1925, Joséphine arrives in France. It's the beginning of an incredible adventure.

In a joyous and energetic turbulence, the little girl from the poor neighborhoods of Saint-Louis in Missouri will become an immense star but also an engaged woman, ready to fight to defend her values.

The Frog and the Ox is a famous fable by Jean de La Fontaine. It is the story of a frog who, out of envy and jealousy, will inflate himself to become as big as an ox. But by trying too hard to imitate, he will pay the price... This fable criticizes human vanity: it is better to stay as you are.

Elphège Tremblay would like all the girls to be crazy about him, but they much prefer Elvis Presley! So Elphège decides to imitate the King: gold belt, blue shoes and a pink Cadillac... Call him Elvis Tremblay! But how far will he go to find love? Sometimes you just have to be yourself for true love to be born. The candy-pink illustrations take us back to the graphic universe of the 1960s.

Since his childhood, Zhou Chu is arrogant and brutal. Only his cousin Yisha keeps her affection for him while the other inhabitants of his village look at him as a scourge as painful as a tiger and a monstrous fish. Urged by the villagers to confront these ferocious creatures, he disappears during the fight. Believing the three of them to be dead, the village goes into a frenzy. But soon, Zhou Chu returns... Will he be able to understand the villagers' attitude and make himself more friendly?

Jack and his mother are poor. The day Jack trades their goat for six bean seeds, his mother gets angry. But the seeds are actually magic! In one night they grow into a huge ladder of greenery, like a giant bean. Jack climbs to the top of the ladder and, beyond the clouds, enters the ominous home of an ogre and an ogress...

1925, Joséphine arrives in France. It's the beginning of an incredible adventure.

In a joyous and energetic turbulence, the little girl from the poor neighborhoods of Saint-Louis in Missouri will become an immense star but also an engaged woman, ready to fight to defend her values.

Arthur's arrival in Melissa's class changes her perception of things, and helps her to find a path of acceptance by making her feel better about her appearance.

A story that is both sweet and full of hope, to remind us that, even if it is not always easy to accept ourselves as we are, each of us is unique in their own way, and that we should see our differences as a blessing rather than a problem.

In the fourth and final part of this saga, our hero is locked up in a detention center, like a real criminal. In this prison that does not say its name, Moussa escapes by thinking. The days are long in the C.R.A. and he misses Chloé... This is the last volume of what will remain an exemplary illustrated album on immigration and clandestinity imposed by the dogma of borders which are also borders between rich and poor, between the aspiration to freedom of life and the reality of the mental enclosures where humanity is withering. Read Youth

"In the midst of the gusts, in the freezing cold, a poor girl walked down the street: she had nothing on her head, she was barefoot." Discover or rediscover this Andersen fairy tale through the moving illustrations of Isabelle Desternes, who makes each scene in this story a truly delicate, fragile, and deeply touching tableau.

In ancient times, in China, a father mobilized for war leaves his home, leaving his daughter alone to whom he gives a white foal. Later, the daughter, unwary, promises her horse to marry her if he brings back the absent father. The horse is impatient and the daughter pretends to ignore the promise. It is then that the father discovers the foolish oath... The fate of the girl, her white horse and the appearance of the first silk thread will depend on his reaction.

When I was a child, the five mysterious pockets that adorned my mother's skirts occupied all my thoughts. As an adult, I received the five pockets as an inheritance, but would the letter that accompanied them help me discover their secrets? This album was part of the 1, 2, 3 albums selection of Livralire 2013.

The day should have started very simply. The shutters would have opened. We would have smelled the air from the balconies. We would have put on our skirts and underpants... prepared the chicory. We would have argued, or kissed. But on June 9, 1944, a countdown had started somewhere...

After the excitement of the first few hours, the young man finds it difficult to hide his disappointment when he confronts his dream with reality and realizes that his cousins are living in misery. Paris the beautiful, Paris the grey, Paris the dangerous...Will our hero, without papers, manage to escape the perils of the capital? This album was part of the Lire et Faire lire 2017 selection.

One hour. One hour with him, snuggling up to his laughter, breathing in his hazelnut smell, watching him flex his muscles, moving his ears, listening to him call me "my son", stretching his neck towards the clouds, out there, one hour of nothing at all, one hour to forget all the others.

This book was awarded the Franco-German Prize for Children's Literature 2015, organized by the Foundation for Franco-German Cultural Cooperation and the European Children's Book Fair. It was also part of the selection of the Bonnes lectures of the Salon de Montreuil 2014.

It's the story of Paola. It's also the story of her parents who are separating after arguing for a long time. It's the story of a short and intense love. It's a story about scissors. And it's the story of three roses... It's also a tale for the youngers and olders, about love passing and the acceptance of this passed meeting. It's about separation seen by a child and the consolation on the sadness going with it. A sweet and sensitive book.

August 1914. Paul, a nail driver at the Saint-Nazaire shipyards, is mobilized. How to explain the war to his beloved son? How to tell him that he may not come back from it? Paul chooses to lie to him. Months pass, father and son exchange letters. As the horror gains ground, Paul is caught in the trap of his lie...

