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Good or Bad Idea Illustrations: Pascal Lemaitre Text: Ludovic Flamant
Board Book with holes 26 pages / 150 x 210 mm CD with files available
To rock on a swing, good idea. To rock in your chair, bad idea. To play « Guess who? » in the garden, good idea. To play « Guess who? » in the car, bad idea. To leave Daddy in the dark, good or bad idea? Move ideas with your fingers! Ludovic Flamant was born in Namur in 1978. He clearly remembers crying at the age of twelve because he was no longer able to play with his Playmobils. So he waited for the wish to come back. In the meanwhile he wrote for adults: a novel, some theatre… And then it came back! Now he plays every time he writes for children. He lives in Brussels with his son and daughter. Pascal Lemaitre lives half the year in Brussels, where he teaches in the art school La Cambre and half the year in New York. His work appears in the press (The New York Times, Le Monde...) and also in children magazines. He has published many books for children at Simon & Schuster (Who’s Got the Game by Toni Morrisson) and Pastel.
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Happy Holidays, Lou! Board Book with animations 14 pages / 200 x 200 mm Booklet with stickers and stencils 12 pages / 200 x 200 mm Plastic bag with handles CD with files available
Jeanne Ashbé
Lou & Mouf series: 14 titles Translated into: Spanish, Dutch, Korean, Italian, Chinese In a practical little bag, you’ll find a book with animations and a booklet with stickers and stencils. Happy Holidays, Lou! “To go on holiday, you don’t need much”. Lou packs his suitcase and he’s off! Each page presents a different animation: something to pull, slide, turn, touch… and Lou’s cool ideas to have a great holiday! Mouf’s games This little game book proposes a series of activities to be done alone or with an adult, including reusable stickers and colouring activities. These games also develop observation, memory, language… and give the opportunity to have fun making animal sounds, noises, scribbles… Jeanne Ashbé lives in Belgium. Her university studies lead her to Quebec, where she worked as a language therapist in a hospital for children. Back to Belgium, she started illustrating schoolbooks, but soon, she began to illustrate her own books.
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What a Noise! Illustrations: Pélagie Text: Claude K. Dubois
32 pages / 190 x 260 mm CD with files available
It’s springtime. Telio has just moved to his new home, in town. There it is... Door number 3B. There is so much to do! Telio is worn out. He takes his favourite toy and cuddles up in bed for a nap. Vwooom Vwooom... Weee weee... Plop Plop... Zzz Zzz… There’s a lot of noise outside! “What’s that? I must go and see…” Claude K. Dubois was born in Verviers, Belgium, in 1960. She teaches sketching at the Saint-Luc Institute in Liège, where she studied herself. At school she worked on drawing from life, sketching and watercolours, which she particularly enjoys. Pélagie was born in 1987. She has been drawing as far back as she can remember. So it was natural for her to choose to study art at Saint-Luc, in Liège. She likes to experiment with different techniques: watercolour, collage, pencils, acrylic paint, Photoshop... She runs workshops for children and loves to share her passion. She lives closely surrounded by her family, her boyfriend and her son, Théo.
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Fallen down 32 pages / 200 x 200 mm Coprinting opportunity
Claude K.Dubois
This morning, perched on his branch, Blackbird notices his friends near the pond. - Hey! He yells out, bouncing up and down. But he slips on the morning dew and falls from the branch. - Ouch, my leg! He says. Goose arrives. She saw it happening: - Oh Blackbird, did you hurt yourself? - Mmm... It’s alright. - That must hurt! lets out Roro as he arrives. It’s all blue! - Is it? Blackbird asks, a little worried. - It’s even a little twisted as well, isn’t it? Finch comments. - Maybe we should call an ambulance, says Heron, who heard their cries.
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I saw Text: Cendrine Genin Illustrations: Rascal
32 pages / 190 x 200 mm CD with files available
I saw it through the morning window. Running in a funny way along the path. I love you black dog. I saw it under the table. Then hidden in my bed. I love you kitten I saw it from afar, looking lost, and hugged it to my breast. I love you my doll. I saw it in my heart... I love you Daddy, I love you Mummy. Cendrine Genin was born in France. Both a writer and a photographer, she directs Envols d’Enfance, an association she founded with the aim of bringing together artists and sick children. In secondary school, her French teacher asked her to drop parentheses from her essays. Ever since, she’s worked hard at writing without parentheses. Rascal was born in Belgium in 1959. After working in advertising, drawing posters for the theatre and having different jobs, he decided to devote himself to children’s books. He has been awarded the Great Prize for children’s literature of the French-speaking community of Belgium for 2009-2012.
