The Errors in Painting

by Christiane Lavaquerie-Klein and Laurence Paix-Rusteroltz
When Ingres painted a woman, with no hesitation he added vertebras, extremely long arms, too round hips, in a totally unnatural position. But she was even more sensual and desirable. Here is a history of painting from a new and unexpected angle: the errors. 34 masterpieces are presented (including Van Eyck, Veronese, Manet, Matisse, Picasso and Pasquiat). The book points out the confusions, mistakes, anachronisms, inaccuracies these geniuses in painting represented, on purpose or not, in their works. Readers will open an eye on what one usually doesn't see...
114 pages, 24,3 x 28 cm, 15 years and for all

Three little gifts

by Sandra Poirot Cherif
A touching and tender book on the feelings of children when parents are separating, and on what adults go through also. A picture book that seems to be the letter of a mother to her young daughter. The mum brings three small surprises to her little girl... the reader will discover them at the end of the book, hidden in a decorated envelope.
44 pages, 19.5 x 27 cm, 4 years +

The book of I

by Alain Serres, ill. Solenn Larnicol
"Take care of me, but leave me alone!" With a smile and mischievousness, many of the contradictions of the young child are mentioned. Fauna and flora illustrations entangled, this is the peculiar world of young illustrator Solenn Larnicol's first title. A very creative book which tells us about others as well as oneself.
32 pages, 23 x 33 cm, 3 years+

Who ate this?

by Anne Crausaz
Who ate my salad? To this question, the answer comes on a page the colour of the vegetable, nibbled on one corner. Behind a flushing snail: Raymond. Then follows the radish, tomato and spinach until winter comes and Raymond goes... sleeping, of course!
32 pages, 17 x 18 cm, 2 years +
Rights sold: Chinese (Mainland China)

Where are you?

by Anne Crausaz
Hide and seek! Two foxes are playing, between the trees of the forest and with underground galleries. A book with holes inviting the reader to participate to the search and play at going inside/outside like the foxes.
32 pages, 16 x 19,5 cm
Rights sold: Chinese (Mainland China), Italian

No time

by Anne Crausaz
An ant colony is inviting itself in the bowl of the hens, taking the food away slowly but surely into its underground gallery. They have no time to sing with the cicada or rest in the sun with the ladybugs! Holes in the pages take the reader from outside to inside, from light to darkness.
32 pages, 16 x 19,5 cm, 2 years +
Rights sold: Chinese (Mainland China), Italian

Crazy Zoo

by Julie Clélaurin, ill. Cyril Hahn
A surprising and fun-filled title for little ones, with fabrics to touch on each page, about animals. Each specie presented is not one we usually find in the zoo: the cow has a zebra's skin, the cat has scales, the crocodile is as soft as a lamb... A short and funny text gives preposterous explanations to this animal muddle.
14 pages, 20 x 20 cm sturdy board books with touch-and-feel fabrics, 2 years +

Where do you live?

ill. Pronto
A series both educational and playful presenting information through realistic images, inviting the child to lift up a flap and link things together. Children will discover were farm and wild animals live, people's habitat, what houses are made of, and even where fairy tale character live. At the end of the title one wonder where the hairy hook-nosed monster live, on books of course!
Other title in the series: Where do you come from?
20 pages, lift-the-flap book, 18 x 19,5 cm, 3 years +

Super Hero Box

by Béatrice Gernot, ill. Bérengère Delaporte
A complete set to know everything about super-heroes and become one yourself through 15 steps. The book identifies the emblematic super-heroes from Batman to Superman, the Mask, Ironman and others. They are described with their powers, costumes and exploits. Then follow the guide to become a super-hero: develop your neurons, how to recognize the bad one, etc. After a final test, our young super-hero can choose a name, a logo, super-powers and costume. A hilarious and creative activity book!
96 pages, 22 x 28 x 3,5 box with cape and mask to customize, 4 years+

When I'll be a grown up

ill. by Marie de Monti
What will you do when you'll be a grown up? If you have no answer to this question, you can test 50 jobs for your future: find the ill ants and become a red ant vet, comb the cat's moustache and become a cat's moustache hairdresser, draw new shapes for the pasta and become a noodle turner. Surely you will find your ways! Hours of creative, silly and ridiculous activities for mischievous children!
112 pages in b&w to scribble, colour and draw, 22 x 28 cm, 7 years +

