Foreign Rights Catalogue • Picture BooksSpring 2012
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y BABY BOOKS 3 Iris de Moüy4-5 Vincent Bourgeau & Cédric Ramadier6 Mila Boutan7 Soledad Bravi8 Benoît Charlat9 Raphaël Fejtö10 Bénédicte Guettier11 Matthieu Maudet & Jean Leroy12 Dorothée de Monfreid13 Nadja14 Alex Sanders & Pierrick Bisinski15 Alex Sanders
A STORY TO COLOR 16 Stephanie Blake17 Matthieu Maudet18 Nadja
PICTURE BOOKS 19 Adrien Albert20 Perceval Barrier & Matthieu Sylvander21 Magali Bonniol22-23 Stephanie Blake24 Michel Gay25 Alan Mets26 Jean-Charles Sarrazin27 Maud Sene28 Charlotte Sjöstrand & Christelle Vallat29 Anaïs Vaugelade30 Myrha Verbizh31 François Vincent & Maryse Lamigeon32 Francis Ysebaert
NON-FICTION BOOKS 33 Michel Backès34 Jean Binder35 Thibaud Guyon
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Iris de Moüylives in Paris, whereshe draws and spendstime strolling anddaydreaming. All thisintense activity has ledher to write books forchildren, to herimmense pleasure.
Honoré at Full SpeedA board book to learn transportvocabulary. To get to their meeting atthe other end of the world, which isalready no easy feat, Honoré and hisfriends use a whole ser ies of means oftransportation with funny, complicatednames.
Board book, 38 pages, 180 x 180 mm
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Poster - Board book 32 pages212 x 290 mm
Imagine... An OrangeA board book that becomes a g iantposter to decorate baby’s room. Therean orange, here a cloud, a little furthera hand, a baby bottle...This is no ordinary picture book. Theimages arranged in a checkerboardform a beautiful, immense, colorfulposter that you can hang on the wall.
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With a degree fromCamberwell School of Arts in London,CédricRamadierentered the world ofpublishing in Paris. Itwas a stroke of luck.He has since workedas artistic director,graphic designer,editor, and now author,thanks to his friendVincent Bourgeau.
Where is the Wolf?When the little pig goes for a walk, heis very careful not to cross paths withthe wolf. Behind each flap, you thinkyou see the wolf, and it’s often a reliefwhen it’s not him!
Board book, 26 pages, 220 x 180 mm
Born in Brussels,VincentBourgeau quicklytook up drawing andnever stopped. As ayoung adult, he beganto write and illustratestories for children.Then he starteddrawing for otherauthors.
SOLD WorldSpanish, Catalan,Basque,Italian
SOLDGerman
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Mila Boutanwas born in Spain.
First she madepaintings, then she had
children, then she madebooks. Now, she makes
books about paintingsfor children.
She lives in Alicante and Paris. Accordion board book, 18 pages, 255 x 440 mm
Mila’s GardenChildren will spend hours lookingat each panel in this folding bookfull of fantastical animals,enchanting vegetation, and colors,each one more shimmering thanthe last.
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Soledad Braviwas born in 1965. Shehas a degree from anart school and was anartistic director inadvertising beforereturning to drawing.Today she draws a lotfor children and teensand a bit for fashionmagazines.
The Book of All Colors A picture book about colors, with everycolor possible, like bird poop or crushedraspberry, or even grandma pink!
Board book, 120 pages, 140 x 140 mm
SOLD World English
World SpanishItalian
GermanDutch Polish
Korean Basque Catalan
SOLD CatalanPolish, WorldSpanish
The book ofSERIES (4 TITLES)
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That’s My Bird!What does this little bird need the most?A ball? A teddy bear? An ice cream? No!He needs...
At the birth of his twochildren, Benoît
Charlat suddenlydiscovered a passion
for scribbling,squabbling and
sniveling, and becamean author for little ones.
Board book14 pages208 x 273 mm
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Raphaël Fejtöwas born in 1974.After hesitatingbetween film andmusic, he chosedrawing and writing(without renouncing the other two). He has published morethan a dozen books atl’école des loisirs, andmade the well-receivedfilm Osmose.
Accordion boardbook32 pages220 x 110 mm
Who Is on My Head?An uncommon book that unfolds andgrows little by little as the animals askone another who is above them.
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3 board books in a box, 22 pages, 85 x 85 mm
Little MiceGray mouse, white mouse, two-tonemouse: the mice in this collection meetand meet again, having fun in thecourse of their adventures.
BénédicteGuettier was
born in 1962. She hasdiplomas from two
different art schools.She works as a
graphic artist for manymagazines and draws
fashion prints andposters. Guettier
writes and illustrateschildren’s books in ahighly inventive way.
