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A little girl walks her dog, crosses paths with theice cream man, finds a ball and, feeling playful,throws it. The dog runs to fetch, but… oops!Events follow one upon the other as the leashloops itself around the pram which causes themailman to fall off his bike… and on it goesfrom catastrophe to catastrophe. Now, THAT’S acatastrophe!
Capture the fun and invent stories in this picturebook without words and full of humor.
By Quentin Gréban
Oops !
Co-print opportunity :Text : 31/10/2012Ex-works : 11/01/2013
Once upon a time there was a mother who had to go and buy some vegeta-bles. She instructed her three children to open the door to no one! Whenshe comes back,she realizes she has unluckily forgotten her key.Neither theyoungest, nor the middle, nor the oldest child agrees to open the door!There is no use as Mother shows her hand through the mail slot, bangs onthe door, and using her sweetest voice, pleads while the children, burstingwith laughter under the stairs, play a clever trick on her!
Illustrated by Annick MassonText by Isabelle Flas
Co-print opportunity :Text : 31/10/2012
Ex-works : 11/01/2013
The Key
The famous tale of The Wolf and the SevenLittle Kids, retold with humor.
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What a surprise! One morning,Henriette the little hen discovers an odd,round thing and wonders what it can be! The farm animals are very sur-prised she doesn’t recognize an egg,and together, they decide to teachher how to sit and hatch.
A picture book full of humor,comical happenings… and fun! For all ages.
Illustrated by Gwyneth WilliamsonText by Geneviève Rousseau
Co-print opportunity :Text : 31/10/2012Ex-works : 11/01/2013
Nemo is angry. He’s had a fight withQuentin. But that’s OK. He has lots ofother friends – Tony, Robbie, Nadia, andAlex.
A lively text for a realistic book about thechanging and sometimes cruel nature ofchildren’s friendships.They play and theyfight, but they forget just as quickly.
By Tanja Wenisch
Co-print opportunity :Text : June 2012
Exworks : August 2012
We’re Not Friends Anymore
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With his friends, Lucas is the boss. He’sthe one who decides what games areplayed and who can play.But being theboss he gets lonely when he fights witheveryone and finds himself all alone.What can he do to say he’s sorry?
By Estelle Meens
Co-print opportunity :Text : 31/10/2012Ex-works: 11/01/2013
I am the Boss
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Curious to discover the world as well as desiringto make some money, the young Sindbadembarks on a vessel chartered by merchantsdeparting for Bassorah.He will travel over all theseas that the sun shines upon and live marvel-lous adventures! Hideous cannibals, frighteningcyclops, gigantic snakes, fantastic birds… theadventures of Sindbad are spellbinding!
Illustrated by Quentin Gréban Text adapted by Gudule
Co-print opportunity :Text : June 2012
Exworks : August 2012
Sindbad The SailorNew
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Today at school Miss Nathalieexplained how to help the pla-net: separate rubbish, make acompost etc. So once backhome, Philémon has loads ofgreat ideas himself to help theEarth… Use baby diapers onboth sides, or make a compostin the baby parc in the livingroom, fill dad’s bath with only 2cm of water...At first the family isnot quite seduced by these newways; however…
Dirt Control
Co-print opportunity :Text : June 2012Exworks : August 2012
Co-print opportunity :Text : June 2012Exworks : August 2012
It all starts with a smile,a wolf’s smile,full of canines… The little lamb is frigh-tened. He believes the wolf wants toeat him,so he quickly runs away,andtells the whole story to the pigs,who,intheir turn, tell the story their way.Thestory spreads from mouth to mouth,and the rumour grows.One day,it getsto the wolf who doesn’t recognise thatthe monster they are warning himabout is no one but himself.
Why do they say wolves are bad?
Illustrated by Estelle Meens Text by Geneviève Rousseau
By Quentin Gréban
Aline will soon be a big sister!When is the baby due? Andwhere is he in the meantime?Nobody around Aline caresenough to take her questionsseriously and to answer them...
Illustrated by Claude K. DuboisText by Laurence Bourguignon
Illustrated by Annick Masson Text by Marie-Isabelle Callier
My Baby’s Story
Co-print opportunity :Text : June 2012Exworks : August 2012
Co-print opportunity :Text : June 2012Exworks : August 2012
Little Jane has only one word inher mouth, a little upsetting andthat’s: No! No, I won’t pick up mytoys! No, I’m not coming to thetable!...Mom’s had enough… ThenJane is invited to spend the nightat a friend’s house. That will givethem both a little bit of a breather.And maybe tomorrow mom willfind her little girl in a bit of a bettermood…
No, No and No!
Peter and Willy are twins.They lookso much alike physically that peo-ple always get them mixed up.Theone eats very improperly, the otherproperly. When Peter is angry hepouts in a corner. Willy rants andraves. But he loves to cuddle whe-reas Peter hates to. So mom hasfound a solution to tell them apartat first sight; Willy is dressed in redand Peter all in blue.
Mister Red & Mister Blue
Co-print opportunity :Text : June 2012Exworks : August 2012
Co-print opportunity :Text : June 2012Exworks : August 2012
Every night Caroline has to get upto go pipi. However because she isafraid of the dark she wakes upmom or dad to accompany her tothe bathroom. Tonight they have agreat idea: she’s going to do it onher own using a flashlight.Houuu… it’s crazy how things youmeet in the dark can scare you ; thevaccum cleaner cord looks like abig snake, little brother’s toy air-plane like a prickly dragon…
What a Night!
Illustrated by Emma de WootText by Marie-Isabelle Callier
Illustrated by Claude K.DuboisText by Catherine Metzmeyer
To have a pet at home is proba-bly every child’s dream.Thingshowever become a littlecoarsed when the pet happensto be a mammoth… Howeverthanks to this little treaty of«savoir-vivre» (live and let live)the mammoth can be a verynice and well raised compan-ion...
By Quentin Gréban
By Philippe Goossens
How to Raise your (pet) Mammoth
Co-print opportunity :Text : June 2012Exworks : August 2012
Co-print opportunity :Text : June 2012Exworks : August 2012
Bear is warmly tucked up in hisduvet settling down for the night,when someone suddenly knocks athis door. A husky voice yells out :«open up, it’s cold outside», thenasks for loads to eat, oh no, could itbe an ogre? Then the voice beco-mes menacing «open up or I’ll turnyou into a slug», this time he’s sure,it’s a witch !...
Toc Toc! Who’s there?
When your’e supposed to be awell behaved little girl there are alot of fun things that you’re notsupposed to do. It’s too unfair, theLama can spit, but when I spit atLeon in the school-yard, I’m puni-shed.The monkey can make facesbut I’m asked to make a sheepishsmile for the class picture... It’shard to be a perfectly brought uplittle girl…
Illustrated by Annick MassonText by Thierry Robberecht
By Sue Porter
I can’t do Anything!
Co-print opportunity :Text : June 2012Exworks : August 2012
Co-print opportunity :Text : June 2012Exworks : August 2012
Bonnie and Clive, two polar bears,have started a huge snowballfight. Bonnie throws a huge oneand Clive avoids it and splat, theball lands smack in the middle ofDad’s head. He looses his balanceand begins to slide down the hill.He is suddeny transformed into agiant and growling snowball.
Dad Snow Ball