Martin of the boat-circus

by Alain Serres, ill. Judith Gueyfier
Inspired by a true story, the book tells the life of Martin an Elléa on board of a steamer transporting... a circus! They get acquainted with monkeys, horses and Mogul the elephant. Martin draws the program while Elléa is rehearsing for her act with hummingbirds. At dusk, fabulous performances are given in Brazilian Bays: acrobats, magicians, pirate tightrope walkers. But one day a fire starts on board...
48 pages, 28 x 35 cm, 7 years +

Birds have wings, children have books

by Alain Serres, ill. Lucile Placin
It's simple and witty. It sounds like a funny lesson to learn, when very small, and find links between things and people. The well-linked words take us through Rue du monde's slogan: Birds have wings, children have books... because this title is a playful tribute to the world of books!
36 pages, 17 x 17 cm, 3 years +

My journey in the house

by Florie Saint-Val
What does Hugo when he realises he won't go on holiday? He shrinks down to become as small as his lama-toy... Together they start a long journey in all the rooms of the house, meet up with Mirza the tea spoon, Brush the toothbrush, and discover how common objects become, at such scale, extraordinary landscapes.
48 pages, 18 x 24 cm, 3 years+
Rights sold: Korean

Lost!

by Alice Brière-Haquet, ill. Olivier Philipponneau
A title inspired by Tom Thumb: "on Monday when I was taken to the forest, I left wild strawberries behind, but there were many already! To find my way, it took me a whole day". So it goes, for each day of the week, except Sunday... A delicious riddle, a small and smart little book, just like its main character!
32 pages, 17 x 22 cm, 4 years+

Cars

by Louise-Marie Cumont
Off we go on the road, in the car, anything can happen: traffic jam, disputes, broken-down... Parallel to the grown up's life and reality, the young ones invent games with cars as a starting point to their imagination. A critical and tender view on the car culture.
32 pages, 24,8 x 21 cm, 4 years +

Let's do it Boys!

A creative activity book for boys to make scientific experiences, investigate, make up challenges, learn magic tricks, play and have fun whatever the place or the time. Each activity is presented with a step-by-step workshop, while simple texts invite the child to explore further the subject of the experience. Intelligent activities to share with friends for long hours of playful experiences.
56 pages, 22,5 x 26 cm, 2 pages of stickers
7 years +

Let's do it Girls!

This book proposes creative activities for girls. Paper creations, outdoor games and activities, ideas for presents and decoration, recipes and tips to invite friends are all presented in a lively and light-hearted way. A true creation tool, this book will provide a large choice of original and easy-to-make activities for today's girls to play on their own or with friends.
56 pages, 22,5 x 26 cm, 2 pages of stickers
7 years +

Decoration Box

by Alexia and Stéphanie Rosanis, ill. Claire Le Gal
A box for today's girls who want to redecorate their bedroom with 40 new ideas and 10 modern decorative atmospheres. Following the step-by-step process, the girls can use professional tips for realisations they can create on their own or with the help of parents in some cases. How to decorate paper lamps and create a soft light, how to customize a chest of drawers with style, etc. A fresh and creative set for modern handygirls.

144 pages, 5 wall stickers and 5 stencils. A cardboard box 22 x 28 x 3,5 cm. 8 years +

Cooking Chocolate Box

by Nathalie Cahet, ill. Fabien Veançon
Following the success of the first cooking box at Graine2, here are 48 recipes for chocolate lovers. Children will have playful moments while cooking with simple yet original recipes. Great basics such as muffins or cookies are reinvented. New recipes include the chocolate salami or the chocolate cheesecake! Along with an artistic yet realistic photograph, they are also illustrated with original and funny characters.
128 pages recipe book, one cotton hat and apron.
A cardboard box 21 x 27 x 5 cm
5 years +

The City

Book 1: The White Light
By Karim Ressouni-Demigneux

Warning n°1: if you read this book, your suffering will be harsh, waiting for the next four books to come.

Warning n°2: In THE CITY, never talk about your life outside the game, otherwise the white light will weigh down on you.

Warning n°3: It's better not to miss any step of THE CITY, particularly the first one...