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MatthieuMaudet used todraw in the margins ofhis schoolbooks.Today he is illustratingcomic books andbooks for children.
Jean Leroy firststarted writing on hisown and nowcollaborates withMatthieu Maudet to dochildren’s books andcomic books.
Roll! Roll! Tiny wheels, little wheels, and thena great, big wheel! Each page has ahole where you can see a wheel.Guess which vehicle it belongs to!
Board book with flaps, 22 pages, 147,5 X 195 mm
SOLDKorean
SOLDWorldSpanish
See Maudet’s other books on page 17
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Dorothée deMonfreid was
born in 1973. She haslived in Paris for years.
She has publishedover a dozen books at
l’école des loisirs:stories about cats,rabbits, elephants,
stinking monsters andeven about cakes.
Board book, 26 pages, 190 x 260 mm
An Elephant Love“My heart is for Coco”, says Sidoniethe mouse. Coco here, Coco there, thelittle mouse loves Coco so much thatshe sees him everywhere. It’s love witha capital L.
Coco SERIES (9 TITLES)
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Nadja was born inAlexandria and grewup in Lebanon, thenmoved close to Paris.She is the author of thewell known Chien Bleu.
The Nursery Rhyme BoxIt is with great pleasure that we find thislittle box, in which there are well-knownlittle books with little nursery rhymes sonicely illustrated.
12 boardbooks in a box12 pages each, 50 x 60 mm
See Nadja’s other books on page 18
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Board book, 22 pages, 210 x 280 mm
Poo-Poo and Pee-PeeThe story starts off badly for Poo-Poo,who is the hero. But it all ends well...thanks to an obvious encounter.
PierrickBisinski has
devoted himselfentirely to children’sbooks since 1996.
Paper cutouts illustratehis stories.
Alex Sanderswas born in 1964. He
has never stoppeddrawing and painting,
and in 1993 hedecided to devote
himself fully tochildren’s books.
SOLD Catalan, World Spanish
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Crock!When Crock wakes up, it’s breakfast time.Barely time to play, and it’s alreadylunchtime. A bit of painting and nowsnack time. Crock’s day passes by quickly.What will he crunch on for dinner?
Board book, 26 pages, 210 x 280 mm
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StephanieBlake was born
in the United States.She didn’t study
drawing, but ratherChinese! As a child,she was fascinated
by the illustrations ofDr. Seuss, LudwigBemelmans, Tomi
Ungerer, and WilliamSteig. She lives inParis, surrounded
by her children andher husband
(A total of six!).
Board book, 32 pages, 190 x 250 mm
I Invite You to My PartyMimi’s friends are invited to her birthday.The characters and the decor to color areon a black background, which makes thecolors stand out in this beautiful stor y.
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MatthieuMaudet used todraw in the marginsof his schoolbooks.Today he is illustratingcomic books andbooks for children.
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Board book, 32 pages, 190 x 250 mm
The Color ThiefStop, thief! Where did the colors in thisstory to color go? You have to followthe animals, who leave in search of thestolen colors.
SOLD Danish, Italian,World Spanish, Swedish,English (USA)
See Maudet’s other books on page 11
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Nadja was bornin Alexandria and
grew up in Lebanon,then moved close to
Paris. She is theauthor of the well
known Chien Bleu.
Board book, 32 pages, 190 x 250 mm
The Every Color DressWhat color will Marinette’s ball gown betonight? Jojo the dressmaker gives her thedilemma of choosing, but to do that wehave to start coloring!
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Jeanne TaboniMisérazzi’s storywas born one summerevening on a desertedbeach. Children wereheading home, leavingbehind their beautifulsand castles. She wrotethis tale of nostalgiaabout the courage tobuild and the passing of time.
Adrien Albertchose to “place hiscameras,” as he says, ina way that emphasizesthe mother-childcomplicity, while stillmaking the castle themain character, andending on an optimisticnote with the returninganimals.
The King of the CastleÉmile spent the morning building amagnificent castle, the biggest and mostbeautiful on the beach. It’s so beautiful thateveryone covets it and wants to live there.
As soon as Émile turns his back to playin the water, a family of periwinkles,
then a young crab, comecharging in and claim to be
the kings of the castle.Obviously, Émile doesn’tagree. He’s the king. Buthe will have to learn thatmonarchies don’t last longso close to the waves.
