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EDITIONS COURTES ET LONGUES Foreign Rights Spring 2017
EDITIONSCOURTESETLONGUES
Foreign RightsSpring 2017
newRED SkIESIsabelle Simler
A butterfly specialist is looking for Princess Butterfly, who would have discovered the secrets of silk manufacturing. With magnificent illustrations and a text which reads like a tale, Red Skies takes its readers into a a journey through the Chinese road of silk.
32.5 x 23 cm • 48 pages • 4 years+ • Simplified Chinese rights sold
newThE BIRD Of SLEEpIsabelle Simler
It’s important to be well prepared to catch the bird of sleep. You travel on his back heading for dreamland. And it is the gentlest journey ever. The Bird of Sleep is a magical picture book filled with humour and softness to guide children towards sleep. A book to read aloud in a whisper. The subtle colours of dusk bring out this bird’s feathers against everyone dreams to curl up. All the ingredients have been skilfully combined for a good night sleep.
24 x 27 cm • 48 pages • 4 years+ • Rights sold: simplified Chinese
ThE BLUE hOURIsabelle Simler
The day is ending. Soon the night will come. And in-between, it is the blue hour. Isabelle Simler’s album has the beauty of blue lights. It is an ode to nature in a symphony of blue. Brilliant!
23 x 32.5 cm • 48 pages • 4 years+ • Rights sold: simplified Chinese, English (North America), Japanese
ThaT NIGhTaT ThE mUSEUm…Isabelle Simler
The sun sets on the museum, everything seems still. But suddenly, a butterfly escapes from its window display. And then, animals, fossils and objects in all the museum halls come to life! For one night a great party gathers all the museum inhabitants together.
32.5 x 23 cm • 48 pages • 4 years+ • Rights sold: Korean, Japanese, simplified Chinese
IN ThEIR pOCkETSIsabelle Simler
Alice, Cinderella, Pinocchio, and Tom Thumb, we all know their story. But the question is: what did they have inside their pockets? Reading this picture book is like being invited to peep through the keyhole, spying on the characters of our favourite tales.
17 x 24 cm • 96 pages • 7 years+ • Rights sold: simplified Chinese
fEaThERIsabelle Simler
This book of feather animals draws the portrait of birds, funny and stylized, in contrast with the drawings of their feathers, detailed and naturalistic. One can feel like a collector, just like this mischievous tomcat who just adores his fellows with feathers...
23 x 32.5 cm • 48 pages • 4 years+ • Rights sold: simplified Chinese, Korean, Spanish (World), Italian, Russian, English (US)
wavESIsabelle Simler
Getting into the waves, lying there, letting go and dream. Wondering about these plants and seaweeds, corals and reefs, and the light of the ocean on them. A daydream filled with infinite poetry and aquatic softness.
23 x 32.5 cm • 56 pages • 4 years+• Rights sold : simplified Chinese, Korean
ThE wEBIsabelle Simler
This is the story of a spider, both an artist and a collector, that can’t resist in painting the landscape where it lives with all that falls into its legs. The Web is a magnificent herbarium and an extraordinary curiosity study, from the villain bug to the beautiful dragonfly. One web-shape laser-cut final page.
32.5 x 23 cm • 48 pages • 4 years+ • Rights sold : simplified Chinese, Russian
newGULISTaNSaadiill. by Reza Dalvand
Gulistan is one of the greatest Persian texts of the medieval times. It is composed of eight tales and poems which deal with the royal way of life, love and youth, education… Reza Dalvand appropriates this founding text with his luxurious images, made of paintings and cuttings, and reveals at the same time its ancestral character and its modernity.
21 x 32.5 cm • 48 pages • 4 years+
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On demanda à un sage :
« Parmi tant d’arbres célèbres,
hauts et fertiles que Dieu a créés,
on ne dit d’aucun qu’il est “libre”,
sauf du cyprès,
qui ne donne pas de fruit.
Quelle en est la raison ? »
De la liberté
Un poisson vigoureux tomba dans le filet d’un faible pêcheur qui n’eut pas la force de le retenir. « Un esclave partit pour rapporter de l’eau d’un fleuve. L’eau du fleuve afflua et emporta l’esclave.