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The Queen of Kisses’ Favourite Cushion 32 pages / 210 x 295 mm Coprinting opportunity
Kristien Aertssen
Translated into: Hindi, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Turkish, Korean, German, Greek, Danish
The Queen of Kisses carries her name well. She pampers her three children all the time. She cherishes them, cuddles them and has fun with them. When she’s played a lot, she takes a little nap with her favourite cushion. One evening, the three rascals start a tremendous pillow fight and destroy everything in the bedroom. Even the Queen of Kisses’ favourite cushion. She can’t sleep at all, she feels so lonely without her beloved cushion... Kristien Aertssen was born in Antwerp in 1953. After studying graphics at the Antwerp Academy, where she now teaches, Kristien received a scholarship to specialise in illustration in Pasadena, US. She currently lives in Gent and publishes her picture books in the Flanders, Holland and France. Inspiration comes to her from primitive and naïve arts, Indian and Islamic miniatures, children’s drawings and toys.
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Grandpa’s Turn to Decide 36 pages / 150 x 210 mm Coprinting opportunity
Text: Jean Leroy Illustrations: Jean-Luc Englebert
On Wednesdays, it’s Grandpa who looks after me. Well, « looks after me », that’s easy to say... He never decides what we’re going to do with our day! This morning, Grandpa asks me: - Do you want to go to the park or to the library? - Hey, Grandpa? Do you know what I’ve decided? - Hmm, no! What? - From now on, it’s you who decides! - But... - No buts! Jean Leroy was born in Valenciennes, France, in 1975. He has been passionate about writing since childhood. Today, Jean Leroy writes a lot of stories for toddlers but also for adults. Jean-Luc Englebert was born in Verviers, Belgium, in 1968. He attended courses at the Saint-Luc Institute in Brussels and, after being tempted by comic strips, became an illustrator of children’s books. His stories are tender, illustrated by luminous and sober watercolours. He lives in Brussels and has two daughters.
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Raoul. Wait, I’m in a hurry! 56 pages / 210 x 297 mm Coprinting opportunity
Michel Van Zeveren
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- Tell me, Mum, these grains on the donuts, do they make donuts grow? - No, my darling, donuts are made at the baker’s. Or in a factory, I don’t know... - Tell me, Mum, when can I have a baby brother? - Well, even if Mum has a baby, it won’t necessarily be a baby brother, you know... - Oh... - Anyway, baby brother or baby sister, get ready to share your donut! Michel Van Zeveren was born in Gent, Belgium, in 1970.He enrolled in the School of Graphic Studies (Erg) in Brussels, where he turned towards the illustration course and children's books in particular. He now divides his time between creating picture books and comic strips and collaborating with different magazines.
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Rosalie and the Tree at the Rock Émilie Seron
36 pages / 200 x 260 mm CD with files available
Rosalie is playing in her grandmother’s garden. Her imagination carries her away on a great adventure with the Frog Man, her doll Dominique and André, the bear. They have to reach the tree at the rock without meeting the witch... The witch can take any shape!
Emilie Seron was born in Liège in 1978 and studied illustration at the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels. In her messy workshop, she passes from pen to brush, from ink to watercolour to translate the best emotions and feelings. "Everything must be alive. If the story is driven by strong characters, the image will come from itself.”
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Sven and the Musicians of the Sky Text: Pierre Coran Illustrations: Célia Chauffrey
32 pages / 235 x 330 mm CD with files available
Sven, the little guardian of the mountain, was a flute-player. Whenever he played his melodies, the notes flew away. But that day, when he played, a huge whirlwind blew up from the White Valley. Sven felt he was being sucked up and carried away. An amazing force kept his eyelids jammed shut. When Sven opened his eyes again, he was in an endless corridor. Names sung out from the doors: Bach, Grieg, Brahms, Chopin, Mozart... A poet, novelist and storyteller, Pierre Coran was born in Belgium in 1934. For a long time he worked as a primary school teacher, following Freinet’s method, then as a college director and literature professor. He has been awarded various prizes for his literary career - which also includes novels for young adults - among which the Grand Prix de Poésie pour la Jeunesse (for children’s poetry). Célia Chauffrey lives in France. After majoring in literature, she studied graphic design in Paris. Then she joined the Émile Cohl School in Lyon where she graduated in 2003.
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