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Syllabes Agency
Foreign Rights Catalogue
BOLOGNA 2018
About Us
Syllabes Agency is a rights agency representing publishers specialised in children’s books. In the
present catalogue you’ll find new and forthcomig titles by the publishers we represent.
BELIN JEUNESSE has BALIVERNES is an independent CÉPAGES ÉDITIONS
been a French educational French publisher specialized (cépage means “grape
publisher since 1777. Its main ambition has in children’s books. We focus variety” in French) specializes in children’s books.
always been the transmission of knowledge, by on playful an funny stories with Cultivating quality and variety in their publications,
the publication of textbooks at all levels as well as colorful illustrations. Our goal is Cépages’ harvest consists of original collections
non-scholastic titles in many elds such as popular never to copy what has already been done, therefore and innovative picture books for all those who love
science, history, geography and philosophy. The we very ofren sign new talents. We love originality reading, discovering and dreaming… Drink it in to
young reader’s list by Belin Jeunesse comprises in writing, in lay-out or in the thechniques used by your heart’s content!
both fiction and non-fiction titles - from picture the illustrator, to create something new. We want the
books to novels - for children aged from 5 to 12. children to become explorers of stories, because if
they enjoy reading, they’ll keep on loving books all
their lives.
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LE POMMIER is a French EYE BOOKS is a young
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publishing house whose publishing house specialised 25
vocation is to provide the keys in children’s books based in
to scientific and philosophical Moscow. We strive to promote CONTACTS
issues, so permitting readers to understand the harmonic evolution of children. Our books are based Galina Grekhova at Syllabes Agency
world around us. Whether in the form of an essay, on nature observation, natural object properties. g.grekhova@syllabes-agency.com
a novel or an educational book, a paperback or Our books combine information about nature + 33 (0)6 74 76 75 80
an illustrated book, for the well-informed reader with interactive elements. A child can read them, www.syllabes-agency.com
or the curious “novice”, Le Pommier books make observe or play with them. We hope our books will
knowledge go hand in hand with pleasure. Children help children and their parents to learn new and will
can also take advantage of this variety of books, with inspire to discover our beautiful and endless world.
several series for 3-12 year-olds and teenagers.
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1+ years 3+ years Picture books
My First Words with My Fingertips My ABCs of Science
by Clara Corman by Virginie Aladjidi, Caroline Pellissier & Caroline Dall’Ava
An adorable picture book about communicating with babies The first science-focused alphabet book for children from ages 3 to 5
through gestures My ABCs of Science provides children between the ages of 3 and 5 with their
“Teddy bear,” “kiss,” “babysitter” – 40 words from everyday life along very first explanations of the various scientific phenomena that they’ll observe in
with their signs (based on French Sign Language) that will help readers everyday life, with definitions of such concepts as rainbows, shadows, zero, etc. A
communicate with babies 8 months and older through hand gestures. stroll through the park, a game or a daydream while gazing out the window are all
This fun and easy activity book will help readers communicate with babies opportunities to encounter science and provide thoughtful explanations that are
about their first needs, first games and first delicious foods… clear but not exhaustive.
A book that you can play and dream with, thanks to the sweet illustrations
by Clara Corman, done with a clean and intelligible style. 17,5 x 17,5 cm – 56 pages – 13,50 € - hardback - Le Pommier
16 x 20 cm – 88 pages – 14,50 € - hardback - Belin science • alphabet book
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Picture books 3+ years
Four more
titles avai-
lable in the
same series!
Dugong, My Treasure Pencil hide-and-seek The Red Island
by Catherine C.Laurent & Bénédicte Nemo by Michel Boucher by Olivier Dupin & Marjorie Beal
“Vert d’O” series
Elodie is a little Caledonian girl who lives in a When you are a child full of imagination and Mr. Paul is bored stiff at his office. He’s had it, it’s
natural paradise and knows all its marvels by heart. whimsy, parents sometimes get concerned. “What time for a vacation! Destination: The Red Island.
When her cousin comes to spend vacations at her are we going to do with him,” they ask themselves? But when he arrives to the island, its inhabitants’
home, she is tempted to share a big secret with him: But our hero never runs out of ideas! In a game of behavior surprises him. Don’t do this, don’t do that…
the hiding place of an unusual animal… hide-and-seek with his clever pencils, he is able to Why are there so many strange rules?
follow his dreams.
18 x 18 cm – 24 pages – 9,50 € - hardback - Cépages 21 x 21 cm – 32 pages – 13 € - hardback - Cépages 21 x 21 cm – 32 pages – 13 € - hardback - Cépages
nature • animals • dugong illustrator travel • taboos
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3+ years Picture books
Little Pea and the Coat Surprise in the park
with One Hundred Pockets by Marta Orzel
by Laure Dorsemaine & Aki
An ingenious and poetic picture book all about parks
Little Pea wears a magic coat full of things to help his friends! So, when Today we are going to spend the entire day in the park! Where will we wander?
Banana gets a flat tire on his bicycle, Little Pea digs into pocket n°36 and Let’s take a look at the map and choose our path and then it’s off we go!
reveals a round plate, the perfect replacement for a wheel! When Cucumber From the playground to the picnic area, from the gardener’s shed to the bandstand,
twists an ankle? Using two rulers (pocket n°62) and 100 meters of rope with a detour through the vast greenhouses or the petting zoo, this book contains
(pocket n°63), Little Pea makes a brace. But when he arrives at Carrot’s 14 locations and clearly identifies all of the activities, people and treasures that
place, disaster strikes! There’s no sign of the film he was supposed to bring you might find in a park: an apple tree, a watering can, a swing, a ham sandwich,
her, search as he might from pockets n°86 through n°100. Will Little Pea find fish, ping-pong players…
a solution? This picture book will help children to learn to count up to 100! With her poetic, original and precise illustrations, Marta Ozel offers us all sorts
Rights sold: Complex Chinese (Knowledge House Press), simplified of little gems: wishing on a dandelion, counting ducklings in the pond, petting the
Chinese under option gardener’s cat and heading back home on dad’s shoulders. What a beautiful day!
