a newspaper, he called into question the prosecution in the sentencing of Captain Dreyfus to forced labour, after he was wrongly sentenced for espionage. During the trial, the battle between those for and against the Captain was carried out against a background of anti-Semitism and rent late 19th-century French society in twain. Murielle Szac’s novel tells of the events through the voice of Alexandrine, the great writer’s legitimate wife. Her unfamiliar voice tells of her admiration and love for her “Mimi” but also betrays great clarity and sang-froid in the heart of the dramatic events.
HIP-HOP Author: Marie-Christine Vernay What did happened in the 1980s when hip-hop emerged from the American ghettos to take root in faraway France? How come it appeals to more and more people from all age groups and levels of society? Born in the heart of the ghetto, hip-hop advocates the importance of the individual in society, and has managed to evolve in tune to the economy and world events, even if politically there are still issues. One of the strengths of the genre is its ability to shine around the world. Hip-hop is a media child, and even before Facebook, its key figures were tuned into free radio and television. Thirty years later, hip-hop is everywhere in a whole host of different forms, from the streets of Paris to theatres, television studios and video clips. Even if purists accuse the more commercial forms of sellingout, it has won over hearts, minds and audiences, overturning the stereotype of the suburbs as a dead-end home for the poor, misfits and delinquents. 14 years + • 11 x 17.6 cm • 64 pages • 9.90¤
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Thierry Magnier • Publisher Isabelle Pehourticq • Editor Nonfiction and CD books François Martin • Editor Picture books and Fiction 18, rue Séguier - 75006 Paris - France Tel: +33 (0)1 55 42 63 12
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