New in Children’s Books
Let’s celebrate the first days of Spring with Jessica Martinello’s and Grégoire Mabire’s little monster victim of a cleaning fever (Même les monstres rangent leur chambre, Mijade), and Nancy Guilbert’s and Anna Griot’s fabulous odyssey to the trees’ kingdom (L’Arboretum, Voyage au pays des arbres, éditions Courtes et longues)!
Reading List
For kids ages 2 and up
Learn the alphabet with animals in Janik Coat’s delightful book! The first and last names of the animals correspond with the letters of the alphabet to help budding readers explore language.
On each two-page spread, a new animal is added to the group. By the final scene when Zadig the Zebra arrives, the animal family is complete!
This beautiful book is as original and educational as it is abounding with images.
ABC Zoo, by Janik Coat, Casterman
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For kids ages 3 and up
Famous for its exceptional children’s book catalogue, publishing house Les Grandes Personnes had the excellent idea to republish ABC, Une petite leçon d’anglais, the splendid alphabet book by Italian artist and designer Bruno Munari (1907-1998). Beautiful, ingenious, and inventive, this book originally published in 1960 presents the ABCs in an elegant font and a subtle layout, with a uniquely poetic use of imagery that you cannot help but admire.
ABC, Une petite leçon d’anglais, by Bruno Munari, Les Grandes Personnes
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For kids ages 4 and up
Once upon a time there was a little monster who hated cleaning his room. One beautiful day, he noticed Jeannot, a little boy who seemed to really enjoy cleaning. Before reading the rest of this colorful story, make sure your toys have been carefully put away! This monster loves making a mess with toys!
Même les monstres rangent leur chambre, by Jessica Martinello and Grégoire Mabire, Mijade
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For kids ages 6 and up
When the first rays of daylight pierce through the night sky, a bird invites a sleeping child to follow it to a secret place beyond the hills.
The bird guides the child to the land of trees. Readers follow them in a state of amazement, discovering gigantic thousand-year-old trees and beautiful perfumed plants. These extraordinary living beings will inspire the child to make an herbarium of his own.
With shimmering illustrations, Anna Griot stages this extraordinary odyssey between dream and reality.
This enchanting story teaches children to embrace the splendor of trees, encouraging respect and harmony with the natural world.
L’Arboretum, Voyage au pays des arbres, by Nancy Guilbert and Anna Griot, Courtes et longues
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