And what if we invented another, even better one tomorrow?
20.5 x 26 cm - 48 pages - 13.9 € - hardback - Belin
humour • friendship • imagination 17 x 24 cm – 40 pages – 13.90 € - hardback - Belin
park • everyday • emotions
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Picture books 5+ years
The Big Wolf and the Red Fairy
by Véronique Cauchy & Rébecca Galera
A renowned classic fairy tale to tackle the
problem of handicap
Once upon a time, there was a big wolf who was a
little different from the other wolves, and a red fairy, no
ordinary fairy herself. She was blind and his mind was
a little slower than the rest. Will they find their way?
In this revised version of Little Red Riding Hood both
protagonists have handicaps, but their handicaps lead to
One day... a quick friendship between them.
by Elsa Hieramente 22.5 x 30 cm – 32 pages – 14 € - hardback - Cépages
wolf • disability • friendship
One day, a child is born and there’s so much emotion to be Rights sold: Korean (A Thousand Hopes)
shared! New experiences and joys are discovered as the child
grows and his parent’s love grows stronger with him.
25.5 x 19.5 cm – 32 pages – 13 € - hardback - Cépages
child • love • picture book
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5+ years Picture books
AUTHOR Manech has been working as a teacher for 15 years. He has a master’s
degree in children’s literature and is also the author of Bibliothèque Idéale –
spécial philosophie avec les enfants, published by Les Éditions MeMo.
ILLUSTRATOR Juliette Parachini-Deny lives in Metz and works both as an author
(she has published numerous books for children) and an illustrator. She likes
mixing genres and techniques, using watercolor, line drawing and collage at
the same time.
Sa plainte se perd dans le tumulte. Il est presque invisible pour
les gros vaisseaux. Il n’ose plus protester.
In the same collection:
Eux sont si impressionnants ; lui se sent si frêle...
Little Raft
by Manech & Juliette Parachini-Deny
“My Tender Leaves” series
In the vast ocean, Little Raft has plenty of fish and albatross for friends.
But he hasn’t made friends with any of the other ships! He is scared of
anything bigger than himself. Will he “take the plunge” in the open 1. Célestin
waters? 2. The Cocoon
This picture book raises the question of making new friends in a poetic 3. Close to my Heart
way. 4. Tender Heart
Rights sold: Complex
19 x 26 cm – 32 pages – 13 € - hardback - Cépages Chinese (all titles), Korean
making new friends • ocean (Close to my Heart)
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Picture books 5+ years
Le 19 avril, au même moment AUTHOR Gwendoline Raisson has written over 40 stories
for children, including Qui sera le chef (Who’s the boss?)
for Bayard, Cache-cache loup (Wolf’s hide-and-seek)
and many others.
À New York, aux USA, il est 10 h 00 À Mysore, en Inde, il est 19 h 30
ILLUSTRATOR Noémie Malbecq is a young Belgian
illustrator who takes her inspiration from nature. Her first
Angela Centipede téléphone à sa petite-fille Pixie pour lui lire l’étrange Pendant que Kamala Haati peint, son fils Ganesh essaie de déchiffrer le
lettre qu’elle vient de recevoir sur la tête. message qu’on lui a donné à la récréation. « Maman, tu peux m’aider ?
C’est en anglais ! » demande-t-il.
picture book, Welcome to our House, was published by
Belin Jeunesse. A Day on Earth (and its Surroundings) is
her second book.
Aux Baux-de-Provence, en France, il est 16 h 00 À Séoul, en Corée du Sud, il est 23 h 00
Cho Pinda salue ses voisins qui partent pour un long voyage en Europe.
By the
Magali Terrier pense à John, son amoureux, qui vit à Londres. Elle se
demande s’il pense à elle. Cho, qui n’a jamais voyagé de sa vie, aimerait bien partir lui aussi.
same
8 9
authors!
A Day on Earth (and its Surroundings)
by Gwendoline Raisson & Noémie Malbecq Welcome to our House
A critically-acclaimed picture
Who among us has never dreamed of receiving a mysterious message? book (reviewed by La classe
From New York to Seoul, stopping off in Chile along the way, meet eight little families and maternelle – a journal for education
learn about their everyday lives. The characters live all over the world, some of them know professionals – La Provence, Le
each other, others don’t, but they all have one thing in common: they are each going to receive Journal de Mickey, etc.) and
a mysterious invitation… selected for the Saint-Fiacre prize.
To discover the big surprise, check out the middle of the book and unfold the flaps! 26 x 32 cm – 32 pages – 14,90 € -
This is a story of crossed destinies and happy coincidences, a few crazy ideas and the joys of hardback - Belin
new encounters! By the author and illustrator of Welcome to Our House (2017) - see on the
right.
20,5 x 26 cm – 32 pages – 14,90 € - hardback - Belin
diversity • Earth • travel • chance
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5+ years Picture books
Hugo’s Gift
by Morgane de Cadier & Juliette Lagrange
His mom’s birthday is coming up and Hugo still doesn’t have a present for her... His brothers keep making fun of
him. Luckily, this sweet little boar isn’t the type to be easily discouraged, so he heads into the forest to nd the best
gift ever. Along the way, he meets mice, lizards and squirrels who share their treasures with him. But everyone’s
tastes are di erent and Hugo doesn’t nd anything that would please his mom. Will he give up?.
22.5 x 30 cm – 32 pages – 15 € - hardback - Cépages
mother’s birthday • animals • forest
AUTHOR After studying at the Emile Cohl ILLUSTRATOR Born in Lyon, JULIETTE
School (Lyon), MORGANE DE CADIER decided LAGRANGE is a recent graduate of the Emile
to tell stories. She likes keeping her writing Cohl School, but it’s the southern sun that
“simple, for both young and old readers.” Her inspires her most. Juliette loves “tiny creatures,
rst picture books, illustrated by her longtime funny plants, old people and unsymmetrical
partner Florent Pigié, were published by objects”. She has collaborated with various
HongFei Cultures, Balivernes and Frimousse. children’s magazines (Toupie, Wakou) and
Morgane’s other passion is drawing. three of her picture books will be published in
early 2018.