Age 12 and for all, 240 pages
A five-book series
Rights sold: Russian

Zoo

by Flavia Ruotolo
A surprising graphic bestiary borrowing from building blocks their joyful piling up of colours and shapes. The wolf, the squirrel, he crocodile are set in funny and inventive positions. For all it's a game to discover and guess what the animal is. Each animal is also named in Italian, English, Spanish and German.
44 pages, 18 x 23,5 cm, 4 years +

Highway Code

by Tibor Harpati
be careful, pixel traffic! Each road sign corresponds to a setting on the road. Bright colours for a happy design, in-between the road-carpet and the computer screen. A first discovery of the highway code for the youngest which grown-ups will also enjoy.
44 pages, 18 x 23,5 cm, 4 years +

Little Great Ones

Picasso, Chaplin and Prévert: three genius in art introduce this new series at Rue du monde. It plunges into the childhood of those who marked history. It reminds us that even great ones have been little and instils into children more desire to become grown-ups. From birth, through childhood each title tells the life of the character until he/she became famous. Photographs, reproduction of art, songs or poem will invite children to discover the work of this child who became an artist, a politician, a great figure of history. The text is lively and inviting for an easy but thorough reading, children will learn without noticing and identify to this child who became a great figure.
48 pages, 12 x 18,5 cm, 8 to 11 years old
Already published: Little Pablo will become Picasso, Little Charlie will become Chaplin, Little Jacques will become Prévert.

The Tales of Tatonka

Meet four wolf-cubes in the plains and forests of North America. They discover life according to the seasons. They learn to grow together as a family in contact with nature - with their own kind as well as with other species, such as Cinksi their lynx friend, Poum the bear or Wahi the squirrel. Their friend Tatonka, the lone bison, initiates them to a world unknown to wolves. They will face their fears and even fight dangers, but they will also have so much fun, playing tricks to one another.
A 3D HD 52 x 11' series
4 to 8 years old
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At the Same Time, on Earth...

by Clotilde Perrin
Can you imagine, like a giant around the globe, one could see everywhere at the same time! This is the proposal of Clotilde Perrin with this stunning cardboard book made of 24 flaps that unfold like a leporello and tale the shape of a large wheel: the 24 time zones. The "giant child" can look over and discover what is happening at the same time on earth: in Paris Benoît is drinking his hot chocolate in the morning, while in Vietnam, Kanka is having a little nap. On the Samoa Islands, Abby is cooking fish for dinner, and a baby is born in the middle of the night in Peru!
48 pages in a leporello format and in a cardboard box. Folded format 16 x 33 cm, 4-metre long unfolded. 3 years+
Rights sold: Korean

Nomads Tales

by Catherine Gendrin, ill. by several
These earthmen have movement as a style of life. Tuareg, Sioux, Mongol, Chukchi, Arab, Berber people, on horses, sleighs, caravans or camels: these processions of many different latitudes all have in common a strong oral tradition. Tales issued from the culture of nomadic people tell about the status of girls, family life, wisdom of these tribes that often had to fight to survive. But also laughing and laughing at, for the greatest pleasure of travelling readers!
144 pages, 18 x 25 cm, 8 years+

Wild Plants From the Cities

by Emilie Vast
Vast's third Herbarium is dedicated to plants that find the strength to creep into our urban space, into the joints of gutters and pavements, in the wall's cracks, at the bottom of the trees, the park's grass, on the roofs... They can be arborescent or creeping, with flowers or seeds, and just like their cousins from the woods, they have a history, uses and mythology.
40 pages, 21,5 x 28 cm, 8 years+

Eliott and Nestor, Morning Time

by Mélanie Rutten
It's summer time. Eliott has convinced Nestor to go on travelling with him. On their way, Nestor's bad mood and small habits are getting on Eliott's nerves. Nestor finds his friend too intrusive and inconsistent. They quarrel. A story on friendship, on accepting oneself, on small and big things of the universe, and the place to take there. A story about walking down to the river, eating under the trees, looking at the stars and climbing mountains. Third book of a four-title series.
64 pages, 16,5 x 23 cm, 5 years +
Rights sold: German

