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The Lionchild and Other Children
How many children are there in the world? There’s the Fish-child, the Cat-child, the Monkey-child and many many others, each one is different and unique. And you, which child are you? A gallery of boys and girls who share a character feature with an animal. Children will enjoy recognizing themselves in the different features each animal represent and choosing the one who best describes how they…
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Nurse Lugton’s Curtain
When Nurse Lugton falls asleep, something extraordinary happens: on her knees, covering the entire apron, there is a huge piece of embroidered blue fabric that comes to life. Virginia Woolf’s overwhelming, dreamlike and ironic writing takes us into the invisible stream of consciousness of dreams. Frozen in the pattern of a drawing-room curtain, a dreamlike world waits patiently while Nurse Lugton sews… a refined illustrated edition…
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Angels
In a city where adults are distracted and absent, children gazes know what to look at and see. Ferrara’s verses tell of a ‘dystopian’ reality – which is none other than our own – in which angels are there, to rescue, heal, protect… There is a whole world which is invisible to adults, but very present to children’s lives. A poetic reflection on how…
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I Wrote You a Book (Just not This One!)
A sweet and tender dedication to Mum, an amusing homage to a child’s imagination. Sometimes it takes a whole book to tell a person how much you love her. And if that person is Mum, it will have to be a beautiful book: full of pictures, difficult words, beautiful things to make her smile, music. And everything will have to…
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Little Footprints
The inhabitants of the clearing are very different from one another: in What a hurry! Koala spends all his time relaxing, while Weasel and Raccoon run back and forth the whole day. In You are too much! Elephant doesn’t fit anywhere, he is too big, too high, too slow… definitively, he is too much. Boar is confused, he can’t understand why…
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Peter the Pirate
That night Peter dreamt he was a pirate: with two belts crossing over his chest, sabre, black hat and all. Not just any pirate though, but the Golden Tooth pirate! As a pirate, Peter is living a wonderful night of adventures, and finding a treasure, of course. Then in the morning he wakes up as a child, and he’s not really sure who dreamt…
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Cheese
Mr Cheese is running and a carousel of animals is running behind him: the rabbit riding the horse, the bear with the bees and the parrot, the giraffe on the snail, the snake with the ostrich… Where is everybody running to? Finding the answer is only part of the fun, in this picture book which is a joy for the eyes and an invitation to recognize all the animals in the…
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Yet Another Little Red Riding Hood
What would happen if Little Red Riding Hood found herself in a desert? The wolf, the hunter, the grandmother, and Little Red Riding Hood herself become interchangeable masks. How did all the protagonists know that she would be in the desert? An original and humorous retelling of the classical fairy-tale.
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Grimm Alphabet
One morning when they woke up, brothers Jacob and Wilhem found themselves transformed into two large birds. It was winter. The snow was deep. They had to fly to get wood. They scraped away the snow with their little paws and found a golden key. They thought that where there was a key there must also be a lock, and digging into the ground they…
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The Sofa
Every Thursday, on the day of the general tidying up of the house, when the time comes to move the sofa, something unexpected happens: a sea of objects re-emerges like a lost treasure. So while big hands are folding clothes and dusting cupboards, little hands are taking care of the monster hidden under the sofa!
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The Incredible Secret Diaries
Five great historical characters – Leonardo Da Vinci, W.A. Mozart, Raffaello, Dante Alighieri, Frida Kahlo – open up the pages of their hilarious secret diaries: their personal and artistic stories are narrated with a lot of humour, so that we can discover their indisputable genius, together with their little idiosyncrasies and the funny aspects of their character that make us realize how they were after all just men…
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Tic, Toc, Pum
Every child learns to talk. But when does he learn to listen? Plic ploc! The sound of rain. Fruuushhh! The wind blowing through the branches. Pum pum pum! The beating of mother’s heart. Shhh! Around you, when you are silent, everything speaks to you. Stop and listen. A tender and funny book about the sounds that mark our day. To…
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I’ll Come Back to You
Separation is a normal rite of passage for toddlers. It’s common at school or daycare drop-off, but can occur any time a child has to separate from their parent or caregiver. Join the journey of our little one and his Mama as they learn to deal with being away from each other, through positive healthy attachment. A sweet book that…
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Grandparents’ Hill
Tim and Myriam love spending weekends and vacations at their grandparents’, in their little house nestled atop a spectacular hill. Together they have great little adventures that mark the passage of the seasons and reveal the wonder of nature and the marvel of life. Autumn. A disappearing turtle, the fear of loss, the natural rhythm of life slowing down in…
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Wolf & Milo
Wolf and Milo are best friends, the kind with a capital F. Sometimes, however, it happens that they don’t fully understand each other, that they don’t feel included. Never mind! When there is true friendship, even the most difficult challenges can be overcome with a big smile. Together, Wolf and Milo will learn that there is always room for a…
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The Modern Age
In what way is the Modern Age ‘modern’? Is it equally so for men and women? By entering the meanders of archives, we will discover the countless traces left by the women of those centuries. Some very famous, others known only to historians. Through the sources that collect or express women’s voices and their personalities, we will explore what their lives were like, what ordinary…
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The Middle Age
Women in the Middle Ages were not on the battlefields, which made them scarcely visible in an era punctuated by wars. Chronicles and literature of the time recount the exploits of kings, emperors, knights, saints, popes and warriors, as if they were the only subjects that moved human history and imagination. So, battles are the only way to enter history? Fortunately, no. Let’s follow in…
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The Ancient Age in Greece and Rome
Can one tell the history of Greek and Roman civilisation by talking only about men, and famous men at that? For centuries it has been so, but today, as detectives reopening a cold case, we can question the official versions and look at the past with new eyes, including the rest of humanity of that world: women, children, slaves, foreigners. In doing so, we…
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River Valley Civilisations
Agatha Christie, writer and archaeologist by passion, will accompany children on a journey to the origins of ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian, Indian and Chinese civilisations. Together we will discover how the most ancient inscriptions were deciphered and which women made their mark on the historical studies of the river civilisations. The ancient documents, written by the men of the past and studied by the men…
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Prehistory
Is it possible to tell the story of Prehistory without only talking about prehistoric man? Of course: all we have to do is look very carefully at the traces it left us and ask ourselves new questions. We’ll discover a communal life built on a real team game: the work of women, the activities of men, the contribution of children. Listening to the stories of…
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