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Picture books 5+ years
Three titles
already
On the Other Side... Tamana’s Drawing published in
the series
by Maylis Daufresne & Nathalie Paulhiac by Bénédicte Prats & Bertrand Dubois
Roots of the
series “Roots of the World” World!
Sometimes Noe feels so lonely, living in the woods surrounded by the silence
of nature. One day, he decides to climb the mountain that blocks his view of Tamana is a young schoolgirl from a poor neighborhood of Kabul. Her life is
the horizon. On the other side, he meets the beautiful Iris who shows him the turned upside down by an incredible event: she wins an international drawing
city and its bustling life. But Iris herself dreams of peaceful green spaces. Torn competition and must travel to Paris to receive her award. But what does
between the city and the countryside, where will they manage to find a home the world look like beyond the mountains? She will find out for herself soon
for their budding love? enough…
22.5 x 30 cm – 32 pages – 14 € - hardback - Cépages 24 x 32 cm – 40 pages – 15 € - hardback - Cépages
city • countryside • love Afganistan • drawing • travel
106+ years Picture books
The Super Smart Princess and the Battle of the Wits
by Sabrina Inghilterra & Jules
Who will defeat the super smart princess in the battle of the wits?
The super smart princess knows everything about everything. This makes her father proud
but worries her mother: life isn’t all about books!
One day, the queen decides to organize a battle of the wits, in order to entertain her daughter. AUTHOR Born in 1984, Sabrina Inghilterra loves Chihuahuas, the
Who will ask a question that stumps the princess? Brittany region of France, every month of the year and stories most of
This funny new picture book flips the classic fairy tale on its head. You won’t find any dragons all! Her book Mon voisin le monstre (My neighbor, the monster) was
to slay here, but rather a battle of the wits, full of riddles and brain-twisters that the reader is published by Belin Jeunesse as part of the My Fist Novels series in
invited to solve alongside the princess. 2017, and L’ogre et la princesse aux petits oignons was published by
19 x 27 cm – 40 pages – 14.9 € - hardback - Belin Didier Jeunesse in 2016.
princess • accepting oneself • girl’s role in the world • education ILLUSTRATOR Jules has illustrated several picture books with humor
and an eye for detail, including the Chat Marcel adventure series (for
Gautier Languereau, 2016- 2017).
11Picture books 7+ years
Céline Lavignette Ammoun
Marie Caillou
Il était une fois une mère qui vivait seule avec ses trois filles.
T igre
Yuri était l’aînée, Kiku, la cadette et Momo, la benjamine.
LE GRAND MÉCHANT
Un matin, elle vint les voir et leur dit :
– Mes jolies, je dois rendre visite à votre grand-mère qui est malade.
Promettez-moi d’être bien sages en mon absence.
Un peu inquiète, car elle n’avait encore jamais laissé ses filles seules, elle ajouta :
– Surtout, n’ouvrez à personne !
– Promis ! répondirent en chœur les trois sœurs.
Elle déposa dans son panier des boulettes de riz, un gâteau de haricot rouge,
une bouteille de saké et elle se mit en route.
L e prince et la princesse s’embrassent et pleurent à la fois.
– Ô ma tendre épouse, grâce à toi, j’ai vaincu les trois dangers
La fête des retrouvailles est somptueuse.
Depuis, le prince et la princesse vivent au royaume d’Égypte.
qui me menaçaient. Mais j’ai un dernier secret à t’avouer, dit-il. Ils ne craignent plus les chiens. Quant aux crocodiles et aux serpents,
– Quoi, une quatrième malédiction ? demande la princesse. ils s’en méfient comme tout le monde. Cependant, ils redoutent
– Non ! Sache que je ne suis ni un fuyard ni un fils d’officier, mais l’arrivée des Sept Hathors à la naissance de leurs enfants.
le prince d’Égypte ! Accompagne-moi en mon royaume, tu y seras reine ! Heureusement, elles n’annoncent que des milliers de jours à vivre,
Quelques jours plus tard, ils arrêtent leur char devant le palais royal. des jours plus doux que le miel.
– C’est mon fils, il vit ! s’écrie la reine en l’apercevant.
– Nos dieux n’ont pas voulu qu’il meure ! Ô merci ! dit Pharaon.
Alors qu’elle s’enfonçait dans la forêt de bambous,
elle tomba nez à nez avec un tigre.
– Femme, j’ai faim ! grogna-t-il en dévoilant ses énormes canines.
Donne-moi à manger !
Il tendit la patte. Ses griffes étaient aussi coupantes que des couteaux.
La pauvre mère comprit qu’il valait mieux ne pas le contrarier.
Toute tremblante, elle lui tendit ses boulettes de riz.
The Big Bad Tiger The Prince of Egypt
by Céline Lavignette Ammoun & Marie Caillou by Viviane Koenig & Sarah Loulendo
One day, Yuri, Kiku and Momo’s mother sets out to visit their grandmother. She A cruel fate awaits the Prince of Egypt: he is cursed to die either by snake,
fills her basket with rice balls, red bean cake and a bottle of sake. In the bamboo crocodile or dog. To protect his son, the Pharaoh builds a palace in the
forest, she crosses paths with the Big Bad Tiger who gobbles her up in one bite. desert, far from the dangers of the outside world. The little boy grows
Then the beast heads straight for their home. Knock, knock, knock, he bangs into a young man who dreams of adventure. With a heavy heart, his father lets
on the door. him leave. Finally free, the prince sets out on his travels. And fortune smiles
- “Who is it?” the three sisters ask. upon him: he successfully liberates the beautiful princess from the Kingdom of
- “It’s me, Obaasan, your grandmother!” Naharîn. His days pass happily, but his nights are plagued by terrible dreams.
