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BOLOGNA 2019 NEW TITLES
Illustration by Louise Mézel, Roland se présente
Our stand in Bologna is C18/D17 in hall 30
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TOUT-PETITS CARTON COLLECTION
MINI ENCYCLOPÉDIE
DES CRIS DES ANIMAUX
MINI ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF THE CRIES OF ANIMALS
by Adrienne Barman
Album, boardbook, 16 x 16 cm, 16p., 2 +, 9.90 €
In this new book, fourteen images were selected
from the illustrations of the best-selling book
“Drôle d’encyclopédie” (“Funny encyclopedia”)
to teach children about the cries and sounds
of animals. Here you’ll find no mention of the
roar of the lion or of the elephant’s trumpet,
that would be too easy. Here, even adults will
learn new things! For example, seals bark, yes!
And bats screech! All this and more with humor
thanks to the stroke of Adrienne Barman and her
fantastical and colorful world.
By the same illustrator:
Born in 1979, Adrienne Barman
is a famous illustrator of
Switzerland. She has published
several books, mostly at La
Joie de lire, including “Drôle
d’encycopédie”, a best-seller
which has been translated in 14
languages.
album, 18.5 x 25.5 cm, 216p., album, 18.5 x 25.5 cm, 216p.,
all ages, 24.90€ all ages, 24.90€
illustration by Adrienne Barman, Drôle d’encyclopédie végétale
Sold to Italy, Germany, Spain, Sold to Poland, Italy, Spain, Germany,
English worldwide, Korea, Netherlands, China (simple chinese), English
China (simple chinese) and worldwide, Russia, Brasil, Taiwan, Korea,
Sweden Ukraine, Czech Republic, Romania and Sweden
boardbook, 2+, 16 x 16 cm, boardbook, 2+, 16 x 16 cm, boardbook, 2+, 16 x 16 cm, boardbook, 2+, 16 x 16 cm,
16p., 9.90 € 16p., 9.90 € 16p., 9.90 € 16p., 9.90 €
Sold to China Sold to China Sold to China and Spain Sold to China
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TOUT-PETITS CARTON COLLECTION
L’OURS ET LA NUIT - LES COULEURS
THE BEAR AND THE NIGHT -
COLORS
by Marie-Noëlle Horvath
Album, boardbook, 16 x 16 cm, 16p., 2 +, 9.90 €
An album on the model of nursery rhymes to
learn about colors!
In the evening, Little Bear has a set ritual:
when the moon rises and the sun sets, he
drinks his soup in a red bowl, takes a bubbly
bath with lots of blue foam, he then puts on
his orange pajamas and brushes his teeth with
his green tooth brush, slips into his purple
bed, reads a little thanks to his pink glasses
and finally falls asleep gently with his white
plush rabbit.
For this album, as for the previous one “The bear and the honey” (“L’ours et le miel”), the illustrations
have all been entirely made with embroidered fabric. All while following the nighttime routine of the
little bear, toddlers will learn the name of colors and will be able to identify with this character, as
soft and well-behaved as a plush toy.
Marie-Noëlle Horvath was born in France in 1978 and spent part of her childhood in Uruguay. After
studying textile arts, she decided to work freelance; first in textile creation, and since 2008, for the
press and in children’s literature. She currently lives in Paris.
By the same author:
The bear and the honey - numbers Available in August 2019
Album, 2+, 16 x 16 cm, 16p., 9.90 €
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ALBUMS
ROLAND LÉLÉFAN SE PRÉSENTE
ROLAND THE ELEFANT
INTRODUICE HIMSELF
by Louise Mézel
Album, 17 x 20 cm, 40p., 5+, 9.90 €
Roland is a charming little elephant, curious and
dreamy. He is no contortionist but he knows how
to roll up his trunk and lie on it, he also knows
how to twist his tail or bend his ears and even tie
knots with them so as not to hear the thunder.
He’s so afraid of it! He likes to do a lot of things
like watering plants, reading books, taking foamy
baths, making bubbles and eating cereals. But
what he loves most of all is telling stories!
First of a series, this album is funny and tender.
Louise Mézel’s deliberately clumsy but very
expressive childish stroke really brings this sweet
and benevolent little elephant to life.
ROLAND LÉLÉFAN BOUQUINE
ROLAND THE ELEFANT READS
by Louise Mézel
Album, 17 x 20 cm, 40p.., 5+, 9.90 €
Roland Léléfan loves reading, it’s his special
moment. In his library, you can find all kinds of
books. But what he likes most are encyclopedias
and dictionaries. Oh yes, he really loves
dictionaries. When he reads, Roland is sometimes
so absorbed that he nearly disappears in his book.
And other times, a fly or a rhino pass through,
bugging him and he has to change places. And on
occasions, he falls asleep on his open book!