Chaque fois, le filet attrape un poisson. Cette fois, le poisson est parti avec le filet. »
Les autres pêcheurs en furent désolés et lui firent des reproches, disant : « Une proie pareille est tombée dans ton filet et tu n’as pas été capable de la garder ! » Il répondit : « Mes frères, que peut-on y faire ? Le destin n’était pas de mon côté et il restait au poisson un jour à vivre. »
Les sages affirment :
Un destin inéluctable
« Un pêcheur n’attrapera pas de poisson dans le Tigre si tel n’est pas son destin, et un poisson ne mourra pas
si son heure n’a pas sonné, même sur la terre ferme. »
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ThE TOaDaND ThEDONkEyVictor Hugoill. by O.Mazoué
• 19.5 x 27.5 cm• 48 pages• 4 years+• Rights sold:simplified Chinese
ThEDRUNkENBOaTArthur Rimbaudill. by D. Cuypers
• 19.5 x 27.5 cm• 48 pages• 4 years+• Rights sold:simplified Chinese
pROUST’S maDELEINEMarcel Proustill. by Betty Bone
Marcel Proust is obviously not a writer for children. But in Remembrance of Things Past, several scenes of his childhood are perfectly adapted to young readers. 1st story: Marcel recalls his young age while eating the small biscuits ; 2nd, his mum comes to say goodnight but doesn’t stay long enough to the young Marcel’s will; 3rd, his first love encounter with a young girl. Three extracts sparkling with happiness, magically illustrated with lively colourful art...
23 x 32.5 cm • 48 pages • 4 years+ • Rights sold: simplified Chinese
ThE GLOvE whO LOST hIS haNDBetty Bone
This is a crazy story! The glove has lost his hand and the hand her glove. The eye and the nose go looking for them but the head doesn’t really want to stand up straight… Brillant and mischievous, Betty Bone tells us this very logical story filled with humour and nonsense for a unique experience of senses.
21 x 32.5 cm • 48 pages • 4 years+
newGREEN EyESLi Lamarreill. by Odile Santi
Snow is a yellow-eye white cat… A cat who needs freedom. At the end of a long journey, rich and trying, she meets Tao, a green-eyed black cat…
How not to be amazed upon the beauty, not to mention the peace and softness, that emerge from these images? Soothing text and magnificent illustrations - that unfold thanks to the Italian format - form a perfect symbiosis.
21 x 32.5 cm • 48 pages • 4 years+
Le printemps porteur de promesses est accueilli par Neige
avec un grand soulagement.
Alors qu’elle se dirige vers un étang pour boire,
elle rencontre un chat peu commun.
– Bonjour, dit Neige. Tes yeux ne sont ni bleus ni jaunes, ils sont verts. Qui es-tu ?
– Je suis Tao, chat libre ! Comme toi, j’ai dû surmonter bien des épreuves et peu à peu la couleur de mes yeux a changé. Maintenant ils sont verts comme les tiens.
newThE TREE aND ThE mOON ShaDOwHélène Romanoill. by Adolie Day
Suicide is the second cause of mortality among adults. A child is distressed and powerless when facing this traumatic situation. In treating the child, speaking is more than necessary, it’s vital. This resilient picture book frees speech on what suicide represents, providing parents and children a support for the understanding, but also new perspectives for health professionals who assist victims.
16.5 x 24 cm • 40 pages • 4 years+
afTER ThE STORmHélène Romanoill. by Adolie Day
Growing-up in a happy family, this child has not understood what the terrorist attacks are exactly. The parents did not dare to explain what happened and they have locked themselves into their own distress. But the child wonders and understands more than grown-ups might like to believe. This tender story gives keys for a strengthened communication between parents and children after terrible events.
16.5 x 24 cm • 40 pages • 4 years+
EDITIONS COURTES ET LONGUES
Hélène Romano & Adolie Day
L’Arbreet L’Ombre de la Lune
J’ai demandé à Doudou s’il avait une idée mais il était comme moi : il ne savait pas quoi faire. Je me suis dit que c’était sûrement de ma faute tout ça : si j’avais bien obéi à Papa et à Maman, si je n’avais pas embêté Sacha et mes copains, si j’avais bien écouté la maîtresse, il n’y aurait jamais eu d’orage.
Tout cela, c’était à cause de moi !
Alors, l’orage est venu dans ma tête et il y cognait très fort, et puis dans mon ventre, ça me faisait me tordre comme un asticot tellement j’avais mal. et, dans mon cœur, j’avais envie de pleurer tout le temps tellement je me sentais seul au monde… la nuit, même Doudou n’arrivait pas à me rassurer.
LITTLE RED RIDING hOOD, ThE SCENE Of ThE NIGhTGOwNGrimm Brothers and Jean-Luc Buquet
We all know the story. Little Red Riding Hood meets the wolf in the woods. He shows her the longest way to go to Grand-Ma’s, takes the shortest way, imitates Little Red Riding Hood’s voice and takes Grand-Ma’s place in the bed. What we forget
is that it can be hard to put on a nightgown when you’re a wolf… A hilarious account of this untold episode of the tale !