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Tom Spud

by Emmanuelle de Maisonneuve, ill. François Gomes
This is the second part of Tom Spud's adventure. He is being adopted by the Granmanitou and wishes to become one of them. He takes the challenges and competes with other animals on agility, bravery and wisdom to become the first Granmanitou in his category. While he knows he is safe in the garden, he is too tempted to look for the hawthorn bush where Fades have been seen. He knows he is one of them, and he ventures out of the garden...
Vol 2: The hidden Land of Alba Spina
192 pages, 17 x 24 cm, 8 to 12 years old

Mummies & Co

The globe-investigators: Destination Paris
by Nicolas Ancion, ill. Bruno Tatti
Alex and his sister Maya, the mascots of Graine2 Travelling Kids, are ready for the most exciting adventures. While on holiday in Paris, the two children experience strange adventures: the mummies of the Louvre Museum have vanished, an ancient parchment is stolen from a huge Russian man with a hieroglyth tattoo on the neck, people in the street mysteriously disappear. From the Louvre to the National Library, the metro's corridors to the top of the Eiffel Tower, the children will run around the city using brains and bravery to save the capital city from a great danger.
The text is complemented with sketches, photographs and information in the margins. 224 pages novel, 16 x 21 cm, b&w illustrations
8 to 12 years old

Wangari Maathai, the Woman who Plants Millions of Trees

by Franck Prévot, ill. Aurélia Fronty
Wangari Maathai is this exceptional figure who, long before the "green" trend, was convinced that preserving the Earth would preserve man. In 1977, she launched a huge and symbolic operation: the reforestation of Africa by women. 30 million trees are already planted, and she was awarded the Nobel Peace Price in 2004. At 70 today, she remains an ardent fighter for women's rights in Africa and continues to claim for democracy, non-violence, free speech, emancipation, sometimes threatening her own life and freedom. A title in the series Great Figures.
48 pages, 26 x 26 cm, 8 years +
Rights sold: Korean, Portuguese (Brazil)

Ginkgo, the Oldest Tree in the World

by Alain Serres, ill. Zaü
This title explores a unique plant, the ginkgo biloba, also known as maidenhair tree.
It has all of a great figure, coming across time and through ages, seeking its origins long before the first dinosaur. While being the memory of humans and their planet, it has also a great capacity to adapt and can resist to modern pollution.
A book to be shared at school or at home, to understand all the issues about a tree: its history, social dimension and poetry. A title in the series Great Figures.
48 pages, 26 x 26 cm, 8 years+
Rights sold: Japanese

Zoom!

by Gay Wegerif
Horse goes clipperty, clopperty, clipperty, clop. Duck goes waddle, waddle, waddle. Dog goes roly poly, roly poly. Rabbit goes boing, boing, boing. Cow goes lollop, lollop, lollop. And the snail goes ZOOM! How come? Discover and enjoy with small children this title on animals, shapes and sounds.
32 pages, 17 x 18 cm, 2 years+

MMM

by Gay Wegerif
Mmm, how nice and noisy it is to eat: the apple for the horse, the peas for the rabbit, the sweet corn for the hen. Now they all like ice-cream also, just like children. But nobody can swallow it like the horse! A small and tender little book on one of children's favourite subjects: eating.
32 pages, 17 x 18 cm, 2 years+

Proust's Madeleine

by Marcel Proust, ill. Betty Bone
Marcel Proust is obviously not a writer for children. But in the Remembrance of Things Past, several scenes of his childhood are perfectly adapted to young children. Marcel recalls his childhood while eating small biscuits, his mum comes to say goodnight but doesn't stay long enough to the young Marcel's will, his first love encounter with a young girl. Three extracts sparkling with happiness, magically illustrated with lively colourful art.
48 pages, 23 x 32,5 cm, 9 years +
Small Book, Great Text Series
Rights sold: Chinese (mainland China)

My Little Donkeyskin Theatre

by Marie Desplechin and Jean-Michel Othoniel
Popular novelist Marie Desplechin depicts in simple and fine words how famous contemporary artist Othoniel became the creator he is today. A beautifully illustrated book with a sensitive text on the birth of a vocation. A retrospective of Othoniel's work is touring from Paris this year, to Japan, Korea and the United States. A discovery of art for children, and adults, to be plunged into the fascinating and magical world of this artist.
72 pages, 17 x 24 cm, 9 years +
**Award** Pépite du livre d'art - Best Book on Art - Montreuil 2011

Where Do You Come From?

