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spring 2014
GOOD NIGHT Pierre Pratt
Pierre Pratt
Bonne nuit !
By Mathis
Pierre Pratt Every night, before he snuggles down in bed, first he has to say goodnight to everything. If it was just his jacket, trousers and shoes, life would be fine, but this guy doesn’t do things by halves and when he starts saying goodnight to his left leg, it makes you wonder if his goodnights are ever going to end. A book with a surprising and hilarious ending.
Bonne nuit ! Pierre Pratt
Monsieur ?
Tu as oublié la lumière !
Hé monsieur !
I’M FED UP
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2 years + 12 x 12 cm 24 pages boardbook 6.60 €
Yann Fastier
J’en ai marre
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Yann Fastier
Quand un busard, comme par hasard, l’emporta.
LA VIE EN BLEU
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j-p blanpain
LA VIE EN BLEU
22 BOOKS AVAILABLE NOW IN BOOKSHOPS AND A TV SERIES ON FRENCH TV.
WHO ARE YOU? Boris has an argument with his reflection in the mirror. It must be said Boris’s reflection is a real pain the neck. He has nothing positive to say, and keeps shouting that a mirror never lies. Someone please shut him up!
“It’s raining, it’s pouring, ‘I’m fed up, it’s boring,’ says the frog. But then a boa passing through gobbled him up. Bad luck! Unfortunately wherever you go in life there’ll always be someone bigger. And so the boa is then gobbled up on turn by a passing eagle, etc, etc. Who’s on the end of the food chain? The storyteller of course. A circular story with a twist in the tale!
LIFE THROUGH BLUE-TINTED SPECTACLES
Boris is a cute, funny little bear with a tough character. He loves playing with toys and he loves teasing them. He may be a stubborn, mischievous, adorable and quick-tempered young soul but never boring. Boris the Bear is the perfect companion little children never knew they needed!
2 years + 12 x 12 cm 24 pages boardbook 6.60 €
LONG LIVE NATURE! Nature had it all planned: soft grass to fall on so no one gets hurt, rain to wash away the dirt, and sunshine to get warm and dry. And above all, a mom to bring out the milk and cookies.
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Jean-Pierre Blanpain Meeting your soul-mate, risking your life in terrible storms, discovering treasure and taking to your heals with it. There’s nothing like an adventurer’s life, full of twists and turns, far from the daily grind. It’s the life we all dream of. Even if it’s a far cry from his dull daily routines, who said a goldfish isn’t allowed to have dreams too?
jean-pierre blanpain
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2 years + 12 x 12 cm 24 pages boardbook 6.60 €
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Voir en vrai le sous-marin jaune.
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2 years + 14 x 14 cm 32 pages hardcover 6,60 €
WORDS ABOUT TIME
Eddy may look like your common and garden bear, but actually he’s no ordinary bear. An album full of picture book clichés, representing familiar situations maintenant in a baby’s daily life – playing, eating, going pee, going to bed, etc – situations that are delightfully subverted on the following double page. The world is such a big place and days are too short, so everyone needs books and kisses in abundance if they’re to grow up big and beautiful. À présent, actuellement.
Maintenant, en ce moment, je tiens dans les mains un livre. Ce livre.
Préface d’Annie Rolland, psychologue clinicienne « À l’heure où la vitesse et la performance sont reines, il est utile de s’arrêter, parfois, le temps d’un livre, juste pour lire un instant. Plus qu’un inventaire de mots et d’images, ce livre donne aux enfants les clés du temps qui donnent du sens à la vie. »
Christian Bruel
NOURS
Catherine Grive & Janik Coat
Christian Bruel Nicole Claveloux
les mots du temps
EDDY
Catherine Grive & Janik Coat
les mots du temps
12,50 €
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Catherine Grive Janik Coat Today, tomorrow, yesterday, now, never, always… Word-by-word and page-by-page, through definitions and examples, we follow a growing girl, Jeanne, who helps us understand the notions of time that seem so complex to kids. In her preface, the psychologist, clinician and doctor of psychology Annie Rolland highlights how, “in this age ruled by speed and performance, […] it’s a good idea to slow down, […] for the time it takes to read a book.” More than an inventory of words and images for talking about time, this album plays with words, and gives children keys and meaning to life.
nicole claveloux
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2 years + 15 x 17.5 cm 32 pages hardback 11 €
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N IC O L E C
après Ce qui vient, qui n’est pas encore arrivé et qu’on attend parfois avec impatience.
