2023-12-15 17:00:10
Understanding the path of the sun
“Sun”, by Anaïs Brunet. DIDIER YOUTH
Soleilit is the latest in a series of works, published by Didier Jeunesse, by the author and illustrator Anaïs Brunet, which each bear the name of an element or meteorological phenomenon: after Snow (2021) et Thunderstorm (2022), here comes a beautiful tribute to our favorite star. Children play there through shutters, dive into a refreshing swimming pool, are dazzled under the midday sun… The book works like its predecessors: cardboard pages with colorful graphics, with shiny raised elements that invite the little ones to touch . It’s a gentle learning of the treasures of our climate. Coming in 2024, from the same publisher, Rain.
« Soleil », by Anaïs Brunet (Didier Jeunesse, 14 p., €12.90). From 1 year.
Adopt the right pedal stroke
“Madame Leopard”, by Natalia Shaloshvili. ALBIN MICHEL YOUTH
Everything was going well in the best of all possible worlds, that of Madame Leopard. She was a bus driver and transported animals. Until the day when a backfiring black car arrives. The animals, captivated, begin to shun public transport for the comfort of their new sedans. It’s great luxury. The king of the cabin. But the road must be widened; cut the trees ; and despite this, motorists find themselves stuck in abominable traffic jams, in the middle of polluted air. Saturated with CO2, inconsolable about her tree, Madame Leopard ends up finding a miracle solution: she gets on a bike. And all animals do like her. On the advantage of being gregarious…
“Madame Leopard”, by Natalia Shaloshvili, translated from Russian by Margaux Rochefort (Albin Michel Jeunesse, 48 p., €14.90). To be published on January 3, 2024. From 3 years old.
Keep your eyes open
“Overwhelmed”, by Mariajo Ilustrajo. GLÉNAT YOUTH
Morning dawns over the city. Everything seems normal, except the water level which wets the feet of the inhabitants – charming animals. A small rodent is worried, but no one listens, the others “are not bothered by a little bit of water”, “a good excuse to put on big rain boots”. The lion, the giraffe or the panda continue to go to work, to the museum, to school, to take transport; They discuss together this uncontrollable flood which gradually forces them to wear oxygen masks, but without doing anything. In a way that is both clear and subtle, this beautiful album in black, white and blue helps children understand the mechanism of collective blindness; and rightly recalls the need for a shared effort to halt a process that is already well advanced.
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