“A few notes of color and the rhythm of the pencil... For me, illustration is like music: an
interpretation.” Louise Mézel is a young illustrator who graduated from ESA Saint-Luc in Brussels and
previously studied art history and literature in Paris and Rome. She works for numerous magazines
and has also produced many book covers. Louise Mézel has illustrated several youth projects,
including “Demain” (“Tomorrow”), selected and exhibited at the European illustrations contest of
Seine-Saint-Denis book’s fair (2013) and at the Ilustrarte Illustration Biennale in Lisbon (2016).
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ALBUMS
LE CHAT MUCHE
THE CAT THINGAMAJIG
by Yves Velan and Stasys Eidrigevicius
Album, hardback cover, 23 x 28 cm, 36p., 6+, 14.90 €
A funny and absurd tale, the cat Thingamajig is an
absolutely delightful text.
The cat Thingamajig lives in a family that includes
Dad, Mom and Babette. One evening, at supper,
Dad, scandalized, says that Cat Thingamajig eats
too much and that with what he eats we could
easily feed ten Indians. A thought that directly cuts
off the poor beast’s appetite. As he eats less and
less and becomes sad, the family starts to worry.
The Cat Thingamajig has heard of yogis in India
who eat very little, float in the air in their room and
can go out in the snow wrapped in a wet sheet, stay outside for three days without eating and then
come back in, still alive and even with the sheet totally dried... One day the Cat Thingamajig has a
vision...
The illustrations work wonders on this completely crazy, nonsensical (or almost...) text, worthy of the
great masters of the absurd such as Ionesco or Beckett. For young and old without moderation....
Yves Velan (1925-2017) is a swiss writer. He studied literature in Lausanne where he became
a member of the Société de Belles Lettres and worked two years as a reader for the University of
Florence. Together with others, he founded the left-wing literary magazine “Rencontre” (1949-1952).
As a communist, he was banned from the teaching profession in the Canton of Vaud. He then moved
to La Chaux-de-Fonds where he taught literature at the local high school. At the end of the 1960’s,
he temporarily left the Jura of Neuchâtel for a long stay in the United States where he taught French
literature in Illinois. His first novel “Je” was published in 1959. Yves Velan’s work has been awarded
the Grand Prix C.F. Ramuz and the Prix de littérature of the canton of Neuchâtel.
Lithuanian graphic designer, painter and illustrator born in 1949, Stasys Eidrigevicius studied at the
Institute of Fine Arts in Vilnus. In 1980 he moved to Poland. His graphic work is recognized in Poland
and throughout the world. Since 1985, pastels have been an important part of his artistic creation.
In the 1990s he returned to oil painting. His works are at the border between metaphor, surrealism
and fantasy. They can be found at the National Museum of Warsaw, the British Museum in London,
the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Library in Washington, the Vatican Museums
in Rome and the Creation Gallery in Tokyo, and in 2010 he was awarded the silver medal of the Polish
Cultural Merit Gloria Artis.
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ALBUMS
ROBERTO ET GÉLATINE,
UNE GRANDE HISTOIRE
POUR LES GRANDS
ROBERTO AND GÉLATINE,
A BIG STORY FOR BIG
by Albertine and Germano Zullo
Album, hardback cover, 15 x 21 cm, 88p.,all ages, 14.90 €
Gélatine, a mischievous little girl, wants her older
brother, Roberto, to spend time with her. But Roberto
is very busy. He is writing a novel on his computer, a
story for grown-ups by a grown-up, indeed Roberto
is no longer a child... He has no time to take care of
his invasive little sisters. But Gélatine is persistent, so
much so that Roberto agrees to read her one story, but
only one ! Then he goes back to his grown-up work.
Upset, Gélatine has her revenge by imagining with
Doudou, her plush toy, a story where she transforms
Roberto into an ugly toad...
First of a series, Roberto and Gélatine is a light and funny story about the relationship between siblings
in which all children (and parents) will recognize themselves. What a delight to see the couple “Albertine
and Germano” still work its magic. A true complicity in life as in work that you can feel in the link
between text and illustration, in the shared humor, in the playfulness and in the good spirit of the text.
As a young artist from Geneva, Albertine already exhibited her works several times. Since 1992,
she cooperates with many daily newspapers in French-speaking Switzerland. She teaches silkscreen
printing at the Superior School of Visual Arts of Geneva. She has been the first Swiss artist to receive
the Golden Apple in 1999.
Germano Zullo was born on the 16th of may 1968 in Geneva and got the swiss nationality in 1985. In
1990, he passed his degree at the Superior Commercial School of Malagnou. Then, he travelled during
two years across Europe and, from 1992 up to 2002, he worked as an accountant. Since 1996 he and
his wife Albertine (illustrator) have published many children books at La Joie de Lire editions. He has
also published some poems and erotic stories.
