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WHO WHAT WHO! / CROCOLOU LIKES THE MOUNTAIN / CROCOLOU LIKES EASTER EGGS (p. 3) THE EGG / THE METAMORPHOSES OF OLIA / (p. 4)
WHO WHAT WHO? Author-illustrator: Olivier Tallec
MAGIC CARPET BOOKS MAGIC CARPET BOOK OF ANIMALS / MAGIC CARPET BOOK OF THE HUMAN BODY (p. 5)
GAME BOOKS THE BIG MAGIC BOOK / “YOU’RE THE DETECTIVE” Collection: TERROR ON THE TELLY (p. 6)
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On each double page of this picture book is a different gallery of hilarious characters, as well as a question, like: Who’s been playing with the naughty little cat? Who’s in love? Who didn’t get to the restroom in time? Who’s dressed up in disguise? Children have to pay close attention to the tiny details in the pictures to guess who did what. An album for having fun with younger children.
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3 years + - 32 pages – 14.5 x 29.5 – hardback – ¤12
“VILLETTE WORKSHOPS” Collection: WATER LAUGH! / ARCHI-CUBE / CLAP/ZOOM (p. 7) JOHN-MICHAEL, A SUPERHERO ON VACATION / THE BOOK OF CHIMERA LITTLE PASTRY CHEF’S GAMES AND DREAMS (p. 8)
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NOVELS JUNIOR NOVELS MERYPTAH AND THE MYSTERY OF THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN / THE SONS OF THE SKY THE NEW KING OF FRANCE / EXCEPT THAT (p. 9) LUCIEN IS GREEN WITH ENVY / EXCHANGE: ONE LOUSY CARAVAN FOR DECENT PARENTS GIRL’S DEPARTMENT / TINY HOLES IN THE FINGERTIPS (p. 10) TEEN ADVENTURE NOVELS THE SURPRISING LIFE OF ELLIS SPENCER / THE LAST RACE (p. 11) TEEN THRILLER 20 FEET UNDER (p. 12) TEEN NOVELS WHAT DOESN’T KILL US (p. 12) “SINGLE VOICE” Collection: BROKEN / MY SNOWSTORM JUST FRIENDS / JUST ONE / OCEAN HORSE (p. 13)
Derniers titres parus : Crocolou aime faire le grand Crocolou aime son papi et sa mamie Crocolou aime la galette Crocolou aime sa maîtresse Crocolou aime se déguiser Crocolou aime rêver Retrouvez tous les titres de la collection sur www.crocolou.fr / www.actes-sud-junior.fr
CROCOLOU LIKES THE MOUNTAIN Author-illustrator: Ophélie Texier
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This winter, Crocolou and his family are vacationing in the mountains. Decked out in his boots, overcoat, gloves and hat, now Crocolou has fun aplenty throwing snowballs and building snowmen before sitting down to a lovely, smooth and soothing mug of hot chocolate to recover from all the excitement.
Ophélie Texier
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2 years + - 32 pages – 19.3 x 14 cm – ¤7.50 13/11/13 11:11
CROCOLOU LIKES EASTER EGGS Author-illustrator: Ophélie Texier
NON FICTION “STEP-BY-STEP” Collection: GREEN CHEMISTRY / AFRICA / THE NEOLITHIC AGE (p. 14) THAT’S MATH! / RIPOSTE! THE BEST PUT DOWNS FOR COMMON IGNORANCE TRUE STORIES OF BIG PHOTOS (p. 15) A JOURNEY THROUGH ANCIENT ROME / ON THE TRAIL OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER (p. 16)
It’s Easter! At school, Crocolou’s class are painting eggs while at home, Crocolou is helping his parents decorate the house for his Gran and Grandpop’s arrival. Crocolou has a huge sweet tooth and can’t resist the Easter treats, but daddy has hidden them in the garden and Crocolou and his little sister Marilou are going to have to find them. Happy Easter! 2 years + - 32 pages – 19.3 x 14 cm – ¤7.90
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MAGIC CARPET-BOOKS THE EGG Authors: Anna Sommer and Noyau Anna Sommer and Noyau are both the authors and illustrators of this story: one provided collages and the other, small pictures hidden within them. The story follows a couple of birds who try in vain to save a broken egg. The tale also tells another story, the story of humanity, tormented and teetering on the branch of a tree. One day that humanity will have to learn how to fly again.
