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!