Hardcover, 32 pages, 200 x 260 mmSOLD Italian
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Hardcover, 56 pages, 170 x 215 mm
Who Wants to Help Ali Baba?Ali Baba has been r ich ever since hesucceeded in entering the famouscave. But now he is lost, with hisdromedary loaded with treasures,in the great desert of Egypt. He mustask passersby for directions. But in thedesert, creatures are rare. Those that hedoes encounter don’t seem disposed toinform him, even for payment. Thisvulture, for example, is barely interested in the treasures, but very interested indromedary meat. Luckily, there’s a magiclamp, with a real genie who grants wishesinside...
PercevalBarrier, who is a
graphic artist, has longdreamt of illustrating
a story that bothstimulates and channels
his ima gination. He found it in this
exciting collaboration, a picture book that’s not just for children.
MatthieuSylvander is a
seismologist. Thatdoesn’t stop him from
inventing stories thatcontain another kind of
trembling; quite thecontrary. To begin with,he has taken a strange
pleasure in imaginingthe character of Ali
Baba right in the middleof the desert, rich but
completely lost.
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MagaliBonniol hascreated a charmingstory based on theidea that the mostbeautiful gifts forchildren are notnecessarily the onestheir parents imagine!What better gift than awolf, for you and youalone? Somethingunknown and a bitdangerous... In theend, children like itwhen something finallyhappens!
The GiftToday is Goat Girl’s birthday, and herparents have gone out to get a big cake.So far, her friends Pat the Pig and RobbyRabbit have only given her stupid gifts.Ding-dong! Someone’s ringing at thedoor. Surprise! It’s a wolf, with a r ibbonaround his neck. He knows how to jumprope, float in the tub, and play a gamecalled sweet toast... This is the mostfantastic birthday present ever!But watch out, the parents arecoming back. They are going to spoil everything if theydiscover a wolf at home.
Hardcover, 36 pages, 210 x 260 mm
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Super Bunny SERIES (13 TITLES)
SERIES SOLD Catalan,Chinese(simplified), Danish,English, Italian,Japanese,Korean,Norwegian,Swedish, World Spanish
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StephanieBlake wanted toadd a touch of pink tothe Super Bunny family.In short, she wanted tosee a little sister born.But along the way, thebig question How arebabies made? caughthold of her. Then the admirable andincomparable book by Babette Cole came back to her.
A Baby in Mom’s Belly?Simon and his little brother Gaspard werecalmly playing with little cars when theirparents broke the news: “There is a babyin mom’s belly. Your little brother or littlesister is going to be bor n in a fewmonths. Aren’t you happy?”How can you know, before you’ve metthis baby? But the questions thatpreoccupy Simon the most are: Where didhe come from? How was he made? Dadis a bit embarrassed and too busy toexplain. Luckily, Lou awaits Simon atschool, and she knows everything!
Hardcover, 36 pages, 220 x 275 mm. SOLD Italian, World Spanish, Catalan
See Blake’s other books on page 16
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Michel Gay’snephew Andy is a
considerable source ofinspiration for his uncle.He’s a funny little zebrawho is neither all white
nor all black - likeMichel’s characters
Zou and Elzee. (Disney has just
purchased the rights to that story for a show
in 3-D). Andy alsoinspired the character
of Rabbit Express.Maybe he should ask
his uncle for someroyalties…
Hardcover, 40 pages, 270 x 240 mmSOLD Italian
Rabbit ExpressFor his birthday, Pat the rabbit received a splendid gift: the pair of roller skatesthat his grandfather was wearing when hemet Pat’s grandmother. Cool, he can goeverywhere in them! Well, almost... Thecountryside where Pat lives is full ofholes, hollows, and puddles. What if heclimbed onto a train headed for Paris?What an adventure! It’s smooth here, andyou can really glide! He flies along on thebig avenues! Fast, faster, but not too fast!Let’s not forget that these skates have
sentimental value, and have thepower to elicit surpriseencounters.
SERIES SOLD Catalan, Chinese
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English,German, Greek
ItalianHebrew
JapaneseKorean
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He admits it: like manylittle boys, he oncedreamt of seeing hisschool burn down.Today, Alan Metshas a much largerambition: to avenge thechildren who are victimsof difficult families, evilschoolmates, andstupid, derisivenicknames. A diminutivediminishes, so cry out in anger when you hearone. And giggle at theadventures of Bernard,the dragon whowouldn’t put up withbeing degraded.
DragoonyBernard is a fast dragon who has awonderful first name and who scores a lotof goals in football. But he is the smallestin his class, and Marcel the jealous brutetakes advantage of this, bothering him andmaking fun of him in front of the girls.
With insults, punches, blackeyes and then revenge, thisstory might end badly.Even his mom’s reassurance
could turn against Bernard,when others take her wordsof love and turn them into
jibes. It is time to set thingsstraight.
