EUROTOOLBOX 2011-2012 FRENCH BOOKS

1. PICTURE BOOKS

Lechermeier ; Dautremer - Le journal secret du petit Poucet, Gautier-Languereau, 2009. ISBN : 9782013913713 Feret-Fleury ; Goust - Je ne trouve pas le sommeil, Père Castor – Flammarion, 2006. ISBN : 9782081221017 Bachelet, G. - Mon chat le plus bête du monde, Seuil, 2004. ISBN : 9782020660495 Lambert, N. - Les triplés et les bêtises, Lambert Nicole Eds, 2000. ISBN : 9782913389069 Rosenstiehl, A. - Les quatre saisons de mimi Cracra, le printemps, Seuil jeunesse, 2008. ISBN : 9782020975308 Leuck ; Boutavant - Juste pour un jour, Glénat, 2009. ISBN : 9782723472685

2. CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Ségur, Comtesse de - Les malheurs de Sophie, Seuil jeunesse, 2010. ISBN : 9782012011410 Perrault ; Hausman - Contes, , 2011. ISBN : 9782800151045 Daudet, A. - La chèvre de monsieur Seguin, Père Castor – Flammarion, 2004. ISBN : 9782081602373 Lepetit, Emmanuelle - Le petit Nicolas : La photo de classe, Folio, 2012. ISBN : 9782070644919

3. TEENAGER’S BOOKS

Nob - Mamette, vol. 1, Glénat, 2006. ISBN : 9782723454896 Zidrou ; Godi - L'élève Ducobu, vol.18, , 2012. ISBN : 9782803630516 - Les Schtroumpfs, vol.30, Le Lombard, 2012. ISBN : 9782803630523 Desplat-Duc, A-M - Les colombes du Roi Soleil, vol. 1, Flammarion, 2005. ISBN : 9782081211025 Robillard, Anne - Les chevaliers d'Émeraude, vol.1, M. Lafont, 2010. ISBN : 9782749915357 1. PICTURE BOOKS

Lechermeier ; Dautremer - Le journal secret du petit Poucet, Gautier-Languereau, 2009. ISBN : 9782013913713

Synopsis : "My name is Tom Thumb. Tom Thumb." To learn more about life, family, friends, and extraordinary adventures of this unforgettable hero, just open this book with beautiful illustrations!

The author : Philippe Lechermeier was born in 1968 in Strasbourg. After the birth of his two daughters, his muses and first readers, Philippe Lechermeier began to write short stories to tell them at night. In 1998, released by Didier Jeunesse his first album, The Suitcase. In 2004, he signed the text of an album that meet a huge success Princesses forgotten or unknown.

The illustrator : Rebecca Dautremer is a French illustrator, born in Gap in 1971. After leaving school in 1995, the publishing company Gautier-Languereau entrusted her for the illustration of a first album, then a second... Meanwhile, Rebecca Dautremer began working for other publishers, and gradually gained in notoriety. In 2003, with the album The Lovers she began to develop her style, but it is thanks to the release of Princess forgotten or unknown in 2004, that she is really known. Feret-Fleury ; Goust - Je ne trouve pas le sommeil, Père Castor – Flammarion, 2006. ISBN : 9782081221017 Synopsis : Facing the morning fatigue of her mother who was unable to sleep the night before, a little girl decides to act. At night, she keeps waiting for Sleep to bring it to her mum. Finally, she decides to seek it around the house ...

The author : Christine Feret-Fleury is a French author. In 1996, she published her first book for young people, The Little Tamour (Flammarion), followed in 1999 by a novel "adult" The waves are gentle like tigers (Arléa), which won the prize Antigone. Since 2001 she is engaged primarily in writing and shall direct editorial editions of The 400 Blows .

The illustrator : Mayalen Goust, a French illustrator born in 1976, illustrated numerous albums in the collection Père Castor (Flammarion), including Snow White published this spring. She has also been published by Magnard, Fleurus, Lito ...

Bachelet, G. - Mon chat le plus bête du monde, Seuil, 2004. ISBN : 9782020660495

Synopsis : A funny story about a cat which is a little bit different from any other cat you have ever seen!

The author : Gilles Bachelet, born in 1952, is an author of children's literature. He has practiced as a freelance illustrator for the press, publishing and advertising. He contributes to numerous magazines (L'Express, Lire, Marie-Claire, L'Expansion, Okapi, I love to read, etc..) and illustrated books for Threshold, Nathan, Hachette, Press of the city and Harlin Quist. Lambert, N. - Les triplés et les bêtises, Lambert Nicole Eds, 2000. ISBN : 9782913389069

Synopsis : Anywhere in the house, any time of day is immune. The Triple wax the kitchen with Olive Oil to play figure skating, exchange Mom's engagement ring with cons of pogs and hang the beaded curtain to the door to jump like Tarzan.