... mais pas les é epinards. Ni le monstre vert. Après les pâtes, le dessert. Après l’école, la maison. Après la pluie, le beau temps. Après la graine, le bébé.
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3 years + 16 x 16 cm 48 pages hardback 13.50 €
Christian Bruel Nicole Claveloux
LETTERS WITH LEGS, FUR AND PETALS
Two funny penguins, one little, one big, joined together by a rope. And on their bellies there is a big button that helps them change its length, and vrrr… they suddenly spring back together again. But little penguin doesn’t always want what big penguin wants. A beautiful book about emancipation for learning how to live and grow together.
Philippe Lechermeier Delphine Perret A doggydog in the throes of teenage angst starts writing to his grandma. A rose plucks up her finest quill and pens her innermost thoughts to the gardener. A madcap mosquito enters into an imaginary correspondence with a window. After “Letters with feathers and fur”, five new and crazy animal missive exchanges containing hard-hitting hilarious letters which between the lines conceal subtle, intelligent criticisms of our society. ombres étranges, ces formes effrayantes… Et la nuit, les cris angoissants, les grognements, les feulements…
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2 years + 15 x 17.5 cm 32 pages hardback 11 €
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8 years + 12 x 15 cm 176 pages softcover 10 €
Je suppose que vous avez dû être sacrément soulagé quand vous avez compris que le grincement de votre portail, c’était le facteur qui faisait sa tournée. Je parie même que vous êtes revenu dans la cuisine en maugréant parce qu’il y avait, dans la liasse de courrier, plusieurs factures et que recevoir des factures vous a toujours fait maugréer. C’est bien ça ? J’en mettrais ma barbichette à couper tant j’ai gardé en mémoire vos habitudes. Poursuivons… Une fois les factures jetées avec colère sur la toile cirée de la table, vous êtes tombé sur ma lettre. Intrigué, tant vous êtes peu habitué à recevoir autre chose que des factures et des publicités, vous avez examiné l’enveloppe 48
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Seymourina Cruse • Carole Chaix
Lucien a croisé Rose dans l’escalier,
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elle a l’air bien marrante, et plutôt jolie. Il tombe sous le charme. Mais comment le dire à Sidonie? Un peu de mensonges, un rien de manipulation, et voilà: Rose est la nouvelle élue!
PETITE POCHE
IN YOUR LITTLE POCKETS Yann Mens She spends her days wandering the Paris metro, jumping off and on trains to pickpocket the passengers. She’s a normal kid, in a different school where she’s learns how to spot tourists a mile away, as well as the cops, who come chasing herself and her friends. From morning till night, their sticky fingers dip into bags and pockets. They have no choice. If day’s crust ain’t earned, they pay for it in the evening. One day, a cop catches her. She didn’t run fast enough. But this cop is different to the others, and gets behind her tough exterior. TOMORROW, I PROMISE Christophe Léon Zachary is a real daredevil. He skateboards, he plays tennis (he can even beat Yannick Noah), he jumps out of airplanes with parachutes (he even breaks the sound barrier), he falls in love with a beautiful gypsy girl, he goes fishing… Zachary loves daydreaming. From his hospital bed, he manages to turn his days into worlds of adventure.
