It is night... on the stoop of an abandoned manor, a very old cat, Goliath, is sleeping heavily. Suddenly, an invisible enemy is heard... Goliath calls on his subjects, the trees, the winds, the birds... Who is this approaching enemy. But having become strong through his weakness, they all refuse to serve the old tyrant... This fable is tender and humorous. It shows through the story of this old cat - former king and tyrant - that people are never totally good or totally bad. And that the real enemies are not always those we think they are...

Annabelle refuses to let her grandmother go to a retirement home: she doesn't want her to end up like a flowerpot that hasn't been watered enough! With her best friend Léo, she organizes Mamilou's escape, while her worried father tracks down the fugitive. But old Gustave discovers their hideout. Fortunately, he might have a solution for his childhood friend.This album is part of the selection of the Chronos Prize, category CM1-CM2, 2021.

"Once upon a time there was a naughty little chick. Who knows why, she had always been naughty. Right out of the egg, when she was still a little ruffled thing, she attacked the other chicks in the clutch. She then attacked the other animals of the farm. Since then, her bad temper had not been denied. There was no more obnoxious or pretentious little chick for miles around! "Upon learning that a wolf (elderly and retired, but a wolf nonetheless) is moving into the village, the meanest chick on the continent pulls out her superheroine costume and decides that the village isn't big enough for her and the wolf. Happy to finally be able to take on a big enemy, she will give the poor wolf a run for his money, as he was certainly not prepared for this confrontation. This album was the winner of the Lancemot Favorite Book Award 2016.

A very old fisherman lived with his wife by the sea, an old woman, in a very small cottage. One day in his net he discovered a beautiful golden fish. "Fisherman, let me go, I'll make all your wishes come true by way of thanks." He needs nothing, but his surly wife is demanding to the point of madness.

"Our legs are heavy as lead! Our feet scream and crack! We are too old to dance! "Too old, the giants? This album was part of the "All our favourites" Opalivres selection.

For the shepherds and peasants who engrave their memories in the arid mountain landscape where time seems to have stopped, life is only reborn when a ray of sunlight gives the stolen fruit the flavour of childhood. Through Jean Siccardi's poems, a landscape is drawn that is constantly threatened, a witness to a past that reappears under Joly Guth's stroke.

Berdic! Berdac! Berdic! Berdac! does the old millipede when he walks... Wooden legs, plastic legs, only recycled ones! When he was younger, he made all the centipedes in the country crack but he didn't pay much attention to them. One day, a beautiful fat yellow caterpillar with a blue cap crossed his path. He knew at once that it was her, the love of his life, his queen, his better half...

From Paris to Cotonou, I saw a lot of people and landscapes. You don't often think about it, but buses too, sometimes have a funny life! Because even if I'm a bit worn out, there's always someone who's happy to use me.This album was selected for the Chronos Prize, 2011.

Grand-Aigle and Petit-Castor floated down the tumultuous river to the quiet shores of Lake Massawippi. There, seated at the shore, under the starry sky of a full moon night, the old wise man tells his grandson about the birth of the Amerindian people, on a peaceful day, in the early light of the world's very first morning.

Some children, out playing in the field, find a squash, which, after many adventures, grows, grows, and swallows all the people of the village, except an old lady. The old lady gives birth to a boy who, now grown up, goes in search of the gourd.

Angèle is an old lady who likes to tell herself stories. Stories for herself.

Bear is hungry, very hungry, but she is weak and tired... As she approaches the river, she comes face to face with a little boy, who is as surprised as she is. Will they get scared and turn back, or will they approach each other? Especially since the woodcutter and father of the child is following the scene a few meters away...

A vampire, a zombie, a yeti and a werewolf try to keep an old and ugly man company, a writer whose inspiration has been lost through the years and the floorboards. Yet, there, above the stairs, floats a little ghost that can awaken even the driest of souls!

Granita is not an apple like the others: to end up in a tarte tatin or in a crumble, very little for her! And yes, Granita is an apple that doesn't wait, so, unlike her friends, she decides to travel the world... When her skin shrivels, she wants to find her roots. But where are the other apples?!

Every morning, a very routine old man gets up, eats his breakfast and goes out to tend to his flowers. Accompanied by his little dog, Lucien, the old man, makes sure he never deviates from his routine. He hates new things. But one windy day, a gust of wind brings him a newspaper with his horoscope on it. He is told: "An unexpected event will break your routine. "A nightmare for a man who does not like surprises. A tender, funny, touching and surprising story about our little habits and how the unexpected can sometimes come from ourselves.This album has been shortlisted for the Applied Arts Photography & Illustration Awards, Editorial Illustration/Entire Book-Complete 2020 category.

Christine lived in a small town under the endless skies of Manitoba where time passed most slowly in the heat of summer. She explored its streets on roller skates or stilts, to go faster or see further. One morning, under the leaves of a small maple tree, she discovered an old man, Mr. Saint-Hilaire, who invited her to spend a whole day on the shore of Lake Winnipeg.

Germaine lives alone at home, with her birds for company. On his way home from school, Gaspard stops by her house. A bond develops between the old woman and the child.

A child who imagines himself to be old, very old, so that he can finally do whatever he wants, defy all prohibitions, experience the feeling of impunity enjoyed by old men, protected by their venerable age, their position of authority - or so he thinks... Yes, rejoice in being old to experience absolute freedom: this inner monologue, which Olivier Ka places from the perspective of a boy impatient to crunch the world, expresses with jubilant audacity the urgency of making a place for oneself, of sweeping aside the obstacles (especially those represented by "the others") that one sees springing up from all sides when one is the little man. The expressiveness and precision of the ballpoint pen in Carole Chaix's drawings accentuate the strength with which the child projects himself into situations that are as real to him as the surrounding world.

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.

In a rapidly changing Chinese city, a little girl is entrusted by her parents to her elderly great-aunt. Through a slow and gentle bond forming between them, the child uncovers her ancestor’s personal story, the secret that fills her heart, and the deep connection she shares with the tree planted in the small garden at the end of the street. Until the day when construction work changes everything...

An old man. A rock.

Not very reassured, I would walk past his house four times a day.

One afternoon, on my way back from school, there was the screeching of tires and screams...

A winter morning, at dawn, comes a tiny tree into the world. Gabriel planted a few pits into a pot, before repoting the young sprout in spring. The seasons passed, the tree grew and welcomed generations to its feet, to enjoy its juicy fruits. And, even when Gabriel leaves his tree friend, life continues its cycle, as the Mirabelle plums grow every summer at the edge of its branches.