The girls open the door for the old lady. But they quickly notice that she has a One day, the prince reveals his awful secret to his wife. The magical
tail, fur and sharp claws. It’s the Big Bad Tiger! The three little sisters will have princess promises to save the prince from the three curses that follow him
to use their wits to escape the hungry tiger. everywhere he goes… Rights sold: Italian (Lapis)
26 x 32.5 cm – 32 pages – 15.9 € - hardback - Belin 26 x 32.5 cm – 40 pages – 15.9 € - hardback - Belin
tricks • fairy tales of the world • sisters fairy tales of the world • Egypt • curse
123+ years
Interactive!
Interactive education
In the same collection:
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to watch to watch
the video the video
presentation! presentation!
Wow, we know how! Energetic arithmetic Color bunch before lunch
by Sara Goldfinger by Sara Goldfinger
Animals and plants are very smart! Look at the tree which can shoot its fruits Do you want to learn how to count easily? Do you want to have fun? This interactve
like bullets, at the tiny creatures that can shine in the dark, at the elephant book is perfectly made for that! With the help of moving parts of the book young
bathing itself with a trunk. Did you know squids can jump out of the water reader will add, subtract and compare numbers and quantities. The book offers
and fly? This interactive boardbook with moving parts will tell about the different levels of exercises, some are easy and some are more compicated.
incredible things animals and plants can do!
15 x 15 cm – 16 cardboard pages – hardback - Eye Books
15 x 15 cm – 16 cardboard pages – hardback - Eye Books count • interactive • board book
animals • interactive • board book
13Educational 7+ years
Publication:
June 2018 In the same series:
My First Book of Science Files ready:
by Loic Mangin April 2018
“Boscher: My Little Methods” series
Boscher innovation: educational workbook about
sciences and technology combining precise information
and activities to facilitate memorization.
170 various and fun activities to discover sciences. Planets and
volcanos, water cycle and functioning of the human body – a My Little My Little Life Rules My Little Mythology
complete panorama to discover the world of sciences. Informatics Lessons
Five big topics: space, planet Earth, living creatures, human body,
matter and energy.
16.5 x 22.8 cm – 96 pages – 9.9 € - soft cover with flaps -
Belin Education
science • technology
by Eugénie Rambaud & Hélène Pavie
“Boscher: My Little Workbooks “Boscher: My Little Workbooks 5+”
4+” series series
In the same series: In the same series:
- Sounds (24 651 copies sold in France!) - My Workbook of Writing: Letters (70 327 copies
- Drawing (24 340 copies sold in France!) sold in France!)
- Numbers - My Math Workbook
- Discovering the World - Mental Math
- My Workbook of Writing: Words and Phrases
18.5 x 25 cm – 32 pages – 4.95 € - soft cover
- Belin Education 18.5 x 25 cm – 32 pages – 4.95 € - soft cover -
My Little Workbook. My Workbook of Writing. Belin Education
Capital Letters Writing an essay.
14Educational
COLIBRI: first reading series, specially designed for children having difficulties with reading.
- each title is based on guidelines developped by a team of scientists and teachers; Eighteen
- renowed French authors; titles already
- focus on lisibility and layout to facilitate reading; available!
- various activities, quizzes and tests for better results.
15 x 19 cm – 40-56 pages – 7.9 € - soft cover - Belin Education
A Strange Visitor Mummy in the Museum Be Brave, Malo! by Max Radigues Prosper, President! by Lea’s Holidays by René Gouichoux
by Olivier Muller by Carole Trébor Jean-Claude Mourlevat
The Sirius Company by Hortense and Samir Jules the Hunter by Jean Leroy Placido by Clumsy Fairy by
Gérard Moncomble Adventures by Olivier Muller Yves Grevet Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod
15Non-fiction picture books 5+ years
Astrolabe’s Big Trip
Daphné Buiron & Catherine Cordasco
The Astrolabe ship puts pen to paper to tell its incredible story AUTHOR Daphné Buiron is a glaciologist.
Astrolabe is old and tired. It’s time for the French icebreaking vessel to retire, after Ever since she was a little girl, she has
transporting equipment and research teams between Tasmania and a scientific been fascinated by the polar regions
research station in Antarctica since 1988. and Antarctica in particular. In 2011, she
After thirty years of mad dashes through the raging waters and storms of the Antarctic achieved a longtime dream of hers by
Ocean, communicating with albatrosses and penguins, fighting sea ice, facing giant spending a year at the French Antarctic
tabular icebergs, assisting oceanographers and tracking whales,, Astrolabe deserves Station. Eager to share her passion with
a good long rest. “So tonight, I will put pen to paper and tell you the long story of my others, she also joined a team of naturalist
life as an icebreaker. Step aboard and I’ll take you on an incredible journey!” guides at a tourism agency specializing in
Beautiful poetic illustrations accompany this touching story of a ship who was the polar regions.
always thought of as a living being by its crew.
ILLUSTRATOR Catherine Cordasco lives in
23 x 28.5 cm - 48 pages - 16,50 € - hardback - Le Pommier Paris. Her delicate illustrations gracefully
Antarctic ocean • North • expedition capture the mood and tempo of everyday
life. She loves depicting people, nature,
trees, plants and animals with watercolors.
She has already illustrated Animal School
and Quark and the Child for Le Pommier.
167+ years
The first non-fiction comic book series
Non-fiction / comic books
BUBBLES OF HISTORY (“Bulles d’Histoire”)
« (...) very well done... a model of its genre... smartly made, with great wit and humour (...)»
all about history!
Olivia de Lamberterie for « Télématin » (France 2 TV channel)
Majesté ! Je vais
QUOI ? Glaive Arc et
Le peuple s'agite les recourbé flèches
au Nord combattre ! Hache
du pays… Très bien. Que de guerres ! Des envahisseurs venus d’Europe sèment souvent le désordre.