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7 years + 10.5 x 15 cm 48 pages softcover 5€
Roman
Raphaële Botte
Sidonie, c’est fini
R. B OT TE
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Seymourina Cruse • Carole Chaix
Jam made from apricots and almonds, milk, or green tomatoes. Mango and date chutney, onion relish or homemade ketchup. Delightful sweet and savory combinations to brighten up your sandwiches and everyday meals. Sélectionnées, testées, patiemment épluchées...
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SIDONIE, IT’S OVER Raphaële Botte Lucien meets a beautiful girl on the stairs leading up to his apartment. And she looks like she’s a lot of fun. He dreams of having her as a babysitter after school. But first he has to get rid of Sidonie. He plots and schemes and criticizes her, before finally Lucien gets what he wants. Now Rose takes over. She’ll be taking care of Lucien now. But Rose isn’t all she was cracked up to be and, when she’s not ruling Lucien with an iron fist, she’s on the phone to her boyfriend…
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Seymourina Cruse • Carole Chaix
Seymourina Cruse • Carole Chaix
Après la catastrophe, la forêt est devenue l’endroit le plus sûr pour les hommes affaiblis. Oui mais c’est aussi le royaume des animaux. Ils se réunissent pour délibérer sur le sort des hommes. Que va-t-on faire d’eux? Les tuer? Les aider? Le roi des mouettes, la reine des abeilles, la biche apeurée, chacun des animaux donne son avis.
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L E R OI D ES MO UE T TES , L A R EI N E D ES C HO UE T TES
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Vincent Cuvellier
Le roi des mouettes, la reine des chouettes
V. C UV EL L I E R
all ages 13 x 21 cm 48 pages softcover 9.90 €
DA NS V OS P ETI TES P OCHES D E M AIN , PR O M IS !
PETITE POCHE
Christophe Léon
C. LÉON
un programme! C’est la mêmedans ce trou perdu à la campagne, que Prune passe ses vacances, entourée d’une tripotée de vieux voisins pleins de problèmes. Si au moins elle recevait des nouvelles de son cher Augustin… Mais le jour où une lettre arrive, rien ne se passe comme elle avait faux
Sticky cinnamon treats, cookies, Florentine shortbreads, langues de chat, meringues and palmiers… A whole host of traditional French cookies and cakes for everyone’s delight.
POT-LOAD OF JAMS AND CHUTNEYS
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CONFITURES ET CHUTNEYS À PLEIN POT
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Seymourina Cruse • Carole Chaix
Dans vos petites poches
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Yann Mens
Y. MENS
Faux texte de quatrieme couverture un programme! C’est la mêmedans ce trou perdu à la campagne, que Prune passe ses vacances, entourée d’une tripotée de vieux voisins pleins de problèmes. Si au moins elle recevait des nouvelles de son cher Augustin… Mais le jour où une lettre arrive, rien ne se passe comme elle avait faux
Recipes by Seymourina Cruse Illustrations by Carole Chaix
A collection of twenty easy-to-make tasty recipes devised by Seymourina Cruse, delightfully illustrated by Carole Chaix and published in small notebook format for teens and adults alike. Feel free to take notes!
BISCUITS À METTRE EN BOÎTE !
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THE GREAT-MUNCH RECIPE NOTEBOOK
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THE KING OF THE GULLS, THE QUEEN OF THE OWLS Vincent Cuvellier A global catastrophe has struck, destroying the cities, and survivors take refuge in the forests. The animals gather to decide what is to become of the human invaders. Kill them? Help them? Each animal representative gives their opinion (as well as some of the plants), each expressing their grudges and bugbears. Power has changed hands and payback time has come. Only the fittest shall survive and now the fittest are the animals. They have the vote. Save mankind or not? Ultimately, it is a baby animal who has the casting vote. In this crazy, off-beat senate, seagulls, rats, bees, deer, and mosquitoes take the stand, as well as the nettles. 7
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9 years + 12 x 21 cm 80 pages
TO THE END OF THE SECRET
THAT GIRL’S GOT STYLE Marie-Sophie Vermot
Gregory secretly rears pets in the cellar of his Parisian apartment block. But not your usual kind of pet. Gregory rears spiders and scorpions and other fragile species that demand a lot of care and attention. What’s more, everybody uses the cellar, some for growing cannabis, others for walking their pet rats. When the police finds out about the marijuana racket, the electricity is cut off. Gregory has to find a solution to save his pets. The old timer in the building welcomes Gregory’s mini-menagerie into his home, and a friendship sparks up across the generations. A delightful tale of an apartment block and the people who live in it, where a reclusive teen discovers friendship and where solidarity has an important role to play.
