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What does the grizzly do when someone bothers him?Grrrrrrrr!What does the owl do when he’s angry?TWIT TWOO!

A board book with flaps to play hide and seek and reveal these animals’ funny reactions! An easy-to-handle, sturdy and colourful lift-the-flap book, to discover what noises and other little sounds a skunk, grass snake or chameleon make when worried, afraid or tired.

Through stylised illustrations, the child discovers how their behaviour changes depending on their mood.

Marmoset, how do you move around with your twins?On my back, securely attached!Anteater, how do you carry your baby?Piggyback style, holding on tight!

An easy-to-handle, sturdy and colourful lift-the-flap book to discover the different ways animals carry their little ones.

Young curious minds will delight in seeing how each mummy moves around with her babies; in a pouch for the Quokka, on her tummy for the Sea Otter…

Olivia Cosneau studied at the Beaux-Arts school. She is now a full time children’s books

illustrator for Amaterra, Casterman, Gründ... She wrote and illustrated the pop-up books

Comment tu dors ? and Tu fais quoi ? with hélium.

> From 2 years up.

Cardboard. 16 pages with flaps.

18 × 18 cm.

French retail price: 11.90 €. €Publication date: Spring 2020

IN THE SAME COLLECTION:

Grenouille, où es-tu ?

(Frog, where are you?

A book about how animals

hide themselves )

and Jument, que caches-tu ?

(Mare, what are you hiding?

A book about baby

animals in the farm).

Grizzly, what are you doing? A book about animals reactions

Marmoset, what are you carrying? A book about how baby animals are carried

Olivia Cosneau

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Following Bernie, c’est mon ours, Bernie the bear is back, as endearing as he is clumsy, in the middle of a choreography. Half turns, rolls, jumps, a tap of the foot to the left, a tap of the foot to the right; a picture book all about movement and the body, with a lively dance that the reader can join in with. Put your hands in the air!

A playful and attractive graphic design, pop colours and a big format… A book that will make all little bear cubs want to move around and dance!

Janik Coat is a free-lance designer, author and illustrator. She has published

many children’s books with hélium, including the pop-up books The Red Cube and

The Blue Elf, where the reader could make the acquaintance of Bernie the bear

and his best friend, the blue elf! She also publishes books with Albin Michel

jeunesse, éditions Memo...

> From 2 years up.

Strong Board book 330 gsm.

Round corners. 35 × 51 cm. 10 pages.

French retail price: 14 €.

Publication date: Spring 2020

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A mix and match book for children, to have fun creating monsters… funny ones!

A flap book with fourteen scenes, allowing the child to create lots of wacky monsters in action, set in real or out-of-this-world locations. Simply flip each flap to make a new combination… and a new story!

Meet, amongst others, a tomato-eating vampire, a skeleton giving a bone to his dogs and a bandaged mummy in a storm.

An interactive game-book to play and stimulate children’s imagination, again and again.

Michio Watanabe was born in 1961 in Kobe, Japan. After studying oil painting and

printmaking at the University of Seika in Kyoto. He became printer of serigraphy

and since 1989 a freelance illustrator for magazines and advertising. His first

children’s book The Two Frogs was published in 2013 by Anjotoshokan. He’s the

author of the mix and match Mélange-moi published by hélium.

http://www.michio-w.com/> From 2 years up.

Board book. Cardboard.

32 pages. 26 x 16,8 cm.

French retail price: 12.50 €Publication date: Spring 2020

Michio Watanabe

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Où est le poissonnoir et blanc ?

Counting to 100 is way better if you’re having fun!A game-book to be played alone or with others, to spot the odd-one-out and also to find:- how many cats are asleep and where, amongst the 99 cats and one mouse, the mean cat is hiding? - how many planes have four engines and how many, amongst the 99 planes and one swallow, have patterned wings?- how many square signs are hiding amongst the 99 signs and one lollypop?…Over 1300 objects to observe, patterned backgrounds, a play on colours… Delphine Chedru’s resolutely graphic style is spot on, once again.

