At home, we're waiting for a big event. The biggest of my life. So I wait impatiently. In the hospital, in the street, everyone is also waiting for a big event, their faces glued to a TV screen. A man is going to walk on the moon. But in that same little second, you too have arrived. The combination of a birth and a planetary event, using words common to both, is an attractive idea to express the importance and the upheaval of these human adventures. Bibliographical notes

Sipho loves rugby! He is mocked by his brothers and neighbours in the township of Soweto. Rugby is a white man's sport and everyone supports the Bafana Bafana football team. But this year, South Africa is hosting the Rugby World Cup and the Springboks have Chester Wiliams, a black rugby player who is going to unleash the passions.With the help of short texts and large colourful illustrations, this album simply recounts this important event in history. With short texts and large colourful illustrations, this book simply recounts this important event in history. At the end, a few explanatory pages tell the reader more about apartheid, the life of Nelson Mandela and the inequalities that still exist in this country. Le P'tit Libé

My father decided that we would move to Montgomery to live with my grandmother. Blacks aren't treated any better there, but I would be safer. Besides, my grandmother makes the best red bean casserole in the neighborhood! We often took the bus across town. The blacks sat in the back, the whites sat in the front. One day, before Christmas, a lady refused to give up her seat to a white man. She dared to say no to him. This was the beginning of a great protest.This album was the winner of the Fleur de sel Prize at the Nau Belles Rencontres 2016.

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.

Yann, a fisherman's son from Portsall, loves to go and sell the fish in the port with his father. He fixes them, adds ice and plays the merchant, but one day the sea is rough. The storm and the wind bring a foul smell and very bad news : the Amoco Cadiz was shipwrecked.Un jour ailleurs, stories to discover a landmark event of the twentieth century.This album has been selected for the Le Petit Felipé Prize of the Festival of Ecology Book and Press 2019.

The construction of the century has started: a tunnel that will connect France to Great Britain. Everyone is talking about that! For that matter, Rosa's father, a specialist in underground construction has been called to work on that incredible project. Rosa is not thrilled: she'll have to leave her friends, school, and Martinique to move to Sangatte, in the Pas-de-Calais. "Un jour ailleurs", stories to discover a striking event of the 20th century.

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).

Pénéloppe is so happy: after successfully convincing her parents, she'll finally leave her island Samos to join his uncle Nikos in New York. Her neighbor Agathe must go with her on that Atlantic crossing. But, before that, the young girl is facing administrative difficulties. Will she let her dream slipped from her grasp for a few unsigned papers?

Claire is moving, leaving Paris. She will have to change schools, adapt and make new friends. Claire's mother is a doctor, she will be the first woman doctor in the city. Claire, on the other hand, dreams of becoming a majorette, a Shooting Star like Sylvie, her best friend. Sylvie's mother dreams of becoming a pastry chef but her husband does not want her to work. In 1965, in France, it is not easy for women to work but society is changing.This album was part of the 6-8 years old selection of the Chalon-sur-Saône Children's Book Prize 2018.

In 1936, Jean and his friends René, Claude, Suzanne, and Luigi share their daily lives at school and outside between fishing trips and football matches. Their parents, workers in the factories of Saint-Étienne, work hard to provide for their families. On Sunday, May 3, 1936, their lives are turned upside down: the Popular Front is elected in the legislative elections. Soon, the workers take to the streets to defend their rights: better working conditions and paid vacations. By listening to his parents and the radio, and discussing with his friends, Jean witnesses the changes brought about by the election of the Popular Front. He experiences the workers' struggle through the eyes of a child, but he fully understands its significance when his own dreams come true with his first family vacation at the seaside.

Ally’s mother, who has been working in Paris for a while, is deeply missed. Fortunately, Ally visits her grandparents every weekend—until one day, she discovers a treasure in their garden: a chess piece!

Her grandfather, delighted to find a new opponent, teaches her all the basic rules. Ally becomes passionate about this demanding game, its techniques, and strategies... Just as she begins to dream of becoming a chess champion, something incredible happens: the greatest grandmaster of all time, Garry Kasparov, accepts a challenge from the company International Business Machines (IBM). He faced off against the supercomputer Deep Blue in February 1996 and defeated it after six games.

This achievement brought renewed attention to the work of researchers in artificial intelligence.

Six informational pages provide more insights into the history of chess and artificial intelligence, completing this album.

“Un jour ailleurs” is a series of stories designed to help children explore major events of the 20th century in an accessible, age-appropriate way.