A long time ago, night did not exist. The sky was a huge yellow picture from which the day never faded away... Sometimes, clouds, rain or snow came to shade the light, but that was not enough to make life less monotonous, less boring... One day, Naîm decided to take his courage in both hands as well as a ladder and his brushes, and to attack this invariably yellow sky...

This tale is a social fable. It speaks of the fear that seizes us in front of the unknown, in front of a stranger, even a simple cat. It tells how this fear can grow until it paralyses a whole kingdom... A Persian tale illustrated, in the respect of the tradition, by the patchworks of a major Iranian illustrator of this beginning of century.

Seven Lives relates the joys, fears, doubts and thoughts of a cat with many faces and representations as diverse as its states of mind. The cat, a metaphor for the child, tries to define and understand himself: who does he look like? Who does he inherit from? Who does he love? Who is he really? How to be unique and so multiple at the same time..;

These Poems to face the good weather and enjoy the bad are humorous considerations on the passing of time and the scansion of the seasons. The form responds to the content of the text: thus the word tunnel becomes graphic thanks to two enlarged -nn-. Bad weather is written in raindrops.

Poems in Landscapes is a collection of poems for children written from engravings and engravings painted from poems. The poems evoke the sensation of bodies in nature, the engravings integrate the body as a natural element. Here, everything is playful, everything echoes the world of childhood and the particular attention paid to details in the world. The tiny and the gigantic rub shoulders, marvellous animals appear, mountains, trees, water, beasts and the human body merge.

Every year, the Sultan's date tree was covered with the most delicate fruits. Travellers from all over the kingdom came to admire and taste the sweetness of these dates. Every year, the harvest took place in the presence of the Sultan. But one summer, the date tree gave only three small dates... The notion of sharing is at the heart of the debates in this album with its softly painted illustrations. A book in my suitcase

"This tale, told throughout the Middle East in different versions, is about initiation. Not the little one, but the big one, the real one, the one that turns the monster into a human." "The illustrations set a funny, light-hearted tone to this potentially scary tale of devouring."

The Evening Poems are a ritornello dedicated to what frightens us, what we don't know, the tiny things that crawl under the earth or that rummage in the dark when night comes, the worries that creep up on us... These are poems on the theme of twilight and mystery, of the night that is both frightening and attractive, with the instruction to use rhymes, wordplay, and alliterations in -oir and -uit.

Il était une fois un jeune homme qui vivait paisiblement avec sa mère sur une colline verte. Guidé par la flamme de la sagesse, il va se battre contre le terrible tyran qui règne sur le pays, et dont la haine des animaux à plumes n'a d'égale que la peur qu'ils lui inspirent. À l'aide de poules merveilleuses et des habitants du pays, il deviendra un héros libérateur de son peuple.

But what a mess all these ideas are!

As soon as night falls

they enter one by one

they jostle, dance, follow each other

they sit on the arm of the sofa

they moo

and off they go!

welcome to the great circus of ideas!

"As a curious bird or an overgrown boy, I entered these secret landscapes with their travelling colours, thinking that rocks and mists speak to us and that we only need to know how to listen to them." So begins Poèmes de roches et de brumes, where raw materials and volutes rub, brush against each other and mingle in Carl Norac's poems and Arno Célérier's illustrations, between masses of cut-out paper and mists of openwork lace.

The first one, I met him in a park in my neighbourhood. (...) It was behind the fifth tree that we hid to kiss (...) I ate the cherries from the seventh, the pears from the eighth, the figs from the ninth (...).

A tale where we discover that the smartest one is not the one we think... "Open up my children, I am your mother..." says the hungry fox, imitating the voice of the hyena. Unless... Bilingual French / Arabic

In ancient times, in the heart of steppe Asia, a remote kingdom, isolated from the world, sent one of its own to discover the empires of the Sunset and the Levant. After 30 years of travels and adventures, between lands and seas, from one city to another, Paladjan returns to tell of wonders but also... wars. His tale excites the imagination of Akhiva, the king's son, who dreams of discovering the extraordinary Cities in his turn. But the king refuses...

Emilie and her old neighbour Mr Farouk have little in common except that people whisper about them. Emilie is the daughter of separated parents and Mr. Farouk comes from over there, the kind of people you see on TV. After an exchange of smiles one summer day, Mr Farouk invites the little girl to have tea in his flowery garden. With each sip, she discovers new sensations, flavours and unsuspected memories. This album received the "T'as lu, ça t'a plu?" 2015 prize, awarded by the leisure centres in Poitou-Charentes.

Fayel is Raphaël in patois. Raphaël's grandfather speaks Vendéen patois, it's his mother tongue. He is a farmer and loves his tractor very much, almost as much as the Sahara, the land of the dromedaries. He would like his tractor to be given to the farmers of the desert when he is no longer there. Raphaël promises to make his wish come true... The day his grandfather dies, Raphaël climbs on the tractor and sets off for the south, for a beautiful and exotic journey that will make him grow up. This album is a beautiful look at life and an invitation to travel to the land of camels, the Sahara.

A white elephant!

It's with that unique gift that Haroun al-Rachid, Baghdad's caliph, wants to congratulate the new Emperor Charlemagne for his recent consecration. And, who else but Majid, the hero of En route vers Bagdad et Missions Byzantines, to complete this risky mission?

To find a new adviser, a young king sends his messengers carrying an enigma across his kingdom. The one resolving it will be the chosen one. It's Zohra, a fisherman's daughter who finds the solution. Captivated by her intelligence and beauty, the king chooses to marry her, on one condition: never the Queen will meddle with the kingdom's business. However, facing this injustice, Zohra cannot stay silent, even if it means breaking her lover's promise. In the name of truth, she's ready to confront men's law. Facing this brave woman, will the young king listen to reason rather than his pride?

At the beginning of the world, everything was different ... The sun did not yet live in the sky : it lived on earth, among beasts and flowers. But it was so hot that all fled, leaving the sun alone with its only friend, the jackal.

For this 6th adventure of Nico and Ouistiti, let's embark on a camel ride through the vast desert!

But not just any camel... Welcome aboard the new machine of our two intrepid explorers. This peculiar camel is fully equipped for the harsh desert climate: water reserves and a giant straw for hydration, retractable mini-parasols to shield against the intense sun of these latitudes...

Amid delightful encounters with the rich local fauna (camels, dromedaries, fennecs, ibises…) and a night under the tent of the Blue Children, a new mission awaits Nico and Ouistiti: to find the Sun-Child, who is in danger. Off they go, first on a dromedary ride, then crossing the river by felucca, guided by the Great Ibis, to reach the Blue City and its Sacred Kingdom. But danger looms: the Grand Sphinx stands guard...

Packed with adventures, the story is beautifully accompanied by Anna Aparicio Català’s fold-out panoramic illustrations, bursting with color and rich in detail, offering a feast for the eyes.

And the cherry on top: a musical reading is included, available for free streaming or download with the album, to delight little ears as well!

Majid, the hero of En route vers Bagdad, continues his adventures in Byzantium, the city that was the root of a huge civilization in the Middle Ages. There, he discovers diplomacy and strategies for surviving in powerful circles. 

During the 8th century AD, Majid, a young fisherman with a supernatural power leaves for Bagdad to search for a remedy to save his father. Surviving the dangers of swamps, the desert, and the gigantic capital, will change his life forever...

This adventure novel is an epic testimony of the 1001 discoveries that happened within the Arab civilization 12 centuries ago.