Ces gens Nous Il y a aussi des batailles entre les seigneurs qui veulent agrandir leur domaine.
Tout est
refusent partirons
en ordre,
de m'obéir ? demain C'est une période très ancienne de l'histoire, en Europe, qui dure 1000 ans.
Majesté !
Lance au lever Fuyez, voilà les Vikings !
Poignard
Après le conseil, Amosis déjeune, du soleil. Misère ! Encore des envahisseurs ?
mais il n’est pas toujours tranquille. Bouclier
Fronde Oui, ce sont de
terribles guerriers.
Quelques jours plus tard, Amosis
passe son armée en revue. Quand je pense
Boomerang
qu'il y a cent ans, Massue
D’abord, il inspecte la charrerie…
le cheval était inconnu
en Égypte ! Les armes sont 476 : Début du Moyen Âge. Clovis 800 : Charlemagne 1226 : Louis IX devient roi. On l'appelle
en bois, en cuir, est le premier roi des Francs. devient empereur. Saint Louis, car il est très juste.
en pierre ou en cuivre.
Le
Le lendemain matin, Pharaon conduit fièrement son armée au combat, accompagné de
Nil
ses meilleurs officiers. Il veut ramener le calme en Égypte et conquérir un vaste empire. À cette époque, les gens sont divisés en trois groupes.
Les seigneurs
J'adore passer de Les prêtres et les moines Les paysans et les artisans
et les chevaliers
longs mois sur les EN
Puis il va voir ses soldats qui champs de bataille ! AVANT ! Nous
1337-1453 : c'est la guerre de Cent Ans 1515 : Fin du Moyen Âge et début de la Renaissance. Nous faisons Nous
combattent à pied. C’est l’infanterie Parfait, prions.
entre la France et l'Angleterre. Que de progrès dans les arts et les sciences ! la guerre travaillons dur
avec ses archers et ses lanciers. mes troupes Nous savons
pour défendre dans les champs
sont lire et écrire.
Au Moyen Âge, les seigneurs et les chevaliers habitent dans des châteaux forts. nos terres. ou dans
prêtes !
Mais la plupart des gens sont des paysans qui vivent à la campagne. nos ateliers.
Je cultive J'élève des poules et
des céréales. des cochons.
Et moi, je fais
une sieste !
18 19
8 9
Dans le donjon, le seigneur de Dans la grande salle, le seigneur
BIENVENUE EN ÉGYPTE ANCIENNE !
Rochebonne reçoit ses invités et de Rochebonne tient ses
L'Égypte est organise des fêtes. Mais c’est aussi réunions, prend ses repas Entrez, chevalier Éloi.
le royaume un lieu de défense où les combats et organise des festins. Vite, traitons nos affaires !
des pharaons. peuvent être féroces !
L'Égypte naît vers 3500 avant Jésus-Christ. Le poste
de garde
Moi, je
vais faire
une sieste…
De 3000 à 2140 av. J.-C. :
Mer Méditerranée C'est l'Ancien Empire et ses pyramides.
Le roi Khéops fait construire De 2140 à 2022 av. J.-C. : La chambre du seigneur
Troubles et révoltes ! La chambre des dames
la plus grande de toutes.
asie Le lit est le plus Les latrines :
afrique beau meuble Coffre pour ce sont les
du château ranger les toilettes Dans la chambre des dames,
BASSE-ÉGYPTE Guizèh • vêtements Ah, voilà des
reliées à les femmes se retrouvent.
une fosse chaufferettes pour
Égypte
réchauffer nos pieds.
J'ai fini de broder la robe
de baptême de Robin !
Désert Les chambres collectives La chambre
Le
où vivent
Nil
des invités Chaufferettes :
les animaux de passage
sauvages boîtes métalliques
Mer
percées de trous
• Thèbes Rouge et remplies de
De 2022 à 1650 av. J.-C. : De 1650 à 1539 av. J.-C. :
cover not final
Vallée De 1539 à 1080 av. J.-C. : cendres chaudes.
C'est le Moyen Empire Des envahisseurs venus d'Asie C’est le Nouvel Empire
HAUTE-ÉGYPTE du Nil
avec Sésostris III, bouleversent tout. Ils apportent avec les pharaons Amosis,
C’est un pays tout le grand conquérant. des chevaux et des chars. Toutankhamon et Ramsès. La salle d’armes
en longueur au bord du Nil.
Le phare
d’Alexandrie
Dans la vallée, on cultive les terres car l'été, le Nil déborde et recouvre Pour les enfants, c’est l’heure de la sieste. Ils dorment dans des chambres
qui donnent de bonnes récoltes… les champs pendant trois mois. collectives. Les lits sont très larges : on y tient à 4, 6 ou 8 !
La grande salle : c’est la plus vaste
et la plus belle pièce du château. Va-t'en Très bien,
Baudoin, tu prends
Frajout ! je vais voir
trop de place !
mes amis
soldats !
De 1080 à 330 av. J.-C. : C'est De 330 à 30 av. J.-C. : L'Égypte est conquise
le temps des envahisseurs et par Alexandre le Grand. Des pharaons grecs
des premiers pharaons étrangers. règnent. Cléopâtre est la dernière pharaonne.
8 9 26 27
Follow me… to the Ancient Egypt! Follow me… to the Middle Ages!