24.7 x 22.9 cm • 48 pages • 2 years+
my mONSTERMarie Sellierill. by Jean-Luc Buquet
This little boy has a very big secret: he hides a monster. A very naughty monster who makes him do all sorts of silly things: rolling on the floor, throwing his plate away, disobeying Mum and Dad, or scratching his little brother. But he cares about his monster, because the monster is in fact a part of himself…
24 x 27 cm • 48 pages • 2 years+
hERODOTE, ThE hEDGEhOGJean-Luc Buquet
Herodote wonders what the animals living in the forest believe in. So he goes and asks the fox, the crest, the sheep and the wolf about it… A beautiful walk across the forest starts: meeting with others, their differences and oneself too. The deep and bright monotypes created by Jean-Luc Buquet compose superb and stunning images.
23 x 32.5 cm • 52 pages • 4 years+ • Rights sold: English (US)
newThE aLBaTROSSCharles Baudelaireill. by Mathilde Magnan
The Albatross is probably one of Baudelaire’s most famous poems from The Flowers of Evil collection. It is also one of the most comprehensible because of its universal subject: how one can find his or her place in the world. This great text and its powerful illustrations offer us a deep naturalistvision. The images give an ideal setting to tackle this essential text
with the youngest and re-enchant the others.
28 x 30 cm • 48 pages • 4 years+
Le Poète est semblable au prince des nuéesQui hante la tempête et se rit de l’archer ;
GIpSyM.-F. Zeroloill. by Mathilde Magnan
Gipsy is a small, dreaming magpie, eager for freedom. On a day of strong wind, she falls from the nest and is taken care of by Manu and his family of nomads. A new life starts for her. From sea to mountain, they travel the world and discover what unites them: the same love for freedom. A true initiation to traveling tale, in which characters glow with life and mischievousness.
28 x 30 cm • 48 pages • 4 years+ • Rights sold: simplified Chinese, Korean
Mon aile me faisait horriblement mal.
Atrocement et si terriblement mal que j’ai cru disparaître de douleur.
Dans la main de Manu, j’ai retrouvé la douceur
des plumes de ma mère.
Cela m’a consolée.
faDOLIM.-F. Zeroloill. by M. Magnan• 23 x 32.5 cm• 48 pages• 6 years+
ThE hERONaND ThESNaILM.-F. Zeroloill. byM. Magnan• 23 x 32.5 cm• 48 pages• 4 years+• Rights sold: Danish
Ce jour-là, tout avait bien commencé. Princesse Louise et Dame Sido faisaient une partie de ballon dans le parc du domaine princier...
Quand tout à coup, Sido, la noble Sido, ne
renvoie plus la balle à son Altesse mais fait
n’importe quoi ! Vraiment n’importe quoi !
Eh ! viens me voir !...
Oui, vous savez... Louise et Rémi se sont rencontrés pendant les vacances. Ils sont tout de suite devenus les meilleurs amis du monde.
Rémi est une rock star… Louise chante trop bien. Ils ont décidé de monter un groupe. Ils vont l’appeler…
newLOUISE Of NEw yORk,a SUmmER Of DOGSJean Poderosill. by Gaia Guarino
Louise is spending her holidays in the Hamptons, in Auntie Emma’s awful little house. When she meets Sido, the little dog her Auntie just adopted, Louise is sure that she will spend wonderful holidays. But when another little dog, looking exactly like Sid arrives, that’s where trouble and fun begin!
23 x 32.5 cm • 48 pages • 4 years+
LOUISEOf NEw yORkThEDETECTIvE
• 23 x 32.5 cm• 48 pages• 4 years+• Rights sold:simplified Chinese
LOUISEOf NEw yORkThESINGaCTRESS
• 23 x 32.5 cm• 48 pages• 4 years+
newThE SNOwfLOwERS’ SECRETNancy Guilbertill. by Nina Missir
This little girl is fascinated by snow. As soon as the first snowflakes start to fall, she goes outside and runs among the frozen trees to see the snow cover nature with a shiny coat. The child wonders what snowflakes are made of. She goes to see the photographer Wilson Bentley, her old friend with mystery-filled eyes. He shows her that each snowflake has its own shape and is beautiful in its own way.
23 x 32.5 cm • 48 pages • 4 years+
faNfaNMarie Sellierill. by Iris Fossier
Fanfan is not an ostrich like his parents... He’s an elephant! He goes to explore the savannah and discover who he really is. A funny and limpid text illustrated by the glittering world of Iris Fossier showing us Africa in brown, gold and ultramarine.