A series both educational and playful presenting information through realistic images, inviting the child to lift up a flap and link things together. Children will discover where and how fruits and vegetable grow, which animal is behind the cheese or yogurt they eat, what is used to make our clothes, where do animals and plants come from, etc. At the end of the book a mirror suggests the question: where do I come from?
18 pages, 18,8 x 20,5 cm, lift-the-flap book
3 to 7 years old
Secret of the Origins Series

My First Herbarium

A very natural and simple herbarium to use for children: the large flap on the cover can be detached and provides instructions to the child who is guided step-by-step to pick up, identify, dry and paste the leaves. When completed, the flap can be detached and the herbarium given as a present. Two pages illustrate the shapes of the leaves so that the child can recognise them easily, the spiral binding allow a simple addition of leaves.

40 pages, 16 x 21 cm, 7 to 12 years old

The School Teacher's Comforter

by Julie Clélaurin, ill. Marie Quentrec
A tender book for very young children with fabrics to touch on each page, on a major theme at this age: their security blanket. That day everybody is introducing its companion to the caregiver. The young reader can feel different objects (a teddy bear, a sheet, a cotton rabbit, etc.) on each page. Until all the children ask their teacher: where is yours?
12 pages, 20 x 20 cm sturdy board book with touch-and-feel fabrics
Soft and Touch Books Series, 2/5 years old

Tom Spud

by Emmanuelle Maisonneuve, ill. François Gomes
Tom Spud is the extraordinary adventure of a young boy, the size of a potato, discovered in a garden. Soon, he is adopted by the animals and makes friends. He learns to cope with this new life filled with dangers. But Tom suffers from not knowing about his origins. In the search for his identity, he will approach the doors of another world, both marvellous and dangerous... A three-volume novel mixing adventure, fantasy, true feelings and ecology that will delight children and initiate them to the realities of nature.

Vol 1. The Secrete Society of the Granmanitous
192 pages, 17 x 24 cm, 8 to 12 years old

Discovering Art Box

by Sandrine Andrews, ill. Fabien Veançon
An intelligent and witty approach to art history combining a book to discover the major art movements and a notebook to experience and follow the creation process. With a mixture of major art reproduction and funny drawings, the box proposes a journey at the heart of art history and its surprising anecdotes, from rock painting to contemporary art.
92-pages book, one spiral notebook with 25 simple and creative activities, 8 colour pencils for sketching.
A cardboard box 22 x 28 x 2,5 cm
8 to 12 years old

Travelling Kids

A brand new travel guides series for children who will be able to guide their parents around in famous cities and places.
Vocabulary, layout, themes are all dedicated to the children's interest and give a taste for discovering new places. Authors are locals who know well their city and provide unique tips. Each guide includes road-book on fauna and flora, history, cooking, theme tours and treasure hunt, as well as quiz and games.
Titles: London, Paris, Provence and French Riviera, Rome, Spain, Châteaux de la Loire.
To come: Barcelona, Marrakech, New York and Venice.
92 to 112 pages, 15 x 21 cm, 7 to 12 years old

Guess me!

by Jean-Marie Henry, ill. Judith Gueyfier
Enjoying poetry while training your brain: that is the playful program of this beautiful anthology, which brings together texts derived from oral traditions. These short, poetic moments take the form of riddles, the clue to each of them takes the reader into a world of poetic images that aptly describe day-to-day life, the passage of time, and the happiness and sorrow of being human. Small seeds of philosophy that pop up in a playful manner.
60 pages, 24 x 18 cm, 8 years and for all.
Rights sold: Italian

Poetry begins early

by Alain Serres, ill. Julia Chausson
A small pea, a strawberry, the sun. Shadows fall and night comes, while a flower fades. This simple, beautiful text might look like a story, but it sounds like a long poetical invitation to children to feel what poetry can be. It reveals a different way of looking at the world and making life lighter.
48 pages, 14 x 14 cm, 2 years +

Galopping Words

by Martine Bourre
Short, tender and witty texts tell all about horses. Their perfect posture and the lines of their movement are beautifully drawn, whether they are supporting humans in growing food, travelling, communicating, fighting, seducing or playing. Though the horse has been tamed, its spirit remains free. Playing with rhymes and lines, the author shares with children her admiration for all horses.
40 pages, 25 x 25 cm, 5 years +

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