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Muriel Zürcher Marie-Sophie Vermot
Cette fille a du style
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MOVING UP TO THE SIXTH-FLOOR
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10 years + 12 x 21 cm 160 pages
CAVALCADES Marianne Rubinstein After leaving his native Brittany, Jules manages to settle in Paris and forms a genuine friendship with his neighbor Mr. Langman, despite their age difference. When he accidentally overhears a conversation, Jules learns that his father is not dead after all and that his mother has been lying to him. The boy dreams of finding his father again, even if it does mean traveling to a far-flung Micronesia island. To achieve his goal, he is going to need Mr. Langman, who has his own very good reasons to help his young neighbor.
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9 years + 12 x 21 cm 112 pages
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Damienne has just had a huge revelation: she really digs fashion. So she switches school course and signs up for an internship with a young and promising Italian fashion designer (Tosca della Valle), and is immediately thrown in at the deepend: preparing her first show for Fashion Week, alongside Martin, another internee from the same high-school who’s bubbling with ideas. Damienne discovers she loves the supercharged atmosphere of the fashion world. Damienne has found her vocation. A book presenting heroine full of daring and imagination in a world that is sure to win over young female readers.
10 years + 12 x 21 cm 208 pages
Florence Thinard For Zoe, Myriam, Aziz and Maxime, the Clos Vert farm is the last chance saloon. If they put one foot wrong, instead they’ll be spending their summers at an education boot camp. Like every year, Suzanne and Amedee’s grandson, Felix, is also vacationing at the farm and he’s fed up of being invaded by hoards of badly-brought-up teens who couldn’t care less for the horses. Everyone has to muck in and the work is tough: there are the horses to groom, the stables to clean, and housework to do, with Amedee wielding a rod of iron. Suzanne’s good humor and great cooking manage to soothe the most rebellious. The equestrian center is threatened by bankruptcy because of a dishonest competitor. When they hear the news, the kids on the farm go out of their way to find solutions to save the farm. And they’re not short of ideas. Good humor and humanity, goodwill and solidarity ultimately work miracles. A novel oozing with the same atmosphere as Encore heureux qu’il ait fait beau. 9
THE DAY AFTER
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11 years + 12 x 21 cm 160 pages
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THE CAFÉ CEREMONY
Christophe Léon
Leila is her younger sister’s legal guardian and, after their difficult childhood, she’s determined to give her a good upbringing. So every day after school, Sabbah has to spend her time with the neighbors downstairs, the Mavre family, and the ancient mother and her slightly less ancient daughter Brigitte, a retired school teacher. What Leïla doesn’t know is that Brigitte has a screw loose, and that she’s fond of playing out her own 3D action movies at home, full blast and in dolby stereo, depending on her moods. While Brigitte’s immediate neighbors are terrified of old-timer, the ten-year-old Sabbah develops affection for the reclusive pair.
Fred is a metro vigilante. He cannot bear to see men taking advantage of the crowds to grope women. He spots the men, harasses them and shames them in front of everyone else. One day, he comes across Tilly, a young woman who has just struck out at her harasser. The police give chase and they have to take refuge in an apartment block where they meet Jean, an old timer who’s been bored and bad-tempered ever since he retired. To get away from his kids who want to put him in a home, and from his neighbor whom he cannot bear anymore, Jean takes Fred and Tilly to a house, not far from Paris. In this three-voice narrative, a series of minor incidents lead the protagonists, almost despite themselves, into a mêlée of events that are totally out of their control.