Viviane Koenig & Marion Duclos, Jérôme Alvarez Dominique Joly & Alexandre Franc
Welcome to Ancient Egypt! Mittet the cat will lead you to the land of the Pharaohs. Welcome to the Middle Ages! Frajout, Lord Rochebonne’s loyal dog, will take
Come inside the king’s palace and partake in musical dinners at night, hunts in the you on a tour of his master’s estate. From the construction of his castle to a
desert during the day and battle preparations with the Pharaoh Ahmose. Then, on romp through his surrounding lands, from everyday life in the dungeon run
the banks of Nile River, meet peasants and artisans before following the priests into by the White Lady to the education of his son Hugo, a future knight, you will
the temples where they serve the gods. What does a scribe do? How do the pharaohs experience every aspect of life in the Lord’s family. Who prepares the banquets?
get dressed in their finery? In which gods and goddesses do the ancient Egyptians How is a tournament organized? What is an accolade ceremony? How do sieges
believe? How do they prepare the mummies? The everyday life of the Pharaoh, his and tournaments unfold? The everyday life of the lords, ladies, peasants and
family, servants and priests will no longer be a mystery to you! knights of the Middle Ages will no longer be a mystery to you!
19 x 24 cm – 72 pages – 14,50 € - hardback - Belin 19 x 24 cm – 80 pages – 14,50 € - hardback - Belin
Two new volumes to
history • Ancient Egypt • Pharaoh be published in 2018: history • Middle Ages • knights
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- Louis XIV’s court 17Non-fiction picture books Did you know that-
polar bears are the
largest carnivores
7+ years
on Earth?
Histoire d’une vieille famille Les ours d’aujourd’hui
Aujourd’hui on compte huit espèces d’ours . Les ours bruns, polaires, noirs américains, noirs asiatiques
sont assez proches. Il existe ensuite trois espèces un peu particulières : les ours lippu, malais
et à lunettes. Enfin, le grand panda est vraiment le plus original.
Ils sont tous plus ou moins cousins même si le grand panda est assez différent des autres ours.
Des croisements sont parfois possibles y compris dans la nature entre les autres espèces,
quand elles cohabitent bien sûr.
L’ours appartient à la famille des Ursidés, apparue Il y avait aussi un autre ours très bizarre,
il y a 38 millions d’années, à une époque appelée avec un museau retroussé vers le bas et de grosses
Eocène. Ce sont des mammifères de l’ordre dents « casse-coquillage » qui vivait au bord de la mer et
des Carnivores. Les tout premiers ne faisaient pas pêchait des coquillages. On l’a nommé Kolponomos.
vraiment peur, ils avaient la taille de ratons laveurs
et s’appelaient Parictis. Ensuite, sont apparus
les ours-chiens ou Amphicynodon !
Les médailles de l’ours brun
Chapitre 6
Tous les ours, chacun dans leurs domaines, sont de vrais athlètes. L’apprentissage de la vie sauvage
est le meilleur entraînement possible. Il faut trouver sa nourriture, son abri, se défendre
et bien s’occuper de sa famille. Cela nécessite une excellente forme physique.
Athletes : Les jeunes ours bruns grimpent volontiers aux arbres.
C’est d’ailleurs une manière d’échapper aux gros mâles
les ours aux Jeux Olympiques
de mauvaise humeur, qui eux, sont devenus trop lourds
pour jouer aux écureuils. Les ancêtres des ours d’aujourd’hui L’ours à face courte (Arctodus), Le plus grand !
datent d’il y a environ 20 millions également disparu aujourd’hui L’ours polaire est le plus
d’années. Un des derniers à avoir était immense, il mesurait jusqu’à grand carnivore vivant
disparu est l’ours des cavernes : 3,7 mètres. Son envergure, « bras » sur Terre, 3 mètres de long
Personne n’a jamais vu un ours aux Jeux Olympiques. Ursus spelaeus. Les hommes préhis- écartés, atteignait 4,3 mètres et il et environ 800kg pour
Il n’est pas certain qu’ils aient envie d’y aller, toriques l’ont croisé et ça ne devait pouvait peser jusqu’à une tonne, Les ancêtres du grand panda sont les plus gros spécimens !
Ils pourraient pourtant gagner quelques jolis trophées ! pas être facile d’avoir un colocataire sacrée bête ! apparus il y a 19 millions d’années. Mais pas facile de le faire
de 500 kg, surtout s‘il refusait de monter sur une balance
payer son loyer…
Malgré leur allure pataude, les ours bruns sont capables sur la banquise.
10 de courir à près de 50 km/h sur quelques centaines 11
de mètres, plus vite que n’importe quel humain,
médaillé ou non.
En parlant de ça, vous savez
que les écureuils sont
mes cousins ? Nous sommes
de la même famille, celle
des sciuridés. Qui l’eût cru ?!
Même sans pelle les ours bruns sont également capables
de creuser vite et bien. Grâce aux griffes de leurs pattes
antérieures, ils peuvent ouvrir rapidement un terrier On l’a vu, les épreuves de pêche au saumon
d’écureuil ou de marmotte pour capturer le locataire ! sont mondialement réputées.
Il n’y a pas d’épreuve officielle aux JO pour cela. Médaille d’or pour les ours bruns.
43
All about Bears AUTHOR François Moutou is a veterinarian who was responsible for the epidemiology
François Moutou & Carole Xénard of animal diseases research unit in Maisons-Alfort (a commune of France known for
“All About” series its National Veterinary School). Today, he continues researching animal diseases and
In the bear family, there are brown bears, white bears, black bears, and black- travels in order to observe all kinds of animals, on both land and sea.
and-white bears. Bears come in many colors. But is color the only thing that ILLUSTRATOR Carole Xénard is an illustrator who works for the press and children’s
differentiates them? books publishing houses. She specializes in drawing animals of all kinds. She has
This is the story of the Ursidae. In France, around forty brown bears live in the already illustrated All About Bees for Le Pommier.
Pyrenees. But there are also bears living on the Arctic ice pack, high up in the Already publisheds:
forests of the Andes, in the Indian jungle and in the bamboo forests of southern
China. Where do bears come from? Do you know that panda bears have two
extra fingers to helps them gather bamboo stems? This illustrated nonfiction
book will teach you all about bears, with plenty of laughs along the way.