Hardcover, 36 pages, 225 x 285 mm
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Pacifier PirateIt’s stronger than him. Rabbit-Roo thepirate can no longer do without hiscursed pacifier. Dad and Mom have hadjust about enough. This pacifier makestheir child do silly things: he doesn’t helpthem, he screams, and all he wants to dois play. But does any pirate worth his titlestill suck on his pacifier? It will take a memorableadventure to change him.
Hardcover, 32 pages, 240 x 310 mm
In the past Jean-CharlesSarrazin was like
a lot of parents:radically AGAINST the
pacifier. Now that he isthe father of a child
who can’t do withoutone, he has become
FOR the pacifier. But he has thoughtabout it, above all.
A pacifier is a treasurefor a child.
This story tackles acontroversial subject.
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When she was little,Maud Senelived in a big rectorynext to a cemetery.When she wentoutside to play, shewould often collectdead animals and lookat the tombs nearby,calculating the ages ofthe departed. The liesthat parents tell theirchildren about deathshock her. Parents tryto distance them fromit, although it is all sofamiliar. This picturebook is hercontribution to theoptimist reparation ofthis injustice.
The FriendMuche has plenty of games and toys in hisbedroom, but nobody to play with him.Maybe he can make a friend? Or buildone? Off to work! Muche creates a goodfriend by painting a face on an emptybox. What if they went outside?Alas, the rain gets the best of this silentfriend. But things have a way of workingout. A new friend arrives to consoleMuche, a flesh-and-blood friend. The moral: when we’re lacking friendship, all we need to do is go out and be patient. The solitude can’t last!
Hardcover, 32 pages, 170 x 220 mm
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The Season of the HedgehogsThe first story begins in autumn. Rudothe hedgehog must build himself a cozynest in which to hibernate. But ouch!Under the leaves there is a ball ofthorns. You might say it’s a miniaturesleeping hedgehog. Rudo calls her Anna.Anna doesn’t move, doesn’t eat, doesn’t saya thing... That’s normal, Anna is a chestnutbur. Whatever the case may be, Rudo ishappy to have a friend. Things becomemore complicated when Line, a real live,wide-awake hedgehog enters the nest. WillAnna accept her? Rudo would really likeLine to stay. The second story comes with springtime,and the imminent birth of a babyhedgehog!
Hardcover, 64 pages, 150 x 185 mm
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ChristelleVallat is a teacher
and a mom of two boys.While once looking at a chestnut bur more
attentively than usual,she said to herself, “Hey!
A hedgehog couldmistake one of those
for himself!”
That’s whenCharlotteSjösgrandstepped in. The
autumnal atmosphere,solitude, friendship, andlove all seduced her. Asshe began to make the
drawings for the firsthedgehog story, she
wanted to write whathappens next: after
winter there isspringtime, a season of
big changes!
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Four Stories about AmirHow could anyone think that the life of a small child is humdr um and repetitive? All you have to do is open one of these four books aboutAmir’s adventures to be convinced thisisn’t so. At the edge of the pond, withmama duck and her five little ones,during nap time with a mischievous fly,in the hay barn with baby cats, on theway to nursery school, and with a greentractor, Amir’s life is a festival of gamesand surprises.
4 hardcoverbooks in a box
28/32 pages each110 x 150 mm
AnaïsVaugelade hastaken three scenes fromthe life of her son Amirand mixed them withher own childhoodmemories, adding a fewexaggerations and anEnglish nursery rhyme.The result is a collectionfull of affection andwonder.
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Hardcover, 36 pages, 240 x 190 mmIt was with her youngersister Alyssa that
Myrha Verbizhconcocted her first
picture books. WithSacha and the Catfish,Verbizh has set out on
her own for the firsttime, writing the story
and illustrating it.Catfish? She thinks
they’re extraordinary. Asfor lakes unexploredand mysterious, they
inspire her.
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Sacha and the CatfishPlaying by the lake having fun skippingstones can be an adventure... You mightbeat records, of course, but that’s not all.Thanks to a particularly successful toss,Sacha is going to meet a f an of hispebbles, an enormous catfish whocollects them to decorate her entr yway.But today we’re not just playing around.The catfish is worried and needs Sacha’shelp. One of her little ones has beenwounded by a hook... A modern versionof a classic tale that g ives particularemphasis to the children.