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12 years + 12 x 21 cm 128 pages
YANKOV
Arnaud Cathrine Doriand has the misfortune of being born to a father who’s an author of children’s novel, a father who’s suffering from writer’s block. What’s worse, his father has traced out Doriand’s whole life in his novels. It’s so embarrassing, it makes him mad. When they set out on their vacation in Normandy, father and son agree a non-aggression pact. It is the same seaside resort where the father’s parents live, but years ago he broke away from them. When Doriand finds out, he invites himself round to their delightful residence to find out more about his father, and why he never mentions the olden-days. After all, what does come to light would make great novel material.
« On a tout perdu. Et on est tous perdus. Mais quand même, on est là.
Orphelins, mal en point, malheureux. Des miettes d’enfants. Mais vivants. »
Yankov est un des enfants rescapés
des camps de la mort. À la fin de la guerre, avec d’autres comme lui ils sont recueillis
dans une maison d’enfants. Mais comment redevenir un enfant quand on a vécu
l’horreur ? Comment continuer à vivre quand on a tout perdu ?
Ces enfants qu’une faim constante dévore ont presque tout oublié de la tendresse, de la confiance. Mais le temps passe et, grâce à une directrice bienveillante, Yankov retrouvera le goût de la vie, le goût des autres.
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11 years + 12 x 21 cm 160 pages
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Franck Krebs
Rachel Hausfater Doriand has the misfortune of being born to a father who’s an author of children’s novel, a father who’s suffering from writer’s block. What’s worse, his father has traced out Doriand’s whole life in his novels. It’s so embarrassing, it makes him mad. When they set out on their vacation in Normandy, father and son agree a non-aggression pact. It is the same seaside resort where the father’s parents live, but years ago he broke away from them. When Doriand finds out, he invites himself round to their delightful residence to find out more about his father, and why he never mentions the olden-days. After all, what does come to light would make great novel material.
12 years + 12 x 21 cm 96 pages
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Martin gaffeur tout terrain Sarah Turoche-Dromery
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12 x 18 cm 144 pages 6,90 €
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Sarah Turoche-Dromery
MARTIN, THE HEAVY-DUTY BLUNDERER
Martin gaffeur tout terrain
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A new collection with a good dose of humor : 80-120 page volumes, with tasty, madcap, mind-blowing tales.
Sarah Turoche-Dromery Sam and Martin are set to join their parents for their cousin’s wedding in Italy. While Martin is the eldest, his younger brother, Sam is by far the most level-headed and responsible. From the moment they reach the airport, Sam begins to get the jitters and for good reason too, as subsequent events out-nightmare even his own worst nightmares. This time Martin goes too far. They reach Italy earlier than expected, and the two brothers are lodged by a cousin; the real adventure however has only just begun. They lose their luggage, get caught up in a wild and crazy party, have problems waking, a car accident, etc, etc, etc. They finally turn up late to the wedding riding in a sidecar – an unobtrusive entrance if ever there wasn’t!
IT’S TOUGH BEING A STAR! Ingrid Thobois Simone Toupet is the ideal neighbor. She hates school, she makes great cakes, she loves singing and she understands why Martin dreams of becoming the next Justin Bieber. Martin spends much of his time at Simone’s house and eventually she enrolls him in a singing competition, because she believes in him. But becoming a star is hard work, you have to rehearse and learn how to place your voice. It’s not as easy as it looks. A novel that takes a humorous look at childhood ambitions to become a star.
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12 x 18 cm 96 pages 6,90 €
Elsa Giroux foreign rights +33 (0)1 55 42 65 14 egiroux@helium-editions.fr Thierry Magnier publisher Soazig Le Bail editor fiction Angèle Cambournac editor picture books 18, rue Séguier - 75006 Paris - t. +33 (0)1 44 83 80 00 www.editions-thierry-magnier.com