MAGIC CARPET-BOOKS Is it a carpet? Is it a book? No, it’s a Magic Carpet-Book: Unfold the large recto/verso sheet (1m x 1.50m) and place it on the floor. Then transform your carpet using pencils, felt tips and paint. There is a whole host of art activities to do, alone, in pairs or in threes. And when the activity is complete, you can hang the carpet on the wall and, hey presto! you’ve transformed your book into a work of art! 5 years + - 100 x 150 cm –25 x 33 cm – shrink wrapped – ¤9.50
4 years + - 40 pages – 26.5 x 30.5 cm – hardback – ¤17
MAGIC CARPET BOOK OF ANIMALS Author: Delphine Chedru
ACTES SUD LES MÉTAMORPHOSES D’OLIA OLGA SEDAKOVA / GABRIELLA GIANDELLI
Tigers with scales, rabbits in suits, naked fish, a caterpillar with no body, a mouse sliced in two. What a funny, funny zoo! To complete this magnificent giant poster, kids will have to use their feet, hands, fingers and above all their imagination!
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THE METAMORPHOSES OF OLIA Author: Olga Sedakova Illustrator: Gabriella Giandelli
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The idea for Olga Sedakova’s first work came about as the author explains: “We’d spend our summer vacations in the country, and every morning my niece Dacha would come and wake me up. Some days before we had celebrated her fifth birthday with a homemade shadow puppet show portraying The Story of Caliph Stork by W. Hauff, which deals with the theme of metamorphosis. To put off the horrible getting-out-of-bed moment, I’d mumble to her, but in my sleepy state, I generally had no idea what I was saying. One morning, I launched into the story of Olia, and when I finally woke up, Dacha asked me to write it down.” Gabriella Giandelli provides a series of moving illustrations to illustrate this book of extraordinary metamorphoses. 5 years + - 32 pages – 23.5 x 25.5 cm – hardback – ¤15
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MAGIC CARPET BOOK OF THE HUMAN BODY Author: Bruno Gibert Whether you have pins and needles in your feet or you’re bone idle, whether you have long hair or short hair, whether you’re a girl or a boy, whether you like tattoos or find them atrocious, you’ll find all manner of ways to depict the human body in this magic carpet book.
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ACTIVITY BOOKS THE BIG MAGIC BOOK Author: Loïc Robaeys With this big magic book, children get to magic up a chicken then make it disappear, to teleport a rabbit or send a car through the air. And all this with pencils and felt tips and no magic wand in sight! By using drawing and coloring and above all their imaginations, kids will soon be performing incredible magic tricks. A fun, creative game-book! 7 years + - 25 x 32 cm. 32 pages – stapled – ¤10
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TERROR ON THE TELLY Author: Pronto Who replaced the news bulletins on the 1pm TV news show with jokes? Who has been trying to poison the presenter of “Who wants to win a lion on air?” And who put the piranhas in the Wipeout ducking pool? There are ten suspects and nine clues which eliminate suspects one by one until the real culprit is found. There are three new cases to solve, and bags of fun to be had in the latest release in the kid-detective book series. 7 years + - 64 pages – 17.5 x 22.5 cm – softback with flaps – ¤9.20
VILLETTE WORKSHOPS A series of activities books in three parts: first there’s a short story, then a documentary section, and finally the activities. Take this book wherever you go, and you’ll never be bored. For kids and grown-ups alike. In partnership with the Grande Halle at the Parc de la Villette in Paris, the series relives the workshops on offer at La Villette exploring the world, art and science. 4 to 6 years – 48 pages – 18 x 23.5 cm – canvas-backed softback – ¤9.90
WATER LAUGH! Author: Jasmine Francq Illustrator: Marta Orzel A tale introducing younger children to the hydrologic cycle and its main ideas: the different states of water, cloud formation, the difference between sea water and freshwater, and more. It also looks at how water has inspired artists and there are activities especially adapted for younger children: drawing snowflakes and water ripples, observing and coloring sea and river animals, or making a cloud mobile. Soon kids will know all about water, inside and out!