Strong points

• A very rewarding and important observational reading to develop concentration.

• Simple yet refined motifs.

• The success of Delphine Chedru’s previous game-books, La petite bête qui monte, and, for older children, the Chevalier courage, La Princesse attaque, Orient Express and Mission Mars series.

Delphine Chedru is a French graphic designer and comic book colorist. Author of more than

30 books for children, she works with hélium, Albin Michel Jeunesse, Gallimard Jeunesse..

> From 3 up.

Hardcover. Case cover trimmed off.

Rounded corners.

22 × 34,5 cm. 40 pages.

French retail: 15,20 €.

Publication date: Fall 2020

99 Tomatoes and 1 Potato Delphine Chedru

tomates et un poivron

Delphine Chedru

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Calamity Jeanne is not like other little girls. She doesn’t like pink, but rather climbing trees and pretending to be a yeti, now that’s her thing! Don’t ask her to tidy up her bedroom; in the middle of the mess, she dreams about conquering a new land. And when she has to dress up, she slips her cowboy boots on underneath her pretty dress! But today, it’s her birthday and for her friend Lily-Rose, dressed up as a fairy, she’s going to outdo herself.Even her mother will be surprised!

Marie-Ève de Grave is a documentary director and writer. She published a graphic novel

with hélium about the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly.

Victoria Dorche is a young Illustrator passionate about Cioran, yoga and travels

(she lived in India). Calamity Jeanne is her first children’s book. She lives in Paris.

> From 5 up.

Hardcover. 20 x 28 cm. 48 pages.

French retail: 15.90€.

Publication date: Fall 2019

Marie-Ève de Grave & Victoria Dorche

Calamity Jeanne

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Mammouth the kitten may be as light as feather, but he takes up a lot of space. Each family member, creature or animal around him speaks about the little cat in their own way. For some he is scary (the turtledove), for others adorable (the daddy), some he makes sad (the dog), others he annoys (the little sister)…Then one day, Mammouth disappears. What happened? What did that awful neighbour who hates him do? Or the butcher, who makes meat pâté? Mammouth? MAMMOUUUUTH!

Gauthier David has published numerous children’s books as an author or illustrator, and

sometimes both, with Albin Michel, Autrement, hélium, Thierry Magnier…

He is also the director of a drama company.

Fanny Blanc works for the press and several publishers and has already illustrated the

book Brunch is Hell: How to save the world by throwing a dinner party with Little, Brown

and Company.

Where’s Mammoth Kitty? Gauthier David & Fanny Blanc

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> From 4 up.

Hardcover. 21 × 25,5 cm. 40 pages.

French retail: 15.90 €

Publication date: Fall 2019

Today, Mama Bear and Papa Bear are setting up the den for hibernation. Pompon has to look after his brother, it’s a big responsibility. But he has an idea to keep his brother busy: throwing a Winter party! Glasses, pretty cloth and a bit of white painting should be ideal. But it’s not that easy with a Teeny Tiny Bear around. In a huge Splosh, Booing, Swish the whole surprise flies away with a white splash. Pompon runs after his brother through the forest. Where is he?! At last, Pompon sees a small fluffy tail behind a tree. But it’s not his brother’s tail. It’s white and there are plenty of other white fluffy tails around! Pompon discovers a whole bunch of polar bears sat on big ice bank bits. They look exhausted. But not his brother who is there, eating some honey he found! When he refuses to come back home with Pompon, that’s it. “I’m off! says Pompon. Take care for yourself!”. Following the white painted footprints his brother left in the forest, Pompon goes home. But not alone! A white file follows him, headed by a Teeny Tiny brown Bear. Back to the clearing, a desperate Pompon finds the wrecked white party. But he’s not alone! With the help of his polar friends and Teeny Tiny Bear, Pompon throws up the most beautiful Winter Party ever and builds a nice not melting shed for the white bears.

When Mama Bear and Papa Bear arrive, Pompon and his new friends are ready to paint the forest white!

“Would you like some honey ice cream?”

