Raymond is playing

by Anne Crausaz
For more great moments along with bright and colourful snails, here is a game based on the lovely graphics of Anne Crausaz. The matching pairs game Raymond is playing is a game of memory and observation. 22 pairs of snails dreamt by Raymond have to match. Put all the cards face down, return them two at a time: if they are the same, you win and can try another pair. If they are different, turn them back again while trying to remember where they were. It's your turn...
44 cards, one box, 16 x 9,5 x 7 cm, 4 years +

Raymond is dreaming

by Anne Crausaz
Raymond is a snail, Lucette and Germain's son. Raymond is a dreamer: he imagines himself as a strawberry, a slug, a centipede and even a giraffe. But all things considered, Raymond is happy to be a snail... A great moment in the company of bright and colourful snails, with lovely graphic creative work. Raymond is also the base of matching pairs game "Raymond is playing", a bestselling duet at éditions MeMo.
Sorcières Award 2009
48 pages, 20 x 20 cm, 2 years +
Rights sold: Simplified Chinese, Korean

When the cat's away

by John Crombrie and Sheila Bourne
This book is about a group of mice battling with a lazy and humdrum cat. While they are waiting for Tomcat to go out, the mice have to occupy themselves. A hilarious suspense! The book was originally published in English by Kickshaws in 1980, this is a brand new edition, for the first time in French.
48 pages, 19,5 x 22 cm, 4 years +
Rights sold: Korean

OOOO!

by Gay Wegerif
Watch out! Special loads: along the pages, a delivery man transports a fountain in a trailer, trees in a lorry, a bird's cage in a car... but why then? To build an extraordinary garden! Created like a child's play, the story introduces one at a time each element of the garden together with the related sound, and finally gathers the whole in the final set. A simple and delightful little book with a bright and colourful design.
32 pages, 17 x 23 cm, 2 years +
Rights sold: Korean

Nouk who flew away

by Alain Serres, ill. by Nathalie Novi
Living in a white landscape, Nouk dreams of hunting seals, but his father says he is too small to go. So Nouk runs away, tracking caribou, hares and geese in the snow. He wants to fly free as a bird so much that he finally becomes one - but is then hunted by his own father.
40 pages, 25.5 x 25.5 cm, 4 years +
Rights sold: Chinese (Taiwan)

I, Ming

by Clotilde Bernos, ill. by Nathalie Novi
"I, Ming, could have been Queen of England... A charming and powerful bull... Emperor of the world with a Babel tower on my head... But, no, I am Ming, and nobody else. I live in China near lake Kuokonor. I wear a straw hat and loose trousers..."
This story tells us simply the happiness of a grandfather walking one morning with Nam, his granddaughter. It gives us the opportunity to think altogether, adult and child, about the fascinating window of our societies: power, money or celebrity.
40 pages, 25.5 x 25.5 cm, 4 years +
Rights sold: Chinese (Taiwan), Greek, Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish (world)

Martin of the hummingbirds

by Alain Serres, ill. by Judith Gueyfier
At the beginning of the 19th century, young Martin boards on a ship for Brazil. In the magical Brazilian forest, guided by a botanist, he discovers wonderful little hummingbirds. He also meets little Elléa, who sings just like the birds and hunts them for a merchant who buys their multicoloured feathers. This story is based on the true, passionate adventures of René-Primevère Lesson, who created books about his expeditions. Illustrator Judith Gueyfier based her delicate work on his original hand-engravings. This book offers a magnificent invitation to travel, draw and observe the natural wonders around us.
52 pages, 3 types of paper, 28 x 35 cm, 7 years +