ARCHI-CUBE Author: Sandrine Le Guen Illustrator: Annabelle Buxton A small activity book introducing children to architecture and the role of the architect. Designing buildings means playing around with forms, volumes and verticality, thinking about materials and colors, drawing up plans and supervising construction sites. Throughout the work, Tschumi’s red “follies” in the parc de la Villette in Paris, provide a common theme. Readers also learn how to build paper houses, design bridges and invent their own follies, just like real architects! CLAP/ZOOM Author: Sandrine le Guen Illustrator: Chloé Perarnau A small activity book full of fun for all budding moviemakers, introducing children to the world of cinema. The book relates the history of cinema, the stages necessary in creating a film, the creation of special effects and features a child-friendly filmography. In the activities, kids get to build their own thaumatrope, create a mini-movie set and design their own Happy Families game, based on the cinema professions. A first fun cinema work for all junior movie lovers and even future moviemakers.
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ACTIVITY BOOKS JOHN-MICHAEL, A SUPERHERO ON VACATION Author: Magali le Huche Performing superhero deeds all day long sure does get tiring and John-Michael needs a break. So our superhero packs his bags and heads to Poponia, the island of ponies. But a superhero can never relax not even on vacation. Through John-Michael’s tales of derring-do, kids get to draw, color, imagine and observe, as well as play the seven differences game, fool around with shapes and colors and above all have fun with their new superhero buddy and the evil Koompfs. 3 years + - 32 pages – 25 x 32 cm – softback – stapled – ¤10.90
THE BOOK OF CHIMERA Authors: Hélène Rajcak and Damien Laverdunt This book looks at chimeras, hybrid mythological creatures, both intriguing and fascinating. As well as exploring the myth and its associations, the work goes one step further: kids use a poem about a chimera to find the creature’s characteristics before drawing their own version on the opposite page. To help children, there is a sheet of body parts – heads, torsos, legs, tails and wings – for selection and assembly so as to create totally new chimeras. The body parts are based on ancient engravings and give the new creatures, whether octo-rhinos, ele-potami or giraff-a-doodles, a naturalist dimension. A unique activity book that is also beautiful, creative and smart!
Cécile Guibert Brussel
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7 years + - 80 pages – 24.5 x 24.5 – softback – ¤15.80
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LITTLE PASTRY CHEFS’ GAMES AND DREAMS Author: Cécile Guibert Brussel Illustrator: Aki An activity book containing games, recipes and forays into the delicious world of coffee eclairs, madeleine cakes and rum babas. There are games where children get to taste cakes and develop their senses, summon up memories or kick-start their imaginations, deploying familiar fairytales with a gourmet twist. The book is also full of fun activities, such as inventing names for cakes, drawing a tea party for Goldilocks and the three bears, creating a cake for a fairy tearoom, designing tasty hats or feeding magic ingredients to Alice in Wonderland. A book that playfully presents the art of pastry-production. 7 years + - 48 pages – 20.5 x 20.5 cm – softback – ¤13.90
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JUNIOR NOVELS 8 years + - 80-96 pages – 12.3 X 18 cm – softback with 10 cm. flaps – ¤6.90
MERYPTAH AND THE MYSTERY OF THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN Author: Aude Gros de Beler The pharaoh Tutankhamen is not long dead and has been laid to rest in the Valley of the Kings; his tomb, it is said, contains unimaginable riches. Two sons of tomb decorators, Meryptah and Nakht, live in a village to the west of Thebes. One evening when playing in the mountains, the two boys hear voices and discover thieves looting the pharaoh’s tomb. Hence in the heart of the forbidden valley, a dangerous adventure for the children begins in their quest to protect Tutankhamen’s sacred treasures. THE SONS OF THE SKY Author: Pascal Vatinel Once upon a time in the Middle Land, there lived a wise and aged emperor. The time comes to decide who will replace him after his death. But how can he possibly choose between his twin sons, Kan and Li? Both are outstanding emperor material but both have such different personalities. So the emperor decides to set them a challenge, and answer this riddle: “how to choose the new emperor?” Kan, the brave hunter, and Li, the great intellect, both set out to prove their superiority. Kan captures a dragon to impress the emperor but exacerbates tensions between the Dragon-folk and Tiger-folk. To restore peace in the Middle Land, the boys have to combine their talents, and in the course of their adventures, they come to understand that only by uniting opposites, can they rule with true wisdom. THE NEW KING OF FRANCE Author: Gilles Abier One fine morning, Adrien announces to his mother and his step-father that he’s to be the new king of France. “No more familiarities, from now on you have to call me Louis.” Dressed in satin pantyhose and wig, he demands that the family obey his orders, even his father-in-law’s kids who are obviously far from impressed by his latest scheme. To try to relax the atmosphere, Adrien’s grandmother suggests they spend the weekend with her old friend, Hubert de la Roselière, who lives in an old manor house, a real one, complete with leaking pipes, icy draughts and endless gardening. Adrien learns that being a king isn’t just about wearing a crown. EXCEPT THAT Author: Anne Vantal Valentin is fond of numbers. On the way to school he checks the exact number of steps it takes to walk to school from the garden gate, then from the first crossroads, then from the bus stop, etc. And with zero deviation, or that would mess up his statistics. Valentin is a “special” boy. But one morning his daily ritual is disturbed by a wallet that he finds on the ground. Being a noble soul Valentin decides to return it to its owner. Thus commences a long journey across town, a brave escapade that brings a beautiful encounter.
