Charlie and his friend live in troubled times, with the rise of an extreme political regime, the Brown State, and they go about their lives in a very ordinary way: between beer and belote. They are neither heroes nor pure bastards. They simply look the other way to avoid trouble, but do we know enough about where the little cowardice of each of us can lead us collectively?

Sam can't stand sharing his room with his brother: he prevents him from sleeping and takes his things without even asking for his consent.After seeing Donald Trump talking about his project of a wall at the borders of the United States and Mexico, on the TV news, Sam realizes that the best way to solve his problem is to be inspired by the American president and to build a wall right in the middle of his room in order to keep his brother away.But while this seems like the ideal solution, those around him don't seem to think so... Sam then starts writing a series of letters to Donald Trump in which he shares his plans and thoughts with him and asks for some advice.

Berlin 1988. While playing in the attic, I discovered a cello that belonged to my grandmother. I took it in my arms and we never left each other. Music sounds like a language to me. What's more, my parents fled East Berlin with this instrument, while my grandparents are still on the other side of the wall. But today, more and more people are angry, they demonstrate in the streets and soon, this wall will have to come down.This album has been selected for the Prix Michel Tournier, category CM1-CM2, 2020.

When she comes home from school, Lola spends hours in front of the mirror: she looks at herself, puts on make-up, and trains to parade like a real model. But things get complicated when Auntie Christelle suggests she enter the Little Miss contest...This book is supported by the Mission aux droits de femmes de Corrèze and was part of the Opalivres selection, category 7-8 years old.

This is the story of a little guy who has big problems with words... Yet he spares no effort to learn to read and write. If only his teacher and his parents knew how much time he spends on it! When you're a child, it's not always easy to learn to read... an area where pressure comes from all sides! This book is a reminder that all good learning requires kindness. This book was part of the Opalivres selection, category 6 years.

Not long ago, in the Philippine archipelago, two tribes lived together: the Ra'ili, cattle breeders, and the Ifugaos, rice planters. The acquisition of a Dutch cattle herd by the Rââli chief disrupts the island's ecosystem and brings the two tribes to the brink of conflict when they discover that the cows, which eat vanilla, give the rice an exquisite flavor by flooding it with their sweet milk. A journey to the edge of the world to tell the origin of the most famous of our desserts.

There is a flat world where the tribe of the very small and the tribe of the very large live. Each one of them is not lacking in ingenuity to show the other who is the strongest.

Anita, after a lot of hard work, decides to realize her life's dream: to open a restaurant for cats. All the posh cats in the area meet up with their mistresses in this trendy place to enjoy refined cuisine. But one day, an ugly man, dirty and ill-bred, squats in an abandoned garage, just in front of Anita's chic restaurant, and seems to be up to something very strange... For Anita, the trouble is just beginning.

Un enorme cedro de 3000 años de edad, está en la frontera entre dos reinos... Los sultanes solían reunirse bajo su suave sombra para hablar en voz baja. Sin embargo, un día, se enojan por una tontería. Las sospechas aumentan y el viejo cedro, que conoce el corazón de los hombres, teme por la paz. ¿Podrá un árbol evitar una guerra? Sí, si es ayudado por una paloma, hablará la voz de la razón y dará sabiduría a los dos sultanes al enseñarles que sus diferencias son fuente de gran riqueza...

Indira, the daughter of a good Indian family, is sent to England to follow her studies and perfect her education. She's a studious student but appalled by the misery in India, her country, she befriends a young British man who welcomes her to a circle of young revolutionary activists. The young lady is confronted by her choices: love and violence or renouncement and peace. Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of the Indian government from 1966 to 1977 then from 1980 to 1984.

A huge 3000 years old cedar, on the border of two kingdoms ... The sultans used to meet under its soothing shade to talk quietly. However, one day, they get angry for a trifle. Suspicion settles and the old cedar, who knows the heart of men, fears for peace. Can a tree avoid a war ? Yes : if helped by a dove, it will speak the voice of reason and bring the two sultans wisdom by teaching them that difference is source of great wealth...

During the Crusades times, Hassan's group kidnapped two Francs kids in the Balbeek souk, a little Syrian merchants' city on the edge of the Orient's Francs principality. The city is buzzing between occidental parents looking for the children and the inhabitants in disbelief. According to Hicham, from Hassan's group but a friend of Youssef, son of the governor and future King of all the Muslim world, only he can help them. But, Hassan hates Youssef and thinks gaining glory by sacrificing the enemy's children.

Prudence grew up on a boat, sailing with the wind, following her parents' dream.

The novel takes us from the coast of Africa to the West Indies, with a detour to the United States.

The drama is present right from the start, in the background of this novel that depicts the idyllic life of a close-knit family. The mother's betrayal and the parents' separation are evoked through the eyes of a rebellious teenager, torn from a life of dreams.

Prudence has to reconstruct herself in a world that is totally foreign to her.

The novel recounts this time of wandering and fragility, with memories of a life of travel and adventure gradually fading, giving way to the resilience of the heroine and her family.