The Frog and the Ox is a famous fable by Jean de La Fontaine. It is the story of a frog who, out of envy and jealousy, will inflate himself to become as big as an ox. But by trying too hard to imitate, he will pay the price... This fable criticizes human vanity: it is better to stay as you are.

Samuel thinks he'll spend two months at home doing nothing, but his parents have signed him up for a summer camp in the Vercors. But his parents have signed him up for a summer camp in the Vercors, and he's disappointed, especially since the person accompanying him is none other than Hervé, a neighbor he doesn't like very much. In the hope of escaping the camp, the young boy accuses Hervé of torturing his animals. Now the rumor is spreading... Fortunately, some parents and the mayor will unravel this story and Samuel will finally have to reveal himself.This album was the winner of the Prix junior du Livre d'Hiver, category 6-8 years, 2020 (Montgiscard) and was selected for the Prix des Jeunes lecteurs de la ville de Montivilliers 2020 (CE2).

The Frog and the Ox is a famous fable by Jean de La Fontaine. It is the story of a frog who, out of envy and jealousy, will inflate himself to become as big as an ox. But by trying too hard to imitate, he will pay the price... This fable criticizes human vanity: it is better to stay as you are.

Elphège Tremblay would like all the girls to be crazy about him, but they much prefer Elvis Presley! So Elphège decides to imitate the King: gold belt, blue shoes and a pink Cadillac... Call him Elvis Tremblay! But how far will he go to find love? Sometimes you just have to be yourself for true love to be born. The candy-pink illustrations take us back to the graphic universe of the 1960s.

Léon, Martin, Vivien, Solène and Hector are on the same basketball team. Only Hector knows how to play... well, that's what he says.

The arrival of a computer in the Cubichou family is a revolution! Julien can't do without the internet, social networks, blogs and his new "friends". But he still needs to know who is behind the screen...

It's the story of Paola. It's also the story of her parents who are separating after arguing for a long time. It's the story of a short and intense love. It's a story about scissors. And it's the story of three roses... It's also a tale for the youngers and olders, about love passing and the acceptance of this passed meeting. It's about separation seen by a child and the consolation on the sadness going with it. A sweet and sensitive book.

For Basile, holidays are no joy! His parents don't go with him and they always have dreadful ideas. This year, it's a circus course in the middle of Nowhere recommended by Aunt Anna. Basil has no desire to be a clown, nor to ride a trapeze, let alone a horse. Besides, the only other child is a girl! Yet, the show must be prepared and everyone will have to find their place in the Ravioli circus troupe.This album was part of the Lire et Faire lire 2016 selection, the Livrentête 2017 selection, first reading category, the Bataille des livres 2017-2018 selection and was selected in the good reads of the Salon du livre et de la presse jeunesse de Montreuil 2016.

She's alone with her anxiety. This concealed tension is growing, taking all the space, like a shell... One day, a friendly hand is given to her: the shell is crumbling. Small or big fears, real or made-up, opening oneself to others can help overcome them.

This kamishibai helps to open conversation on fears and listening to others.

Charlie and his friend live in troubled times, with the rise of an extreme political regime, the Brown State, and they go about their lives in a very ordinary way: between beer and belote. They are neither heroes nor pure bastards. They simply look the other way to avoid trouble, but do we know enough about where the little cowardice of each of us can lead us collectively?

"He felt as if he were being propelled through the air by a strange force. He opened his eyes and looked around haggardly."

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...

In volume 1, Moussa decided to leave Africa for "Paris-Paradise", despite the reluctance of Saka-Mama, his mother.Like so many others before him, the young African must reach the coast, pay his boarding on a pirogue, survive this dangerous clandestine crossing, escape the nets set by the police... In the end, it is the richness of human encounters that will allow this hopeful young man to reach the coveted capital.This album was part of the 1, 2, 3 albums selection of Livralire 2014.

The day should have started very simply. The shutters would have opened. We would have smelled the air from the balconies. We would have put on our skirts and underpants... prepared the chicory. We would have argued, or kissed. But on June 9, 1944, a countdown had started somewhere...

Halima surfs on quimangequoi.com and enters a time machine..;

Do you know Molougolo, the island where it's always sunny? It's there that Hervé is going on Christmas vacation with his parents and his sister Lucie. Except that once there, it's always raining, perfect weather for frogs! But, Hervé doesn't care: he loses track of time: he plays with the super console Jeuga XMP 345 that he was gifted. Until the moment when CARABISTOUILLE appears. And then, everything goes crazy!

I had decided to wait for him forever...

In the fourth and final part of this saga, our hero is locked up in a detention center, like a real criminal. In this prison that does not say its name, Moussa escapes by thinking. The days are long in the C.R.A. and he misses Chloé... This is the last volume of what will remain an exemplary illustrated album on immigration and clandestinity imposed by the dogma of borders which are also borders between rich and poor, between the aspiration to freedom of life and the reality of the mental enclosures where humanity is withering. Read Youth

When I was a child, the five mysterious pockets that adorned my mother's skirts occupied all my thoughts. As an adult, I received the five pockets as an inheritance, but would the letter that accompanied them help me discover their secrets? This album was part of the 1, 2, 3 albums selection of Livralire 2013.

Halima surfs on quimangequoi.com and enters a time machine..;