The author : Nicole Lambert is a French cartoonist borned in 1968. She is best known for her series The Triplets, created in 1983.

Rosenstiehl, A. - Les quatre saisons de mimi Cracra, le printemps, Seuil jeunesse, 2008. ISBN : 9782020975308

Synospsis : Mimie cracra is exploring everything spring has to offer. Join her and discover flowers, fruits, and as always tricks to play!

The author : Agnes Rosenstiehl is an author-illustrator born in 1941. She started her career in 1968 and has not stopped since then. In 1995, Agnes Rosenstiehl received the Grand Prize of the Society of Men of Letters (LDMS) for The Children's Book Adverbs. Leuck ; Boutavant - Juste pour un jour, Glénat, 2009. ISBN : 9782723472685

Synopsis : What child has never imagined he was a monkey, a crocodile or a Grizzly? In pictures puns, each page reveals a child who dreams of being in the shoes of a new animal ... What woul you like to be for one day?

The author : Laura Leuck is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Laura Leuck include Goodnight Baby Monster, I Love My Pirate Papa, One Witch, and Santa Claws.

The illustrator : Marc Boutavant, born in 1970, is a French graphic designer, illustrator and cartoonist. He has published several books for children to Albin Michel, Actes Sud Junior, Nathan, Threshold Editions Youth and Mila. 2. CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Ségur, Comtesse de - Les malheurs de Sophie, Seuil jeunesse, 2010. ISBN : 9782012011410

Synopsis : Poor little Sophie! Yet she has everything to be happy: a mom who takes special care of her education, a father who adores her, a cousin who always defends her, a beautiful castle ... Yes, but ... Sophie is far from the perfect little girl, unlike her friends Camille and Madeleine. She does as she wants and it often ends up in funny things, to the dismay of all...

The author : Rostopchin Sophie, Countess of Segur, born in 1799 in St. Petersburg, died in 1874 in Paris, is a French woman of letters of Russian origin. The Comtesse de Segur began to devote herself to literature noting the stories she told to her grandchildren and grouping them to form what is now called The New Fairy Tales. She remains very popular today thanks to her novels for children Sophie's misfortunes, Little model girls and The Holidays. Perrault ; Hausman - Contes, Dupuis, 2011. ISBN : 9782800151045

Synopsis : The Tales of Charles Perrault to rediscover again and again! From Donkey-Skin to Tom Thumb, the illustrations by Hausman make these stories even more magical!

The author : Charles Perrault, born in 1628 in Paris where he died in 1703, is a French man of letters, famous for his Tales of Mother Goose. Author of religious texts, leader of the Moderns in the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns, Charles Perrault was one of the great writers of the seventeenth century. Much of his work consisted of collecting and transcribing stories from the French oral tradition. It is one of the formalisateurs literary genre of fairy tale writing.

The illustrator : René Hausman, born in 1936, is an illustrator and author of Belgian comic strips. In 1958, at the age of eighteen, he met who helped joining Spirou. He is known for his drawings of fairies and other imaginary creatures, although he remains relatively unknown because straddling the two worlds of comics and illustration. Daudet, A. - La chèvre de monsieur Seguin, Père Castor – Flammarion, 2004. ISBN : 9782081602373 Synopsis : Tied to a stake at the foot of the mountain Mr. Seguin's goats are bored, they break the rope that alienates them but end up being eaten by the wolf. Yet the man is not discouraged. After six attempts, he buys a seventh goat and takes particular care of her so that she will get used to stay with him... And still she wants to stew, too, go to the mountains and frolick in the heather. Like others, she escapes. At nightfall, in good conscience, she chooses to stay in the mountains and confront her destiny.

The author : Alphonse Daudet, born in Nîmes in 1840 and died in Paris in 1897, is a French writer and playwriter. Some of the stories of Letters from my mill remained among the most popular stories of the French literature, as Mr. Seguin's Goat, The Three Masses or The Elixir of Father Gaucher. The first real novel of Alphonse Daudet, The Little Things, was written in 1868.

Lepetit, Emmanuelle - Le petit Nicolas : La photo de classe, Folio, 2012. ISBN : 9782070644919 Synopsis : Nicolas and his friends are all weel dressed and happy for the school picture. But, facing the very agitated little strip, the photographer is completely outdated ... A hilarious story in which adults lose their mind!

