Albin Michel Jeunesse Highligts Ilustrados spring 2015

THE LION’S ROOMAdrien Parlange

O ne evening, whilst the lion is out of his room, a brave young boy dares to visit it. On entering,

he hears some noises and, afraid the lion might be coming back, he quickly hides under the bed. It is only a little girl who enters the room but swiftly lies in ambush under the carpet when she hears approaching footsteps. Then follows a parade of curious visitors who, one after

the other, all end up hiding by fear of the lion. In the ceiling light, behind the mirror and behind the

curtains, the bedroom fills up with a dog, a flock of

birds, another boy… until the dreaded lion finally returns!

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A remarkable illustrated book, unlike any other, to help children tame their fear.

Hardcover picture book, 48 pages, 205x290mm, €14.90

Ages 5 & Up

Poetic in voice and elegant in design, this story is based on a cadenced enumeration that ends with a comical situational turnaround.

Editor’s note: La Chambre du Lion was awarded a Mention in the FICTION category of the BOLOGNA

RAGAZZI AWARD 2015. Adrien Parlange is the author of another outstanding picture

book L’Enfant Chasseur, to be published by Albin Michel Jeunesse in 2015.



After the success of La Chambre du Lion, Adrien Parlange delivers another literary and creative picture book, unique in its genre.

The Hunter BoyAdrien Parlange

Hardcover picture book, 260x360mm, 32 pages, one PVC sheet inserted into a pocket, €14.90

Ages 7 & Up

A t bedtime, a child listens to his mother telling the story of the Hunter Boy. He does not believe

in his existence and falls asleep, but in his dream he tracks the Hunter Boy down in the forest and questions all the animals who may know how to

find him… Now the reader is offered the opportunity to experience becoming the sleeping boy by making

appear the images of the dreams on each page. Indeed, with the help of little signs (a cross, a circle, an angle and a loop) dissimulated on the pages, the reader can

easily position the translucent paper over Matisse like abstract shapes to reveal, as if by magic, the figurative narrative elements of the dream such as a character, an object or an idea hidden in the illustration.

The fluid and changing images softly guide the reader into a dream world. Isn’t this

Hunter Boy the wild double of the sleeping child? A boy whose tempting freedom still can’t

make up for the warmth of a mom or the softness of a pillow…

Editor’s note: Adrien Parlange is a young graphic artist and illustrator. He was awarded a Mention in the FICTION category of the BOLOGNA RAGAZZI AWARD 2015 for La Chambre du Lion published by Albin Michel Jeunesse in 2014.

With elegant writing and clever artwork, Adrien Parlange’s minimalist style unexpectedly discloses a poetic and playful world.

An outstanding pop-up for the family, a unique new baby gift and a treasure to cherish long after baby is born.

W ith finesse and virtuosity, Jean-Marc Fiess has created nine poetic and striking pop-up scenes for each of the deep and sometimes indescribable emotions parents-to-be experience during

nine months, from the amazement of the news to the beginning of a new life. Playing with the children’s familiar visual references such as a Bad Wolf, a car-track or a fun-fair, each scene is a subtle metaphore of the joys, fears and questionnings that every expecting mother or father will want to share with their child one day. Through minimal and colourful design, ethereal paper constructions and few delicate words, 9 Months beautifully conjures one’s enduring and precious memory of expecting a baby. This outstanding pop-up is a treasure to cherish and share within the family long after baby is born.

NINE MONTHSJean-Marc Fiess

Pop-up book, 9 spreads, 216x176mm, €25

All Ages



The magic of time in pictures! From day to night, from a cloud of bees to the jar of honey, from

the sheep to the ball of wool, from storm to calm, time allows metamorphosis, evolution, regressions and improvement. In this spectacular yet astute book, objects, events, landscapes and human beings are working in pairs (facing each other or in subsequent double spreads) to reveal two states of a same thing. The absence of text incites the reader to imagine, understand and recount the story of these changes.



With sharp illustrations and contrasting graphic universes, Before and After is both an interactive reading experience and a time-related work of imagination.

Editor’s note: Avant Après won the BOLOGNA RAGAZZI AWARD 2015 in the NON-FICTION category. Anne-Margot Ramstein is the author of Sports, another spectacular graphic book to be published by Albin Michel Jeunesse in 2015.

Rights sold: Basque, Greece, Italy, Latin America, The Netherlands, Spain, UK and USA.

Before and AfterAnne-Margot Ramstein & Matthias ArreguiHard cover picture book, 170x250mm, 160 pages, €16

Ages 3 & Up



The odd ones out is a graphic and stylish take on the classic children’s spotting book.