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Rose, Flamingo of the CamarguePink flamingos don’t just live in Africa.There are some in France, too, in the saltyponds of the Camargue. Going there tospend a few days at his cousin Fannette’shouse, Pierrot, the friend of Mistral thehorse and Engane the bull, discovers abeautiful landscape with little islands of pinkflamingos! It’s springtime, and many littlebabies are born. For the moment, they arestill all gray! That doesn’t stop them frombeing very appetizing for the foxes...Luckily, Pierrot watches over them, andalong with Fannette, he will succeed insaving a chick from the claws of a predator.
Hardcover, 32 pages, 280 x 210 mm
MaryseLamigeon hasbecome godmother toa pink flamingo! Shewas present oneAugust night whenscientists put a band on the bird’s leg. Eversince, she follows theflamingo’s travels andthis unique experienceinspired her to write theadventures of Rose.
Always inspired by hisbeloved Camargue, andhis companion’s stories,FrançoisVincent hasenriched his palettewith a beautiful pink,the color of dawn,shrimp, salt marshes,and adult flamingos!
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FrancisYsebaert
worked as acoordinator at youth
centers in Belgium fortwenty years, and haspublished cartoons innumerous magazines.
He discovered hischaracter Red Pig
while scribbling,imitating a little riding
hood of the samecolor, and
remembering hisgrandmother who
lived on the other sideof the main road.
Hardcover, 32 pages, 180 x 230 mm
You’re Exaggerating!Yes, I know, grandma. I’m late. And mybasket isn’t as full as it was when momgave it to me. It’s true, the chocolate hasdisappeared, and the precious cakes are allcrushed. But is it my fault if on my way Icrossed paths with an injured toad that Ihad to care for? And if the main roadbecame liquid and I almost drowned?And if I didn’t have a license to dr ivehere with my grocery basket, and thepolice arrested me? Perhaps you thinkI’m exaggerating. Barely.
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Even if MichelBackès isn’t apatented sailor, he isno less passionateabout boats, pirates,and adventurers. Sowhen his editorrecommended heread the memoires ofJoshua Slocum, a guywho, after fifty years,calls his whole life intoquestion and braveseconomic crises andchanges in civilization,he dug right in. Hehad fun adding familyphotos in his realistdrawings, an homageto the Frenchengravings from thebeginning of the 20th century that he loves so.
I, Joshua Slocum, Lone SailorAt the end of the 19 th century, thesteamship replaces the sailing ship, andlarge numbers of experienced, courageoussailors find themselves unemployed. ButJoshua Slocum is not the type to be tak endown. He decides to patch up an oldfishing boat and leave for the other end of the world. On his own, he confrontspirates and storms. But he does have hischerished books and his many childhoodmemories to accompany him. His triparound the world will last three years, two months, and two days. Today, he is the inspiration and point of reference forall solo trips around the world.
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Jean Binderhas liked Félix
Vallotton for a longtime, finding the
Post-Impressionist’sscratchboard
technique simple andexemplary for those
who work in black and white. Recently,
Jean had theopportunity to diveinto the ambience
of Valloton’s era and research the
painter’s life.
Hardcover, 48 pages, 220 x 280
Vallotton’s CatA little girl grows bored, all alone in herfamily apartment. Her father, a printer, hasjust bought new machinery. He must workhard. A white cat has been lost in thestreets ever since its master, painter FélixVallotton, moved. Valloton is a member ofthe avant-garde group Les Nabis. But fateis a great provider. The cat scratches at thelittle girl’s door. After days of hesitationand inquiry, the girl is determined toreturn the animal to its owner. She doesn’t know it yet, but a formidablereward awaits her: she is going to provideher father with a very well-paid job, andobtain an excellent printer and engraverfor the painter!
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Hardcover, 48 pages, 220 x 280
Charlotte and le Douanier RousseauHe painted luxurious jungles, tropical sunsets,snake charmers beneath the moon, and battlesamong ferocious animals, but he almost never left Paris. He was slandered during his lifetime,mocked, avoided, excluded from officialexhibitions, and even accused of fraud. But thepoets Apollinaire and Alfred Jarry, and his youngcolleagues Picasso, Braque, Léger, and Delauney,thought he was a genius. It was in homage to his character and style that a movement of painting was named “Naïve art”. So who better than a child could br ing us closer to le Douanier Rousseau?
He didn’t want to doa simple biography,but a sort of tale.While reading throughthe mass of booksthat exist on the ultra-romanesque life of leDouanier Rousseau,ThibaudGuyon cameacross the painter’sstory when, accusedof fraud, he spentChristmas in prison.As proof of his client’sinnocence andnaiveté, his lawyerdisplayed one of hispaintings to the jury!
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The Noisy Book GamesRediscover the pictures from thefamous Noisy Book by Soledad Bravion iPod and iPad with “The NoisyBook Games.” This application, adapted together with the author, isalready available in English and French.
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