Because of my brother, I always have to tidy up at home, he has a dog, I don't. But my brother is also a bit of a magician, he knows where the things we are looking for are, at night he reads without turning on the light and he tells us lots of stories.

For this summer, it's stuffed! No choice! Pénélope is going to her uncle and her aunt's in the middle of nowhere, where she'll have for only friends her narrow-minded cousin and her other cousin, clothes-makeup and boy-crazy. Horrible! But, she didn't plan to meet the charming Dylan, and the strange Maya!

My name is Fred Baramine. I'm 8 years old and I live at 7 rue Cénou. On Saturday, the day started out great: Mum and I were watching cartoons... until her cousin Caroline arrived with her daughter! She was - how can I put it? - different. They explained to me that she was born with "trisomy 21"...

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.

No one knew that the boy was dreamy and clumsy because the grain of sand was already there...

With the tip of her tongue, she tastes a snowflake. The cold, this cold, becomes the color white. A sharp, severe cold, a dry cold perhaps. She says since then, when she shivers, that the landscape is white: her two brothers understand. They go and get a sweater and put it on her. Their gestures are gentle. This is how this journey to the land of rediscovered colours begins. Throughout the pages, a blind girl shares her interpretation of colours and her inner world. A world nourished by scents, sounds, impressions and very rich sensations.

A narrative in which the hero is a bipolar person, a fiction that uses the imagination to help readers become aware of bipolarity. An album full of poetry.

My big brother is an alien. Well, he doesn't have antennae, but he's still from another planet. He speaks a strange language. Sometimes it's hard for the two of us to talk to each other: I only know Earth language... But when he fell from his star, he became... My Extra Big Brother. This album was part of the Opalivres selection, category 4-5 years.

At the beginning of the school year, Manuel is very disappointed: his best friend, Jonathan, has moved. The daughter of the new tenants is strange. She doesn't even answer when people say hello to her. Vexed, Manuel starts by hating her. But when he learns that the pretty Lisa is deaf, the boy changes his attitude. For her, he will learn sign language...

This album received the Renaudot Benjamin Prize in 2001, the Jack London Prize, the 1st Prize of the Salon du Livre D'annemasse, the Prize "Des mots d'écrit" of Denain, and finally the 1st Prize of Drôles et des Drôlesses.

My life is a silent film. Without words or music. Where every gesture counts.

- Theo? Do you understand what I'm saying?

I can't hear my friend. I only see the words dancing on her lips. I've always lived in silence. A total silence. All the all the time. Everywhere.

When you don't look exactly like everyone else, for example when you are born with three fingers on one hand, life can sometimes be fierce. But it can also be bright, joyful, if you try to reinvent it every day with imagination. The little different hand then becomes a bird hand, soars and carries away the sorrows on its wings. Hand-Bird is a profound children's book that speaks of disability in a new light. The author, Benoît Lemennais, tells the story of his daughter. His intimate, delicate prose is enhanced by the superb illustrations by Marianne Ferrer.

Olga is 8 years old. She has already moved six times. The last one took her to a crooked house, flanked by multiple turrets. She starts tearing off the wallpaper in her new room to freshen it up, and discovers a tiny locked door. On the other side, someone is trying to communicate. But who is it? Another mystery arises: Olga's parents, who have gone for a walk in the nearby woods, are nowhere to be seen.

This book is the second volume after Deux mains pour le dire. After a year spent in the Netherlands, where he has fallen in love with Hilda, Jonathan is back in his old neighborhood. Our hero finds his best friend, Manuel, and is delighted to meet Lisa, a young deaf girl who communicates through sign language, and about whom Manuel has written a lot in his letters. 

While in Deux mains pour le dire (volume 1), Manuel and Lisa were in the foreground, here it is Jonathan who plays the main role.

I open my eyes. It is dark. Yet the night has not swallowed the sun. Mum turns on my bedside lamp. By reflex. More for her than for me. She is not comfortable in the dark. We don't look alike. I've lived in the dark since I was born.

Juliette's best friend is Rose. Together, the two girls love to go to the garden to observe nature and invent funny words. However, they do not always have the same vision of the world. One sees with her eyes, the other with her heart...This book was part of the "Tous nos coups de coeur" Opalivres selection.

One day, the child takes refuge in a wall. He flees the noise, the kisses, and even the calls of his parents, to whom he prefers his wall. A wall that reassures him and where he finds everything he needs. Confused, his parents try several methods to join him in his bubble. This book has been shortlisted for the Prix Danielle Grondein 2019 and was a finalist for the Prix des Mots et des Merveilles, category "Petit ogre" 2020.

Léonie was born with a strange petticoat... an aviary perhaps? At the age of walking, the petticoat gets heavier. Mum and Dad invent a way to lighten it. Now Léonie can dance, but she is tired of being alone at home. Then Mr. Trapeze's circus arrives in the village, and with him comes a lion who is very anxious because his cage is broken. Together they make a deal... Will Léonie spend her life in a circus? She dreams of other spaces, of other freedom. This book won the Handi-Livres prize for the best children's book in 2009.

It's snack time and Mia is starving. Her mommy tells her to go pick strawberries in the garden to bake a delicious pie. On her way, Mia picks an apple, a pear, plums, peaches, and grapes... She treats herself with those flavorful fruits, and completely forgets to pick strawberries!

You will find in this book pictured tutorials for French sign language!

Even if the clouds in the sky are grey, Barnabé the hedgehog really wants to play outside with his friends. Alas, regarding the weather, we all have our preferences. Léon the butterfly only likes the sun; Hector the snail only goes outside with the rain; Gilda the frog waits for thunder, whereas Firmin the squirrel prefers the snow... Not to mention Théodule the firefly who's afraid the wind will push her. Thankfully, a beautiful phenomenon will reunite them all: a rainbow!

It's an important day for Axel. He's going to school for the first time, just before Christmas. With his precious Joséphine, he's 100% ready to perceive this new environment. A curious young boy, he's determined to make colorful discoveries with his dog and new friends.

A small novel full of life, by Mymi Doinet &Anna Griot to young readers to enjoy words and colors.

I can roll my tongue. Can you?" This sparks lively discussions about what each person can or cannot do. Everyone is unique!

A humorous scenario for discussing individual peculiarities while the child desires to fit in with others.

• Gradually, the dialogues evolve towards understanding others, respecting differences, helping one another, and beyond that, visible or invisible disabilities.

The joyful and colorful illustrations are teeming with details and characters that one enjoys finding throughout the pages.

• A final quiz tailored for young readers.