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NOVELS LUCIEN IS GREEN WITH ENVY Author: Isabelle Péhourticq Marcel doesn’t like football, but that doesn’t stop him being Lucien’s friend. One day, Marcel cold-shoulders him to go flirting with Lucy and hold her hand; Lucien is green with envy and feels horribly betrayed. War is declared and the whole class takes sides. After a huge row, Marcel disappears. Totally overwhelmed by events, a worried Lucien sets out to look for his friend and is happy to drawn on the support of Lucy, whom he always swore he would hate forever. It is the beginning of a radical turnaround in Lucien’s vision of the female of the species.
EXCHANGE: ONE LOUSY CARAVAN FOR DECENT PARENTS Author: Marion Achard This time, Tallulah’s had enough. She was all set to spend the summer vacation with her friend Adele, but instead she has to accompany her parents on tour. Her mom and dad are circus artists and their lifestyle is already hard to live with, but a summer spent skulking in a tiny caravan beneath the Brittany drizzle is sure to be a nightmare. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Tallulah will be forced to sit through every show. And to cap it all, everyone envies the life she leads. “You’re living the dream!” they say. There’s no way she’s going spend her summer moping around like that - even if it does mean disobeying her folks, and pulling off the impossible task of finding both Adele and her cat “UhohImintrouble”.
TEEN ADVENTURE NOVELS THE SURPRISING LIFE OF ELLIS SPENCER Author: Justine Augier In the futuristic world of Naol, dream and doubt are prohibited. Results are all that count and all praise the merits of a hyperactive life. All that is except for Ellis Spencer. A puny, shy, and absent-minded child, Ellis is the complete opposite of her two brothers, Allan and Richard, who are real “model” children. The girl causes her parents no end of worry and they send her to the Academy, a special school for problem children. Her new environment gives Ellis the chance to realize she is not alone as an outsider. A fellow student, Peter, who is outspoken in his opposition with the national ideal, attracts her attention and he gradually manages to convince her to become part of a secret resistance network struggling against electronic tagging and a lifetime of enforced labor. At first the clandestine network terrifies Ellis, but soon she understands how it offers her a chance to be herself and engages in its struggle. She is amazed to discover that her own brother, Allan, such a fanatical supporter of the regime in appearance, is in fact the head of the movement!
TINY HOLES IN THE FINGERTIPS Author: Marion Achard One day, Paul faints in the schoolyard. The diagnosis: diabetes. From now on Paul has to test his blood six times a day by pricking his fingertips, and wear an insulin pump. It’s not easy to put up with everyday when all you want is to be a normal boy. As he learns to live with the illness, Paul finds precious comfort in Anaïs, his classmate, and Arthur, a child he meets in hospital. Thanks to them, Paul manages to explain his illness to the rest of the school and in the process learns more about it and to accept it.
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GIRL'S DEPARTMENT Author: Denis Lachaud Tina is secretly in love with Theo Tayeb. She has even started karate lessons so that she can be with him, even if it means the combat sport might stop her behaving like a girl “should do”. By the way Tina wonders why such a behavior isn’t for girls. She also starts asking serious questions about what her parents really do for a living and begins to suspect them of being secret agents. Tina is a girl who asks a lot of questions especially about what she thinks people might be hiding. “Why,” she wonders, “do we always hide what we really think and only say things that we don’t think at all?”
