The giant from the land of ice
by Laurence Fugier, ill. Julia Chausson
A reindeer herder and his family settle near Lake Vuolvojavri, unaware that a cruel and stupid ogre lives on the other shore. When the ogre wants to marry the herder's daughter, her father plays a clever trick on him, dressing up a pine log as the bride. A tale and information on the Sami people.
48 pages, 14 x 22 cm, 5 years +
The monkey and the golden cob
by Claire Laurens, ill. Martine Bourre
A monkey finds a golden cob in the forest but it is stolen from him. In vain he seeks help from the fire, the river, the anteater, the jaguar. But it is the hunters from the village who help him, and the monkey thanks them by giving them some grains from his cob. And that was how, according to legend, the Nahua Indians began to grow maize. At the end of the book, information on the Nahua Indians.
48 pages, 14 x 22 cm, 5 years +