THE ODD ONES OUTBastien Contraire

Hardcover picture book, 64 pages and one detachable stencil sheet, 235x300mm, €14.90

Ages 5 & Up

T hese peculiar naturalist prints hide an anomaly: an intruder has crept into each series of objects,

plants and characters pretending to be one of them. It is up to the child to spot the odd one out! A lobster easily blends amongst a bunch of beetles; a cat tries to fit in with the dogs; an umbrella surprisingly looks like mushrooms; the horse may be legitimate amongst the two-wheel vehicles… Bastien Contraire plays with the analogy of shapes, proportions and functions. Using stencil patterns and only two colors, green and red, the elements all look unexpectedly alike and it makes the task trickier to spot the inconsistency. The illusion is sometimes amusing, sometimes witty but always bluffing! The interest of the book not only lies in the spotting game but also in the graphic visual experience of the patterned artwork and the humorous effect of the hidden surprise. The book comes with a detachable stencil sheet to initiate children to this technique and give them the opportunity to recreate some of the beautiful stencils.

TOUGH LUCK!Edouard Manceau



In this picture book, Edouard Manceau invites nursery school-aged readers to think in a humorous way about friendship and power. The success of this picture book lies in its simplicity, sincerity and truth.

Board book, 210x240mm, 48 pages, €10.50

Ages 3 & Up

E arly in the morning, Cat wants to play king. He is big, he has the crown, and so he is

the king, and his friends are not! Tough luck! But what happens when the crowned king finds himself unwittingly stuck up a tree? His friends run away and he stays there all night… Owl wakes up and comes to his aid. Cat, relieved, forgets his crown. But because the crown makes the king, tough luck! Cat is no longer king… And Owl smiles and boasts: now he is the king!

OPEN THE DOOROPEN THE SCHOOL DOORMim & Nathalie Choux



Open the door is a new collection of colourful and lively flap books for toddlers who are invited to shrink to the size of a little mouse and to sneak around the familiar places of their everyday.

Board books with round corners, 16 pages with 8 full-size gatefold, 190x220mm, €11.50

Ages 2 & Up

H ere guided by Ms. Knowitall the caretaker, we discover an eccentric

and unexplicably noisy appartment building. There in the company of two joyful kids, we visit a colourful and restless kindergarten where supplies have mysteriously disappeared. Who is causing all this mess? It is up to the child to open the doors, by lifting the flap on each page, and to take a peek in each room to find out! All along these cheerful explorations, they meet Mister Grumpy who grumbles, Miss Tutu the ballet dancer, Lidia the attentive schoolteacher, Marguerite the overwhelmed school assistant, whiny Rachel and most of all… a whole bunch of puckish mice running around!

The result is a delightful gallery of characters and a maze of apartments, classrooms and rooms to observe!

MONSIEUR MOISANGEFred Bernard and Gwendal Le Bec



Hardcover picture book, 165x230mm, 56 pages, €14

Ages 8 & Up

P ierre Moisange is unhappy: he lives in a big city and can’t stand the pollution nor using public transports

to go to work. If only he could fly instead… After having dreamt of a beautiful Indian girl flying with him over Paris, he wakes up one morning to realize that wings have replaced his arms! Pierre rapidly becomes a celebrity, but his only ambition is to fly to India and find Kamala, the gorgeous woman that haunts his dreams. When his mother dies, he sets about going, taking with him all of his mother’s birds, which he has promised to bring back to their homeland. Here starts an incredible journey that takes him from Greenland to Texas, from Mexico to Africa, until he finally reaches India and finds Kamala. Through his journey, Mr. Moisange meets all kinds of people that help him; but the one true discovery he makes is that love can overcome borders and make dreams come true. With Kamala, Pierre no longer needs wings to be happy…

Fred Bernard offers a beautiful, poetic tale about the power of dream and love, magnificently illustrated by Gwendal Le Bec’s colourful drawings.

MY 3D WORDBOOK SERIES

THE CASTLE Lucie Brunellière

T hanks to an ingenious system of flaps, these highly original wordbooks open up like a carrousel to form 4 rooms and to offer children the unique opportunity to explore every nooks and crannies of a kindergarten, a farm,

a zoo and even of Santa’s workshop. This spectacular three dimensional format will incite children to look closer at the detailed images, to lift the flaps and find out the name of each object, and to make up their own stories, just like they would do with a playhouse.



Already published :

Rights sold: Basque, Catalan, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish.

The endless possibilities offered by this clever format are sure to make this series a classic!

Board book with two round corners, 152x152mm, 4 spreads + 8 full-size flaps, €6.90

Ages 3 & Up

WHO IS HIDING? SERIES

UNDER MY CAT? UNDER MY LADYBIRD?Illustrated by Vincent Mathy

Who does this beak belong to that we can see under the cat?

Whose nose is that, poking out from under the turtle? Whose moustache is this, sticking out from under the dog? Each page takes the shape of an animal. Under each animal another is hiding… And it’s up to the child to guess who!