The author : Emmanuelle Lepetit is a French author of books for youth, a translator and an author of books of practical life. 3. TEENAGER’S BOOKS

Nob - Mamette, vol. 1, Glénat, 2006. ISBN : 9782723454896

Synopsis : A mild, sweet granny, like cream puffs which she loves. All curves and the bun on her head screwed on, this is a lovely grandmother who forgot to grow up. Mamette is greedy of life trying to stay connected to the modern world. Not always easy to understand the texts language of toddlers in the neighborhood, but she has lots of tricks in her bag to teach them good manners.

The author : Nob, whose real name is Bruno Chevrier, born in 1973 in Tours, is a French designer, writer and colorist. Nob begian by creating a comic fanzine in high school. He participates in the magazine Tchô! after being spotted by Glénat in a contest of young talent. He is the author of several series published in Tchô!. Zidrou ; Godi - L'élève Ducobu, vol.18, Le Lombard, 2012. ISBN : 9782803630516

Synopsis : Ducobu gives the best of himself to retain the title of Emperor of cheaters and make good points against bad luck. If he still does not know how much is 6 x7, he does not lack intelligence or sharpened rhetoric to destabilize good old Latouche.

The author : Zidrou, whose real name is Benoit Drousie, is a writer, in 1962 in Anderlecht. He first was a teacher before becoming a writer. The years spent in education inspired him the stories of The Student Ducobu, his first great success.

The illustrator : Godi, whose real name is Bernard Godisiabois, is a Belgian author and comic book colorist born in1951 in Brussels. Advertising illustrator, he also works since the 90s, for Spirou and for many journals of Averbode group. It is in one of these with Zidrou at the scenario, that appears, in September 1992, the character of Ducobu. This nice chubby anti-hero, will emerge with the support of many readers and access to the full page in September 1995. The first album (published by Editions du Lombard) came less than two years later in June 1997. Peyo - Les Schtroumpfs, vol.30, Le Lombard, 2012. ISBN : 9782803630523

Synopsis : Life of the Smurfs is very peaceful. If they quarrel over trifles, this is perhaps out of boredom? But Papa Smurf is tired of having to settle their conflicts. He has the idea to create a "Smurf Code", a settlement accepted by all. Agreed but not implemented! The court then appoints two Smurfs of order, responsible for the violations notes and distribution of fines. Poor Papa Smurf! He does not realize that his idea will have dramatic consequences ...

The author : Peyo, whose real name is Pierre Culliford, born in 1928 in Brussels and died in 1992 in the same city, is a designer and comic book writer, known for his cartoon The Smurfs. He is known worldwide as the author of the Smurfs cartoon series, adapted for animation in the form of television series produced by Hanna Barbera American society, and feature film for cinema. He is also the author of the series Poussy Benedict Ironbreaker, and has written screenplays for other famous series such as Natasha and Jacky and Celestin.

Desplat-Duc, A-M - Les colombes du Roi Soleil, vol. 1, Flammarion, 2005. ISBN : 9782081211025 Synopsis : Four young girls dream of adventure and success. Raised on the outskirts of Versailles, these Doves of Louis XIV fly to their fate. The famous Mr. Racine wrote a play for students of Madame de Maintenon, The doves of the Sun King. The perfect opportunity to illustrate and who knows, be noticed by the King. The excitement is at its height among girls. Will there be a role for each of them? The author : Anne-Marie Desplat-Duc is a French novelist, born in Ardèche and now lives in the Yvelines. She devotes all her time to youth novels. She has published numerous novels in particular at Rageot, Hachette and Bayard. Robillard, Anne - Les chevaliers d'Émeraude, vol.1, M. Lafont, 2010. ISBN : 9782749915357 Synopsis : Black Emperor, Amecareth, has lifted his monstrous armies to invade the kingdoms of the continent Endikiev. Soon, the land of Shola is attacked by fierce dragons and ruthless men insects. Why do Amecareth troops return to the continent after centuries of peace to put to fire and sword the icy realm of Shola? The seven Emerald Knights - six men and one woman - are the only ones who can solve this mystery, reverse back fate and repel the forces of evil.

The author : Anne Robillard, born in 1955 in Montreal, is a Quebec writer of fantasy. She is best known for The Knights of Émeraude, a saga unfolding on the continent of Enkidiev, a magical world that the Emerald Knights will protect. In addition to this saga, she has also written many books such as Who's Terra Wilder?, which was released in 2006, and its sequel, Captain Wilder; ANGE series; The Heirs of Enkidiev and Wings of Alexanne. EuroToolBox is a joined project of Eurolis