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.

Aslam watches helplessly as his father is arrested for disobeying the English authorities by harvesting salt, which is taxed too heavily. The boy is plagued by doubt. Why did his father break the law? Why isn't the salt of the sea for everyone? When he learns that the famous Gandhi is on his way to his village, Jalalpur, Aslam regains hope. With his cousin Kamal, he watches impatiently and relentlessly for the arrival of their hero, the only one who can stand up to the authorities and perhaps free his father.This album was selected for the Prix Michel Tournier 2021.

Paloma and her parents left Spain because of the war. However, in Paris too, people talk about the dictator Franco, especially since he bombed the town of Guernica. During the May 1st demonstration, Paloma finds a wounded dove. She nurses it, feeds it, and her father builds it a cage. The bird, nestled in her shoulder, accompanies her everywhere. During one of her walks in the streets of Paris with her dove, Paloma exchanges a few words with a man who marks her mind. Later, when she sees the painting of Guernica during her visit to the World's Fair, she realizes that it is Pablo Picasso.This book has been selected for the Prix Michel Tournier 2020 and for the Prix jeunesse Alé of the LEC Festival 2020 (Littératures européennes de Cognac).

Twenty years after their triumphant success, the members of the mythical group The Bacon Brothers are now living a quiet life on their own... Until the day when one of their old hits becomes a hit on the Internet! Wolf, their agent, decides to reform the band. They head for the United States for an unforgettable tour full of twists and turns. From New York to the Grand Canyon, via Nashville and San Francisco, welcome to the Bacon Brothers! Yeah.

Gus works on a crane, because one day his father said to him in his big voice: "Son, I worked on a crane, your grandfather worked on a crane, your great-grandfather worked on a crane, so you too will work on a crane. That's your destiny. But Gus is afraid of heights!

Les gens, ça n’existe pas ! Il y a toujours une personne, plus une personne, plus une autre personne... Chacun de nous est unique et différent.

Un album où règne un joyeux bazar coloré de la vie quotidienne pour aborder le thème de l’altérité, du regard que chacun d’entre nous pose sur l’autre.

Eva and Vadim, who have arrived at their grandmother's house for the summer vacations, are impatient to get back to their high cabin. Buried in the trees, this hut is their headquarters from which they observe the forest that surrounds them. But this year, as soon as they arrived in their HQ, they discover huge holes that have transformed the forest into a Swiss cheese! When Eva and Vadim go to take a closer look, they discover footprints that lead them to a bulldozer and a truck. It's time to warn Ignace, the forest ranger. The three of them are going to lead the investigation to discover an illegal tree felling...

Un jour, dans une Chine ancestrale, des brigands attaquent le village de la petite Mengmeng qui s'enfuit et trouve refuge au monastère de Shaolin. Elle s’y lie d’amitié avec Kun-Yi, jeune pratiquant de KungFu en apprentissage auprès de Maître Jong. Jour après jour, Mengmeng se rétablit et s'initie à la pratique et à la philosophie du Kungfu. Après sa guérison, elle regagne son village, retrouve les siens et aide les villageois à résister aux pillards.

Tout concourt dans cet ouvrage à nous immerger dans une Chine ancestrale aux traditions bien ancrées et à respirer un parfum de spiritualité et d’harmonie. Coup de cœur d'Opalivres

Tomoko, petite fille sensible et curieuse, reçoit de sa tante une poupée Kokeshi en bois d'érable. Elle l’adore et en fait son amie pour chaque moment de sa vie. Mais un matin d’orage, elle la perd. Chacun la réconforte, lui assurant qu’une bonne âme quelque part prend sans doute soin de sa kokeshi. Des années plus tard, alors qu’elle passe devant une pâtisserie, Tomoko découvre stupéfaite son amie Kokeshi dans la vitrine. Elle entre dans la boutique pour en savoir plus…

Souvent, on soulève la couverture d'un album comme on ouvre une porte. Mais rarement, sur le seuil, une telle beauté saute au visage. Télérama

A revolutionary invention! An ecological means of transport. It frees women, makes the revolution in China, replaces cars when there is no more gasoline. They are even used to ride in the Tour de France. This book was part of the parallel selection of the Michel Tournier Prize 2018, category CE1-CE2, and was selected for the Soif de docs 2020-2021 youth documentary prize.