32.5 x 23 cm • 48 pages • 4 years+ • Rights sold: German
fROm my wINDOwLoren Capelli
From her window, Lolo observes the seasons flying by, her birthday, and time passing by. The same tune again and again, that Lolo seems to know by heart. But as spring comes back, something has changed: she has grown. Following the rhythm of the seasons, she learns how to become who she really is.
22 x 33 cm • 40 pages • 4 years+
newJOURNEy TO ThE CENTER Of ThE EaRThJules Verneill. by Isabelle Simler
Journey to the Center of the Earth is one of Jules Verne’s greatest masterpieces. Isabelle Simler’s vibrant and meticulous illustrations were added to this captivating text. From full-page images, rich in detail, to the delicate illustrations ending the chapters, the drawings beautifully transpose the atmosphere of the story. The two artists’ worlds naturally meet in a magnificently crafted book object.
18 x 24 cm • 208 pages
newLINESJacques Arragon
This futuristic novel resumes the concerns 21st-century-humanity encounters: the impact that man has on the planet, how we are changing the landscapes, the consequences of being hyper connected, the communication at all costs, the appalling issue of food resources for a growing population. A great book where science-fiction meets environmental questions.
15 x 22 cm • 270 pages • 13 years+
voyage au centre de la terre
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Oui, affolée ! L’aiguille sautait d’un pôle à l’autre avec de brusques se-cousses, parcourait tous les points du cadran, et tournait, comme si elle eût été prise de vertige.
Je savais bien que, d’après les théories les plus acceptées, l’écorce minérale du globe, n’est jamais dans un état de repos absolu ; les modifications amenées par la décomposition des matières internes, l’agitation provenant des grands courants liquides, l’action du magnétisme, tendent à l’ébranler incessamment, alors même que les êtres disséminés à sa surface ne soupçonnent pas son agitation. Ce phéno-mène ne m’aurait donc pas autrement effrayé, ou du moins il n’eût pas fait naître dans mon esprit une idée terrible.
Mais d’autres faits, certains détails sui generis, ne purent me tromper plus long-temps. Les détonations se multipliaient avec une effrayante intensité. Je ne pouvais les comparer qu’au bruit que feraient un grand nombre de chariots entraînés rapi-dement sur le pavé. C’était un tonnerre continu.
Puis, la boussole affolée, secouée par les phénomènes électriques, me confir-mait dans mon opinion. L’écorce minérale menaçait de se rompre, les massifs granitiques de se rejoindre, la fissure de se combler, le vide de se remplir, et nous, pauvres atomes, nous allions être écrasés dans cette formidable étreinte.
« Mon oncle, mon oncle ! m’écriai-je, nous sommes perdus ! – Quelle est celle nouvelle terreur ? me répondit-il avec un calme surprenant.
Qu’as-tu donc ? – Ce que j’ai! Observez ces murailles qui s’agitent, ce massif qui se disloque,
cette chaleur torride, cette eau qui bouillonne, ces vapeurs qui s’épaississent, cette aiguille folle, tous les indices d’un tremblement de terre ! »
Mon oncle secoua doucement la tête. « Un tremblement de terre ? fit-il. – Oui ! – Mon garçon, je crois que tu te trompes ! – Quoi ! vous ne reconnaissez pas ces symptômes ?… – D’un tremblement de terre ? non ! J’attends mieux que cela ! – Que voulez-vous dire ? – Une éruption, Axel.
ExpLORE ThE mUSéE DE L’ORaNGERIE
Here, we discover or rediscover the Orangerie Museum in the garden of Tuileries in Paris, and its treasures: Monet’s Water Lilies and artworks by Matisse, Picasso, Cézanne, Renoir... Let’s cut, colour, find your way in a labyrinth, spot the difference and have fun with plenty of other activities.
21 x 27 cm • 48 pages • 7 years+
my wONDERROOm
• 21 x 27 cm• 48 pages• 7 years+
CREaTEyOUR OwNGaRDENSa LafRaNCaISE
• 21 x 27 cm• 48 pages• 7 years+
STyLE ITwIThThE ImpRESSIO-NISTS
• 21 x 27 cm• 64 pages• 7 years+
fEaThERSaCTIvITyBOOk
I. Simler• 21 x 27 cm• 48 pages• 5 years+
newvERSaILLES CELEBRaTIONS
From Louis XIV to Marie-Antoinette, the most beautiful parties and entertainments were thrown in Versailles. And what better way to discover them than a game booklet? Colouring, cutting, mazes, models and masks: all the classic games of the series are there, to have fun in a royal style.
21 x 27 cm • 48 pages • 7 years+
Feathers Activity Book, Style it with the Impressionists and My Wonder Room, rights sold: Russian.
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