Spring 2015 �ew titles

AGE 2 A�D UP

THE BIG LIO� / LITTLE MO�KEY Story and illustrations by Martine Bourre

A new series designed especially for very young children by the author and illustrator Martine

Bourre, who depicts the baby’s word with great tenderness and affection. In each book a baby

plays a different game under the benevolent eyes of the adults in the family.

The Big Lion

Here’s the Big Lion! He gets very fierce when he’s hungry. Everyone

is afraid of him when he roars!

Little Monkey

Little Monkey is very smart. Little Monkey can climb trees. She can

climb very, very high…

THE LITTLE BOX Story and illustrations by Eric Battut

There was once a king who never went anywhere without a little box.

He rode his horse with his little box, ate his supper with his little box,

and even took his bath with his little box! What on Earth was in that

little box? It was the biggest Teddy Bear ever!

GROUCHO WAKES UP by Michèle Moreau, illustrated by �athalie Choux

Groucho is fast asleep and dreaming… Oh! What’s that funny noise?

Not the alarm clock already? Come on, it’s time to get out of bed.

Let’s do a little gym to wake up! Then it’s straight to the bathroom to

wash and get dressed. Groucho wants to look smart today as he’s

going for a walk with Ginette, his neighbour. A clownish story about

morning rituals.

AFRICA� MUSICAL I�STRUME�TS composed by Dramane Dembélé and illustrated by Rémi Saillard

A flap book.

A little musical book for children to learn about African musical

instruments. In the first part children listen and try to guess which

instrument is making those funny sounds. Next then they enjoy

listening to a solo piece with that instrument, and finally they hear all the instruments played

together.

Five instruments: n’goni (African harp), djembe (drum), sanza (thumb piano), tama (talking

drum) and the tambin (Fula flute).

I�TO THE BED, SLEEPYHEAD! by Pierre Delye, Illustrated by Cécile Hudrisier

“When night falls in panda land, everyone goes to bed very quietly

and calmly…”

But so often, the following evening it’s the same old story with the

youngsters always finding a good excuse not to go to bed…

A little flap-book relating the countless little tricks children find to

put off going to bed. A highly imaginative story, in the same spirit as

the well-known “Where’s That Big Cat?” by the same authors.

AGE 3 A�D UP

BEARS A�D DROPS by Elsa Valentin, Illustrated by Ilya Green

Today, Lilou is playing at being the raindrop family. But then it starts

to rain and the drop masks get wet, so Lilou has to invent some other

games, like being fished out by a fish, or reading a flower, or running

downhill at full speed with all the Teddy Bears in the “motolocive”!

A delightful story about little girl’s fertile imagination, illustrated by

the talented Ilya Green.

AGE 4 A�D UP

THE DAY THE GREY WOLF TUR�ED BLUE by Gilles, illustrated by Rémi Saillard

Grey Wolf is always very, very hungry. While hunting for food one

day, he fell into a pot of paint and when he climbed out he discovered

that he had turned blue! Then he found that nobody recognized him as

a blue animal, not even the goat, the cock or the donkey. Here was the

perfect opportunity to get himself a feast! Unfortunately, it began to

rain and soon the blue wolf turned grey again…

A sequel to “The Grey Wolf’s Good Mood”, a best-seller in France!

THE RAG DOLL by Yannick Jaulin with illustrations by Samuel Ribeyron

Mimosa lives with her two sisters without parents or much money.

One day, she meets a strange merchant who sells her a rag doll which

makes golden droppings when you sing it a song. And pop! The three

sisters become richer than ever! But a jealous neighbor, who heard

everything, is determined to steal the magic doll…

AGE 6 A�D UP

THE TASTY-DISH PRI�CESS by Annie Marandin, illustrated by Lucile Placin

All the young princess wanted in life was to stay by her stove and

cook. She had no desire to get married so when her father ordered her

to, she challenged her suitors to an eating contest. They all failed the

test except for Little John, the poorest of all the suitors but the one

who turned out to be the funniest and the nicest — as well as the one

who most enjoyed his food!

IA�OS A�D THE STAR DRAGO� by Jean-Jacques Fdida with illustrations by Régis Lejonc

One day a dragon came and started to eat up the stars one by one.

Then he proceeded to gobble up the Moon, and now he was starting

to nibble the Sun. Bit by bit, the World was growing darker. Ianos, a

young but very brave Gypsy, decided to fight the star-eating dragon

and bring back the light even if the only weapon he had was a rusty

old sword, and a lame horse…

A tale against oppression in which the wily underdog always comes

out on top!

BOOKS WITH CD - BEST SELLERS

THE LOVELIEST CLASSICAL LULLABIES by Jean-Pierre Kerloc'h with illustrations by Olivier Desvaux Brahms, Schubert, Ravel, Satie...Conductor: David Pastor Played by The Agora Ensemble Illustrations: Élodie �ouhen

Rediscover the great composers’ most beautiful lullabies! Here are 16

lullabies from the classical repertoire played with great sensitivity by a wind quintet with a harp.

The composers include Brahms, Schubert, Ravel, Satie, and Grieg. This is perfect, soothing

music for getting a child to sleep.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL JAZZ LULLABIES

Illustrated by Ilya Green 15 lullabies from a 1950’s and 1960’s jazz anthology,

including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Chet Baker,

Franck Sinatra and Nat King Cole.

Coming soon, October 2015: a new opus!

THE WORLD MOST BEAUTIFUL LULLABIES An invitation to sweet dreams. Nineteen countries are represented,

from Mali to Japan: a marvelous voyage!