23 x 28.5 cm – 64 pages – 18€ – hardback - Le Pommier
bears • nature • laugh Sharks Horses Bees Wolves Cats
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House), Russian (Rosman)7+ years Non-fiction picture books
Breathtaking Landscapes
for Little Explorers
Elisabeth Dumont-Le Cornec & Agathe Demois
Off we go on 20 thrilling adventures! Are you ready to fly AUTHOR Journalist and historian, Elisabeth Dumont-Le Cornec “Vibrant
over the Grand Canyon, sail on Titicaca Lake, meet the is the author of numerous non-fiction titles, among which Paris
Cities” to be
published
Aboriginal people who live next to Ayers Rock, walk on the for children (La Martinère), Let’s Have a Walk in the Countryside
in October
Giant’s Causeway or gallop along the Mongolian steppes? (Deux coqs d’or), and many more.
2018!
For each of these incredible locations, this book provides a
map, a panoramic view of the landscape, a search-and-find
game for learning about the native animals, interesting ILLUSTRATOR Agathe Demois graduated from the Decorative
facts, quizzes, games and so much more! Arts School of Strasbourg. Her charming universe attracts
28 x 35 cm – 96 pages – 21,90€ – hardback - Belin attention of the press, the advertising and the publishers.
travel • nature • discovering the world
Rights sold: Korean (RH Korea)
19Non-fiction picture books 7+ years
Quelle diversité !
Les autres arthropodes À la loupe
Les arachnides en détail
Un corps
Les petites bêtes au corps mou
Une zygielle en 2 parties
des fenêtres
Les mollusques
Les petites bêtes que tu vas découvrir ici
sont des invertébrés : elles n’ont pas d’os,
donc pas de colonne vertébrale.
4 paires
de pattes
3 grands groupes Les araignées, les scorpions ou les acariens sont
Que grignotent-elles ? Les scientifiques classent ces petites bêtes selon
la forme de leur corps.
des arachnides. Ils n’ont jamais d’antenne.
Un escargot terrestre Un escargot petit gris Une limace loche jaune
= Les mollusques, comme l’escargot, ont un corps mou, Les myriapodes en détail
SE REPRODUIRE
Où pondre ? Le quiz toujours humide, qui peut être protégé par une coquille.
La plupart n’ont qu’une patte. Une tête
4 façons de pondre = Les annélides, ou vers, ont un corps mou, formé Une lithobie
et un corps allongé
d’anneaux successifs, et pas de pattes. fourchue
=uneDans«uneboîteoothèque,
à œufs » : = Les arthropodes ont un corps protégé par une
la femelle mante religieuse enveloppe rigide, appelée cuticule, et des pattes Des segments
Nathalie Tordjman abandonne 200 à 300 œufs
Les petites bêtes sont très nombreuses, car elles dans une mousse qui durcit
articulées. Ils regroupent les insectes, les arachnides, avec 1 ou 2 paires
les myriapodes et les crustacés. de pattes.
ont une étonnante capacité à se reproduire. à l’air.
Une littorine obtuse Une patelle ponctuée Une limnée des étangs
Les insectes en détail
LE LIVRE AUX
Des couples traditionnels Les myriapodes sont aussi appelés
« mille-pattes »,
Où se cachent-elles ? Chez la plupart des arthropodes,
il y a des mâles et des femelles Un corps en 3 parties : 4 ailes
mais ils n’en ont jamais autant !
Les annélides
PETITES BETES
qui s’accouplent.
la tête, le thorax, l’abdomen
Les crustacés en détail Un corps couvert
Ensuite, le couple se sépare d’une cuticule
Une gammare
et la femelle pond des œufs.
=Surdu papillon
une plante : la femelle
écaille martre 1. Après l’accouplement, la femelle 2. Quand la femelle balanin des des ruisseaux,
ou crevette d’eau
dépose 200 à 400 œufs agrion jouvencelle pondra en… noisettes s’apprête à pondre, elle…
Le mâle araignée, ici une argiope frelon, sous des feuillages.
est souvent plus petit que la femelle… a lâchant ses œufs en vol. a perce une jeune noisette.
2 antennes
qui ne doit pas le prendre pour une proie ! b protégeant ses œufs dans un cocon. b capture un ver.
c trempant son abdomen dans l’eau. c creuse un trou dans le sol.
Illustré par
Emmanuelle Tchoukriel
Des couples très originaux 2 yeux
Les escargots, les limaces, les vers et quelques crustacés 7 paires
& Julien Norwood
sont hermaphrodites (à la fois mâle et femelle). Après
l’accouplement, chacun pond des œufs de son côté.
=araignée
Dans un cocon : la femelle
lycose tisse 3 paires de pattes
de pattes
de pattes.
Un ver de terre,
ou lombric terrestre
Un ver de pêche,
ou néreis
Une sangsue des poissons
un cocon de soie autour Les crustacés ont au moins 5 paires
Certains mollusques, comme les huîtres plates, changent d’une centaine d’œufs, Une guêpe La majorité vit dans l’eau.
de sexe au cours de leur vie. puis elle le transporte
Comment se déplacent-elles ? Quant à la femelle puceron, elle donne naissance
à des petits sans s’être accouplée avec un mâle :
sous son abdomen. 8 9
c’est la parthénogénèse.
Opération séduction !
Quelles sont leurs petites manies ? Pour se rencontrer, le mâle et la femelle communiquent
par des messages. La femelle papillon attire le mâle en
envoyant un message odorant. Chez les vers luisants,
3. La femelle bousier pond dans 4. La femelle cynips des galles-cerises
la femelle et le mâle se reconnaissent par des signaux
lumineux.
=creusent
Dans la terre : les escargots
un trou, où ils pondent une boulette de crottin qu’elle… du chêne pond dans une feuille qui…
de 50 à 100 œufs.
a couve jusqu’à l’éclosion. a fane aussitôt.
Le grillon des champs b cache dans la terre. b s’entortille lentement.
appelle la femelle c enveloppe de soie. c produit une grosse verrue appelée galle.
en stridulant devant
son terrier.
