Feather

by Isabelle Simler

This title draws the portrait of birds, funny and stylized, in contrast with the drawing of their feathers, detailed and naturalistic. Filled with humour and tenderness, the book will be enjoyed for its details. One can feel like a collector, just like this mischievous tomcat, who just adores his fellows with feathers... A LPO-BirdLife France labelled book.
48 pages, 23 x 32,5 cm, 4 years + 
Rights sold: Spanish (World)

Fanfan

by Marie Sellier and Iris Fossier

Fanfan is different. He's not an ostrich like his parents... He's an elephant! But he doesn’t know what an elephant is. He goes to explore the savannah and discover. When he finally meets with animals of his kind, they are offended at his simple question: "Are you an elephant?". Fanfan is a tale about family and identity. A funny and limpid text illustrated by the glittering world of Fossier in brown, gold and ultramarine.
48 pages in a landscape format, 23 x 32,5 cm, 4 years +
Rights sold: Portuguese (Brazil)

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

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

Monsieur Seguin's Last Kid Goat

by Alphonse Daudet, ill. by Jean-Luc Buquet
How lovely she is Monsieur Seguin’s kid goat. Lovely and in love with freedom… She doesn’t want to live tied up. She wants to gambol in the mountain, to her liking. But in the mountain, there’s the big bad wolf. Daudet’s most famous text is also one of his most delightful. The encounter of two beings who have a real love for freedom and discovery, but are bound to be enemies on their common ground. As cruel as a true fairy tale, the moral of this story tells children about the happiness of freedom and the dangers of its excesses.
48 pages, 27.5 x 30 cm, 5 years +

Creating With...

The six-titles series is introducing major artists (Picasso, Kandinsky, Vermeer, Vinci, Magritte and Warhol) to young children, while proposing activities and games created by contemporary artists.
http://www.cleditions.com/?Creer-avec
64 pages, full colour cover, black & white inside, 22 x 28 cm, 4 years +

All My Art Histories

Each of the 24 titles available explores a movement, a period or a key artist through the description of their main features, looking at commented works of art and experiencing activities on the subject. Titles include Abstraction, Art Nouveau, Impressionism, the Nabis, Pop art, etc.
52 pages, 25 x 29 cm, 8 years +