Benjamin Chaud is the renowned author and illustrator of more than 60 books. His

award-winning books, from The Bear’s Song (hélium, 2011) to I Didn’t Do My Homework

Because… (Chronicle, 2014), stand out for their distinctive art style, subtle humor,

and extraordinary invention. His work has received multiple awards, and his books have

been recommended by The New York Times. He was awarded the Gold Medal by the

New York Society of Illustrators in 2014 and nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial

Award in 2017 and 2018. He lives in the southeast of France where he specializes quietly

in drawing animals that squint.

> From 3 up.

Hardcover. 23,5 × 36 cm. 32 pages.

French retail: 15,20 €.

Publication date: Fall 2020

Pompon Ours in the Snow Benjamin Chaud

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Paul Belin, eight years old, leads a quiet life with his family until one day, someone rings the doorbell. When he opens the door, he discovers two hens come to take him to… his own trial.The boy is quite simply accused of having eaten, since his earliest childhood, an incalculable number of sausages, hamburgers, chicken wings…And who attends the trial? Hens, adorable chicks, goats, a very large cow and many others. Will any of the animals take pity on Paul Belin?An absurd tale about vegetarianism and its place in today’s society, the guilt that some meat eaters feel and the complicated relationship between humans and animals. With an even more hilarious ending (watch out for the carrots!).

Julien Baer is a French artist. He writes, draws, takes pictures and sings. He has released

five albums of French pop songs. He is the author of three books-cd written with French

singer Philippe Katerine.

Sébastien Mourrain graduated from the Émile-Cohl Art School. He illustrates children’s

books and also works for the press. He has published with Actes Sud junior, Comme des

géants, and his books have been translated in many countries around the world.

> From 5 up.

Hardcover. 20 × 28 cm.

40 pages.

French retail: 14.90 €.

Publication date: Fall 2019

VEGETARIAN?Julien Baer & Sébastien Mourrain

Sébastien MourrainJulien Baer

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A card envelope-book that unfolds into a two-storied publishing house and turns into a decorative item to hang in your bedroom! See the desk for author meetings, another for manuscript readings, the graphic design and production departments… Meanwhile, the promotion and press teams are busy getting ready for book launches! Then, finally, head over to the bookstore, where readers come to meet their favourite authors! But above all, discover ten little fun and colourful books, each introducing publishing and the different jobs involved; learning how to make your very own illustrated picture book, develop your imagination to write stories, learn about publishing vocabulary, the relationship between text and images or typography…

Each book includes instructive illustrations, as detailed as they are fun!

Didier Cornille is a designer, illustrator, and professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Le

Mans, France. He has written and illustrated several acclaimed books with hélium, including

Toutes les maisons sont dans la nature / Who Built That? Modern houses, Tous les ponts sont

dans la nature / Who Built That? Bridges and Tous les gratte-ciel sont dans la nature / Who Built

That? Skyscrapers.

> From 3 up.

Card background, 10 inserted booklets

(6 x 7 cm), 16 pages each.

Unfolded: 79 cm high / folded 28,5 x 21 cm.

French retail: 15,90 €.

Publication date: Fall 2019

Welcome to my Publishing House

Didier Cornille & Sophie Strady

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> From 6 up. / Early reading

Soft cover. Imitation bark cover paper

with folds. 15 × 23 cm. 64 pages.

French retail: 12.90€ Publication date: Fall 2019

Henri Meunier & Benjamin Chaud

Mole & FieldmouseThe Earthworm Pie vol. 2

The Golden Days vol. 1

Autumnal adventures full of humour about a field mouse and a very short-sighted mole, deliciously illustrated by Benjamin Chaud

“Hot food, coming through!” cries Mole as he grabs the dishes. “Your pie on the blue plate, mine on the pink, as agreed. But hush! The jury must remain completely impartial. Good luck, Field Mouse!”

