Korczak, a true friend to children

by Philippe Meirieu, ill. Pef
Very few books are designed to help children think about their education. This book explores the career of Janusz Korczak, a doctor and gifted educator who was a tireless champion of children's rights throughout his life.
48 pages, 25 x 25 cm, 5 years +

Playing with numbers

by Anne Bertier

A new and original way to have the small ones understand how and why we calculate numbers: adding and multiplying should be easier with an artistic twist. In a glimpse, red and white shapes make arithmetic operations look simple and funny. A small format that can be handled easily by children, to look at again and again and memorise the visual effect of addition or subtraction. At the end of each book a page to be cut out with shapes to practice the operations and have fun!

5 titles, 36 pages each, 15 x 15 cm, 5 years +

1,2,3 stars!

Counting nature
by Anne-Sophie Baumann, ill. by Anne-Lise Boutin
This unusual picture book invites children to explore the world of figures and big numbers: from zero for a worm's paws, to 10 pips hidden in an apple, to billions of stars... There are so many things to see, count and name! A simple and elegant book specially documented. The poetry of mathematics meets up with the delicacy of the natural world.
48 pages, 25 x 25 cm, 4 years +
Rights sold: Portuguese (Brazil)

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)

Chronobook series

Chronobook Dinosaurs
With Chronobook Dinosaurs, children will be unbeatable about history of living beings on our planet millions of years ago. From the creation of the planet 4.6 billion years ago to the dinosaur extinction 65 million years ago, through the appearance of first vertebrates, Chronobook offers a new vision on the world of dinosaurs.

Chronobook Prehistory

Australopithecus, Homo Sapiens, not to mention the Cro-Magnon, no major step is missed in the Chronobook dedicated to Prehistory. From the appearance of the Hominids 8 million years ago to the end of the Prehistory 5300 years ago, this frieze allows a better understanding of history and evolution of mankind, for a new vision of Prehistory.

Chronobook Great Inventions

In Chronobook Great Inventions, children can trace the history of objects or processes that surround us. From the invention of the fire to the MP3, this frieze resumes the chronology of major inventions that have changed people's lives. In total, some 5,500 years of history reviewed to understand how our society was built for a new vision of the world around us.

Three titles available, and more to come.
16 x 16 cm, 2-metre long when unfolded
12 flaps, full colour both sides in a cardboard box
7 years +

The mad scientist book

by Muriel Zücher and Stéphane Hurtez, ill. Raphaël Houée
Through the voice of the Mad Scientist, and his hilarious anecdotes, this title is a true initiation handbook for children to become mad scientists themselves. Many wild experiences have been prepared for the apprentice: changing ink into dust, lightening gravity, making strange bubbles, take light out of sugar, etc.
25 x 30 cm, 160 pages, 8 years +

I have an idea

by Béatrice Gernot, ill. François Maumont
Let’s get into the mysterious and luminous world of ideas! Everything you need to know about ideas: where they come from, what they look like, what they are for and how to nourish them? Each idea is depicted, those that love making their way, or take time to cook up. Those flying from all sides and getting in a muddle... There are simple ideas and powerful ideas, but also some you better forget about!
19 x 30 cm, 80 pages, 8 years +

Soups from around the world

by Alain Serres and Aurélia Fronty
Soup is universal – around the world, it is a symbol both of celebration and of day-to-day life. But it is always shared! Warming, heart-warming, soups bring people together. Hot, cold, savoury and sweet, this book gathers recipes from all over the world, listed by country. And the magic of Aurélia Fronty’s rich illustrations is a feast for the eyes.
Best Children Book – Gourmand Awards 2012. More than 7000 copies sold in France!
48 pages, 28 x 35 cm, 7 years +
Rights sold: Spanish (World)

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 +

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 +

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.

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+

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

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

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