12 13
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The Book of Tiny Creatures AUTHOR Nathalie Tordjman is a journalist specializing in nature and
Nathalie Tordjman & Julien Norwood (ill.), Emmanuelle Tchoukriel (ill.) environment. She has published numerous non-fiction books, including
The Bird Book for Belin Jeunesse.
A beautiful non-fiction book that allows readers to discover the
fascinating world of tiny animals! ILLUSTRATOR Trained at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, Julien
Following the success of The Bird Book, discover this new non-fiction book and learn Norwood is an author, illustrator and ornithologist. He helped illustrate
everything about insects, crustaceans, mollusks, worms and other tiny creatures. The Bird Book published by Belin Jeunesse.
Inside you will find plenty of information about little creatures living in our gardens,
forests and houses; thematic spreads; “seek-and-find” pages for identifying the little ILLUSTRATOR Emmanuelle Tchoukriel studied medical and scientific
creatures; instructions how to make an insect refuge or how to rear snails; fun quizzes, illustration. She illustrated the non-fiction series Inventaires illustrés and
true-to-life drawings, amazing double-spreads full of animals and many more! Le spectacle de la nature for Albin Michel Jeunesse.
23.5 x 25 cm - 72 pages - 18,90 € - hardback - Belin
insects • nature • non-fiction • activity book
207+ years Non-fiction picture books
The Bird Book AUTHOR Nathalie Tordjman is a journalist specialized on nature and
Nathalie Tordjman & Judith Gueyfier (ill.), Julien Norwood (ill.) environment. She has collaborated with the Images Doc Magazine
(published by Bayard) and has written numerous non-fiction titles,
A mix of a picture book and non-fiction, The Bird Book reveals the secrets of including The Secret Work of Nature (won “La science se livre” prize),
these little feathered creatures. Richly illustrated with naturalistic drawings Kangourous and Co and Life in the Savannah published by Belin Jeunesse.
of the ornithologist Julien Norwood and magnificent illustrations of Judith
Gueyfier. Precise and comprehensive information is completed by games, ILLUSTRATOR Trained at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, Julien
activities and QR-codes to listen to the birds’ singing. Norwood is an author, illustrator and ornithologist. He helped illustrate
The Bird Book published by Belin Jeunesse.
23.5 x 25 cm - 80 pages - 16,90 € - hardback - Belin
birds • nature • non-fiction • activity book ILLUSTRATOR Judith Gueyfier has a charming color palette and a strong
Rights sold: Chinese simplified (United Sky), Czech (Svojtka), Dutch artistic composition. She has already illustrated The King’s Cucumbers
(Uitgeverij Unieboek), German (Fischer), Korean (Time Education), published by Belin Jeunesse.
Russian (Rech), Slovak (Svojtka), Ukrainian (Vivat)
21Non-fiction 8+ years
On the scientist’s shoulders
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there is much more yet to discover and, if they want to enter the world of science, the door is open.
Already published in the same series:
Animal school. Things we still don’t know
Anna Alter, Boris Cyrulnik (text) & Catherine Cordasco (ill.)
“On the scientist’s shouldres” series
Bisons bellowing with pleasure as they go up snowy slopes, rats laughing out
loud when they are tickled, elephants greeting old acquaintances by moving
Climate, The Sea, The
their ears, apes learning good manners, pandas playing on a swing, baboons Earth, The Atmosphere The Sun The Dinosaurs Our Ancestors
lying to their leader... Animals are sensitive and complex animals and we are
a long way from knowing everything about them. When they laugh, what are
they laughing at? When they obey their leaders, is it through fear? With the
help of Boris Cyrulnik, this is a charming look at the heart of the animal world,
a world which can teach us a lot... maybe a lot about ourselves!
20.5 x 24 cm – 48 pages – 13,90 € - hardback - Le Pommier The Matter The Genes The Universe Reproduction
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22Bestselling scientific
9+ years series with more Non-fiction
than 50 titles already
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The Robots Water in the City
Rodolphe Gelin & Aurélien Cantou Auguste Gires & Thérèse Bonté (illustrations)
“Les minipommes” series (issue 54) “Les minipommes” series (issue 55)
Antoine is an energetic, intelligent boy who has been confined to a wheelchair Marcel, aged 11, and Nina, aged 9, are about to embark on a very special
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assist him at home and keep him entertained. His parents are away at the rooftops to the depths of the sewers, with stops at the gutters, sidewalks and
moment and strange things have been taking place. With the help of his reservoirs along the way – a truly wet and wild adventure! On their journey,
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is an opportunity to learn about artificial intelligence and how it works. 12.5 x 18 cm – 64 pages – 8,90 € - hardback - Le Pommier
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23Fiction
107 000 copies
already sold in
France! 6+ years
The irresistible adventures of two bands of cats in Paris! 16 purr-fect stories for young readers. What do cats do
when you look away? They join the Chabadas and the Matouvus for meow-velous challenges!
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Zoé, Tom, Mao and Lila go to school
Sandrine Beau & Maurèen Poignonec
The first day of school is a big day for children, their parents and their teachers too! Zoé,
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249+ years Fiction
The Savantissimes
A series of adventure novels for 9- to 11-year-olds, packed with lessons about life and historic
discoveries made by some of the great scientists of the past.
Emmanuelle Kecir-Lepetit
DARWIN Menace
Edith Pauly
rveillance
su
Mission sous r de
sur le tréso
MARIE URIEC Two more titles
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computer systems. Nothing works anymore. At the Pentagon, naturalist named Darwin pursues his greatest dream – to They rush to help the passengers and meet an unusual woman
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problem at its root by preventing the invention of computer unexpected obstacles interrupt his research. The crew decides scientist.
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continuum, finds herself in London in July of 1843. The time of all their problems. Luckily, Jules and Victor, two 11-year-old learn about Marie Curie’s life. Who is she? Why does she always
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