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12 years + - 144 pages – 13.5 x 21.5 cm – ¤12.50
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JUST ONE Author: Irène Cohen-Janca On her first day at the call center, a resigned and obedient Marie is being drilled in how to become a phone saleswoman working in an open space. From now on, she will be known as Sonia. Then one day she bumps into her former teacher, who always said “If there is one thing you should do in this life, it’s learn just one poem off by heart - a poem you can call upon wherever you are and whenever you need it.” Marie suddenly recalls her own poem, “Marie” by Guillaume Apollinaire. Suddenly something sparks back to life within her and Marie refuses to have her soul sucked out. She’s determined to let no one stands in the way of her dream: to become a hairdresser. COUV pas couche
WHAT DOESN’T KILL US Author: Antoine Dole Lola is angry. She is angry with her parents who never stop arguing, with her teachers, with her friends, with everyone. So Lola acts tough, hits out and takes flight. On the lam, she is taken in by an old woman, Simone, for whom time has stood still and who only has the ghost of her own memories for company. Slowly they learn to trust each other and Lola learns to replace Simone’s memory lapses with beautiful stories. Above all, she learns how to be gentle, the exact quality she needs to find peace in her world. It is the kind of calm that doesn’t kill, but on the contrary only makes us stronger.
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JUST FRIENDS Author: Cathy Ytak No, Manon definitely is NOT sleeping with Timothy. They’re a just friend. But one night, Timothy’s drugged without its knowledge and loses control. He phones Manon and declares his desire for her. But Manon is only too aware that “desire” is the one word that could destroy their friendship. So, she resists the idea as hard as she can, but is finally overwhelmed by doubt. A charming monologue exploring the ambiguities between love and friendship.
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MY SNOWSTORM Author: Thomas Scotto Zachary is only 19. He hasn’t finished studying, but he is going to be a father. He looks forward to the idea and in his daydreams recounts his innermost thoughts to his future child. He talks of the new weight on his shoulders that imminent fatherhood has brought and of the pride in his chest when he tells his parents. A story looking at young fatherhood, a theme rarely tackled in youth literature that is here treated with determination and tenderness.
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BROKEN Author: Frédérique Deghelt Lily falls from her horse and feels as though her life has just imploded. From carefree joy to pain and despondency, now Lily has one arm in plaster and she is dependent on others. Her vacation is ruined and she can’t help but feel injustice with the world. Through some kind of mirror effect, the affection of Lily’s hemiplegic younger brother’s brings her patience and courage.
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20 FEET UNDER Author: Charlotte Erlih When the phone rings, Manon’s life is turned upside down. Her brother Theo has been killed electrocuted on the metro line in Paris. What on Earth was he doing skulking around the tunnel by night? Beyond the pain of loss, too many questions are left unsolved. Why did Theo hide his graffiti escapades from her? One thing is sure: Manon is convinced his death was no accident. In the face of her parent’s despondency and the police’s skepticism, she attempts to lift the veil on her brother’s secret life and clear up the murky circumstances surrounding his death. And so begins her investigation in the underground maze of Paris’s metro system, a journey into the lair of Paris’s graffiti gangs. As she pursues Theo’s trail by night, Manon discovers that her secretive brother had a boyfriend, and above all, a whole host of enemies. Was his death part of a turf war or was it a homophobic crime? In her quest to discover the truth, she has to take her life in her hands and navigate some troubled waters.
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OCEAN HORSE Author: Stéphane Servant Far from the tower blocks, Angela dreams of the horizon of the ocean off the Portuguese coast, the sea of her grandmother’s memories that gallops ferociously like wild horses. Angela had planned to visit the Portuguese coast. But that was before. Before her father’s cousin raped her. Before being overwhelmed with shame and suffering torrents of abuse from the neighborhood kids. And before the baby started growing in her belly to whom she quietly confides. Finally she visits the ocean alone. As she wades into the turbulent seas, Angela screams her story to the waves and begs the horse of the ocean to help her.
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9 years + - 72-80 pages – 16.5 X 24.5 cm – softback – ¤12.70
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GREEN CHEMISTRY STEP-BY-STEP Authors: Émilie Ramel and Caroline Willay Illustrator: Laurent Kling Even if it does sometimes present dangers and create waste, green chemistry sets out to rework chemical reactions to limit their environmental effect and could prove to be the best solution we have for the problem of renewable energy, as well as many other 21st century predicaments. This work combines scientific explanation, concrete examples and experiments to reveal the chemical reactions lurking in our everyday lives, as well as those that could possibly change our future. A delight for budding chemists and any child curious about the chemistry of life!