Mole and Field Mouse are back! Autumn is here, with its dance of dead leaves. And although Mole is cross with his fiancée for, in his words, taking a shine to a coat hanger, the two friends are not disheartened. Between acts of kindness, cooking competitions, lively violin melodies, they delight the reader once more with their imagination. There’s no time for boredom with these two bold, inseparable friends, who turn every instant of everyday life into a moment of great joy!Speaking of which… Anyone want to dance a foxtrot?After the flowery spring and blue skies of Beaux jours, Benjamin Chaud opts for a rich palette of brown and ochre tones, carrying the reader into a chilly autumnal setting. A (pre)early reading book to enjoy curled up in front of the fireplace or in bed!

Strong points• A bucolic and sweet early reading story, with friendship as its main theme.

• A field mouse and a mole reminiscent of classic tales such as Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows, or Arnold Lobel’s Owl at Home.

• Three stand-alone stories that set a reading rhythm.

Henri Meunier is a renowned author and illustrator who was born in Belgium and now lives in the

south of France. He has published many children’s books as an author and illustrator. He also writes

comic books.

I wanted to invert the picture book concept, by not showing things to set them, but to watch them evolve or disappear. So, I thought about a visual story with see-through sheets, that touches upon a child’s everyday life. For me, the see-through paper, with its slightly opaque transparency, reflects the evanescence of everything that surrounds us and that slips through our fingers.Beatrice Alemagna

With a great deal of graphic creativity, soft yet funny and always intriguing illustrations, Beatrice Alemagna evokes the different moments of life that all children are faced when growing up; some painless, or almost, like teeth falling out or a little scrape, and others deeper, such as sadness…A see-through sheet is lifted on each page, transforming the image. But beneath each of these short-lived moments, lies something unchanging, strong and lasting; the love of a parent for their child.

Beatrice Alemagna is an Italian illustrator and author. She was born in Bologna, Italy in

1973. She studied at the Graphic School in Urbino (ISIA), and in 1997 moved to Paris, where

she currently lives. Her work has received multiple awards, and her books have been

recommended by The New York Times and the New York Public Library. She is the recipient

of the 2010 Andersen Prize for Illustrator of the year and was nominated to the Astrid

Lindgren Memorial Award four times (in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017).

> All ages.

Hardcover. 16 × 25 cm.

70 pages. with 16 velum pages.

French retail: 15.90 €.

Publication date: Fall 2019

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English, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Swedish, simple and complexe

Chinese.

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After 10 years, with you by our side, much to our delight,

we are still driven by the same desire…

To publish books where the child takes charge, happy to explore the story

through the pictures before even knowing how to read, observing every detail

in the illustrations and forging their own path through the book. This is our

little reader, who truly delights in discovering what the adult has not yet seen!

To imagine object-books in the right form, consistent with each author’s

project, with no excessive manufacturing. For the littlest ones, this revolves

around the design, as set out by Bruno Munari. An easy to handle format,

an added material, a particular binding… Everything contributes to creating

a special bond between the child and the book.

To offer artist books to everyone! Each author in our catalogue is unique, with

a wide variety of styles. Each book is an artistic proposition for all readers,

whether experienced or novices, children or adults.

To establish a dialogue between the child and the adult: during this quiet

time when pages are turned, feelings and emotions become more palpable

and can be voiced. Sometimes, long after reading, the images resonate

and the words forever remain folded within a pocket of childhood.

To invest in the intelligence of children, thus placing us within the history

of children’s literature, that traces back to the hopes of progressive education

and the Père Castor series, that opens a child’s eyes to the beauty that lies

within nature, art, architecture and literature… through curiosity and play.

To not avoid the questions raised by our complex world, such as the dangers

that threaten our planet, or injustice, but to always do so with optimism

and humour, so that readers can imagine their role in the future.

To share the adventure of life through fiction, with strong voices that arouse

solidarity, empathy and that spur the reader towards others.

To explore a thousand ways of telling a story: from interactive books to

novels, a children’s book is a little theatre with an ever-changing setting,

an invitation to embark upon a journey, sometimes to unexplored lands,

where the imagination spreads its wings and sweeps the reader away.

Sophie Giraud Founder and publisher

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