An introduction to animals which is both graphic and tactile and a fresh take on the timeless game of hide and seek.



A simple and effective new collection of books for toddlers.

All board binding, 4 different die-cut shaped pages, 152x152mm, 5 spreads, €7.50

Ages 10 months & Up

Joyful books to share with one’s baby from age 10 months!

Already published: Who’s hiding under my elephant? Who’s hiding under my chicken?

Rights sold: Basque, Catalan, Dutch, Finnish, Korean, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish.

MY BABY croc Gaëtan Doremus



Gaëtan Doremus’s clever text and comic-like illustrations create a moving tale where suspense and humour are mixed to show that friendship, whatever unlikely, can win over fear and prejudice.

Picture book, 56 pages, 241x310mm, €14.90

Ages 5 & Up

When an old short-sighted crocodile finds by chance an unconscious knight child, he

mistakes him for an abandoned crocodile baby and sets about educating him. He washes and feeds him, but is quite surprised that this baby does not really react like he should… For his part, the little knight, terrified at first, does not dare to confront him and yields to the crocodile’s eccentricities. When the misunderstanding is cleared up at last, Croc and Knight are so attached to each other that they decide to stay together. But things have changed and mistrust is now part of their relationship: what if the crocodile ate the knight? What if the knight killed the crocodile in his sleep to go back home with a hunting trophy?

UNICORN HORN AND DRAGON FART Claire Ubac & Irène Bonacina



Picture book, 48 pages, 190x270mm, €11.90

Ages 5 & Up

A unicorn with a very short horn, a dragon who emits flames from the wrong end, a grumpy

basilisk whose glance doesn’t cause any harm, and a siren with a raspy voice. These four unlucky creatures set off together on a quest toward Mount Flute where, they were told, Mother Goose will cure their abnormalities. Upon arrival, the so-called famous Mount Flute turns out to be a well-organized scam set up to attract all the freaks of the kingdom. Indeed, the unscrupulous local Lord has built a fortune capturing and selling them to local funfairs. From the dungeon where they end up, the four friends discover how to make the most of their handicap to free all the fabulous creatures and transform the castle into a friendly and welcoming place for all the freaks. What a revolution!

With the rhythmic pace of an epic and colourful cartoon-like illustrations, this humorous and light-hearted story is about finding strength into unity and the importance of accepting others’ differences.

In our fascinating and complex world, children ask simple questions… which don’t always have easy answers. Why do boats float? Where

do rainbows come from? Who can breathe underwater? Where are the stars? Why does the moon change shape? Such concepts are clearly explained in these 4 titles which introduce curious children to 40 fun, easy experiments they can do at home, based on their questions, which will encourage them to think and above all to understand.

LES PETITS DEBROUILLARDS (SMART KIDS) EARTH IN 40 EXPERIMENTSSTARS IN 40 EXPERIMENTS

A fun and innovative introduction to science!



Hardcover, 225x305mm, 96 full-colour pages, €15.90 / 8 ebook titles, €2.99

Ages 8 & Up

• Each book introduces 40 experiments divided into 4 chapters, each focusing on a different aspect of the topic. Each experiment, alongside cheerful illustrations and photographs, is presented on a double-page spread in 4 steps: What do I need? What to do? How does it work? What is it for?

• The ebook enriches these 40 experiments with simple and attractive interactive activities, helping the reader to better see and understand. Each reader can personalize the book and go at their own pace, with the intuitive navigation system and features including key-word links, mini tests at the end of each chapter, and a whole reel of photographs to illustrate the “What is it for?” section.

About the authors: The Association des Petits Débrouillards have led scientific workshops for children and young people since 1984. They have been praised by numerous institutions such as France’s National Department for Education and the Academy of Science.

THE SPECTACLE OF NATURE THE COUNTRYSIDECaroline Pelissier, Virginie Aladjidi and Emmanuelle Tchoukriel

Hardcover, 220x220mm, 48 pages with flaps, €14.90

Ages 4 & Up

F ocusing on 10 subjects such as wildflowers, the food chain, animals of the pond, wild fruits, hibernating animals and countryside birds, this wonderfully informative book introduces the reader to the captivating

world of countryside. Emmanuelle Tchoukriel’s naturalist illustrations are combined with informative yet accessible descriptions to reveal children the secrets that lie hidden in shimmering rivers, in muddy ponds, deep down underground and high up in the trees.And to trigger children’s curiosity, there is a riddle to solve at the end of each section, with the answer hidden under a flap.

The Countryside is the first title in the Spectacle of Nature series which unveils to children aged 4 & up the natural wonders of our planet.

Next titles:The MountainThe Sea



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Albin Michel Jeunesse Highligts Ilustrados spring 2015