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AFRICA STEP-BY-STEP Author: Natacha Scheidhauer Illustrator: Vincent Caut The African continent is known as the cradle of humanity. It has a captivating hold over us, through the beauty of its landscapes and the complexity of its history. Home to a host of extraordinary fascinating animals like lions and elephants and rhinos, Africa is also a crossroads for trade between people, and has given birth to great civilizations and powerful empires. It has also been a victim to slavery, practiced between tribes before the West arrived to decimate whole populations. This documentary looks at the history of Africa, its geography and fauna, drawing up a complete and complex portrait of Africa that invites all to dream and reflect.
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THAT’S MATH! Authors: Carina Louart and Florence Pinaud Illustrator: Jochen Gerner This book shows how math enabled early man to gradually take over the world and how over the centuries math has generally aided progress. Math is at the heart of weather forecasts, computer langue, and statistics. Math is also widely used in art. Furthermore, math is also full of magical secrets, secrets that manifest themselves in nature, secrets like prime numbers, infinity, or pi, the mysteries of which have left scientists baffled to this day. Jochen Gerner’s illustrations complement an enlightening book which is sure to win over the most mathphobic readers! 9 years + - 112 pages – 21 x 21 cm – hardback – ¤18
RIPOSTE! THE BEST PUT DOWNS FOR COMMON IGNORANCE Author: Jessie Magana Illustrator: Alain Pilon Have you ever wanted to find the right put down for someone who comes out with clichés such as “Boys are useless at school” or “The housing projects are full of criminals”? Each double page is devoted to a different dumb commonplace, each of which is dismantled step-by-step with simple arguments readers will be able to brandish straight away. To brush up on arguments, there are also clearly expressed statistics, short quotations and dates highlighting in a flash the nonsensical nature of preconceived ideas. 9 years + - 48 pages – 14.5 x 21 cm – hardback – ¤10
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THE NEOLITHIC AGE STEP-BY-STEP Author: Anne Augereau Illustrator: Loïc Méhée The Neolithic age was a period of profound change marking a break with prehistory - not for nothing is it also known as the Neolithic Revolution. In France, historians place the period between 5800 and 2500 BC, but it was born two thousand years earlier in the Near East. During this period, our fundamental living patterns radically changed as sedentary lifestyles developed. Hunting and gathering gradually diminished as food sources and instead homo sapiens started raising animals and tilling the land. Gradually, animals were domesticated to become an integral part of home life. Villages began to spring up, bringing major transformations such as early housing and community life, while tools and utensils became more refined. Today, all these inventions form the basis of our civilization.
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TRUE STORIES OF BIG PHOTOS Authors: David Groison and Pierangélique Schouler “The accident at Montparnasse station”, “Lunch atop a skyscraper”, “The kiss at the Hôtel de Ville”, each one a legendary photo, each instantly recognizable. But what is the story behind the snaps? How did they become iconic images? This beautiful documentary book deciphers twenty emblematic black and white photographs to put the pictures in context and enlighten the reader about the real story behind the legend. 12 years + - 80 pages – 18 x 18 cm – hardback – ¤16.50
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NON FICTION A JOURNEY THROUGH ANCIENT ROME Author: Aurélie Piriou From Romulus and Remus to Emperor Julius Caesar and beyond, Ancient Rome’s influence spread throughout the whole of Europe and provided the foundations of western society. Published in partnership with the Louvre Museum, this work looks at the main events in the history of Rome from the fall of the Empire, but also at the cultural and sociological aspects of life in Rome. Based on the wonders conserved in the Louvre’s Ancient Rome department, this work invites young readers and their parents to take a trip through time.
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ON THE TRAIL OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER Author: Sophie Lamoureux Beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a touching memorial to the horrors of the First World War. To commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the start of the war, this work examines the Unknown Soldier’s possible identity from every angle: his origins, his family, his name, his grade. This documentary also examines the war’s historical context and its progression using maps and full-page archive photography. Between war journal and documentary, this is the perfect work for teenagers who want to find out more about the mystery of the Unknown Soldier and to understand this tragic period of history. 11 years + - 112 pages – 14.5 x 21 cm – ¤13
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