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ALBUMS
ALBUMS
LÉGENDES ET MYSTÈRES MAISONS, VILLES ET CHEMINS
DES MONTAGNES HOUSES, TOWNS AND PATHS
LEGENDS AND MYSTERIES by S. Corinna Bille and Vamille
OF THE MOUNTAINS Album, hardback cover, 15 x 21 cm, 80p.,8+, 14.90 €
by S. Corinna Bille and Adrienne Barman
The first opus of this new collection devoted to a
Album, hardback cover, 15 x 21 cm, 80p.,8+, 14.90 €
monument of Swiss literature, S. Corinna Bille, is about
This books contains three texts about the Valais, the houses, cities and paths. Nine texts of the author are
canton where Corinna Bille was born and that she assembled here. Some very short, others longer, but
loved dearly. The first story, The giant mask, takes its all of them having in common this sharpness in the
roots in the traditions of the «Tschäggättä», those are writing, this poesy, this smooth and clear style, and
masked individuals, who appear between the catholic this love of nature and childhood.
celebration of the Candlemas and the tuesday before Thus we follow in the first story, Misters books, a
Ash Wednesday. In the second short story, The quarrel between books in an author’s house. Heavy
mystery of the monster, Corinna Bille revisits the hunt books which are never disturbed are made fun of by
of one of the last wolfs of Valais, after the war. At those which are read over and over again and stay on
last, the third short story, The sleigh ride evokes a the writer’s bed-table. Police novels and Bibles don’t
village with unusual charm ready to hold back lost get along. Debates are tough…
people forever?
Stéphanie Bille was born in 1912 in Sierre, Switzerland. She will chose later the name of Corinna, from Born in 1991 in Yverdon-les-Bains, Vamille aka Camille Vallotton lives and works in Fribourg at
her mother’s original village, Corin, near Sierre. She lived in Paris a few years, travelled a lot, and present. Passionate about comic strips and illustration, she studied visual communication at the
came back in the Valais where environment and human into mutation, inspired her work. S. Corinna HEAD-Geneva. In 2014, she is the public winner for the “Illustrators of tomorrow” prize, during the
Bille wrote novels and short stories. She won the Goncourt award for best short story in 1975 with BD-Fil festival. Following her studies, she goes on a 4 months training course in Joost Swarte’s studio,
her book “La Demoiselle sauvage”, published by Gallimard. She also published poems, plays and in Haarlem, Netherlands. In December 2016, she wins the Töpffer Prize of Young comic strips of the
tales. She was married to Maurice Chappaz. She died in Sierre, the 24th of october in 1979. Canton of Geneva for her comic book “Speculum Mortis”.
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SOMNAMBULE COLLECTION
BONJOUR/BONSOIR
GOOD MORNING/GOOD EVENING
by Vamille
Comic, soft cover, 19 x 25 cm, 50p., 6+, 10.90 €
This comic book includes two top to tail stories
with barely any text. Both tell the story of two
men’s journey through the city, one during the
day, the other during the night. “Good morning”
and ”Good evening” are virtually the only words
spoken by these two characters.
If gray dominates the page, color sometimes
appears depending on where and with whom one
of the character is. The colors evoke happiness, joy
and change in the routine.
With this album, the illustrator wanted to
highlight the little moments of everyday life in
an architectural setting inspired by the city of
Rotterdam where she lived during one year.
The very graphic line, the geometric shapes, the
interplay between shadows and volumes make this
album a beautiful object that denounces subtly
our modern societies where we no longer take the
time to talk to each other, where we cross paths
without really knowing each other, and where
solitude is part of everyday life.
This work was presented during a satellite
exhibition of the Fumetto Festival in Lucerne and
the originals were exhibited at the Atelier café-
galerie in Lausanne.
In the same collection:
Comic, 6+, 21 x 28 cm, Comic, 6+, 21 x 28 cm,
40p., 10 € 40p., 10 €
Sold to USA and China
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SOMNAMBULE COLLECTION
LES MÉCANOS
THE ENGINEERS
by Max Saladrigas
Comic, soft cover, 19 x 25 cm, 40p., 6+, 10.90 €
“The Engineers” tells the story of two very re-
sourceful little characters, known in the kingdom
for their inventiveness: from a young age, they
were able to repair and make everything work as
well as invent incredible objects.
One day, the Queen summons them for a very
important mission: they have to build five energy
collectors around the castle before the five moons
line up again. With a backpack on their back, off
they go... Through fields, cliffs and virgin forest,
they travel around the country and carry out their
mission. But when they return, they are thrown
in the dungeon... The Queen then shows her true
colors. The only thing she has an interest in is using the new moon powered machine to drill through
rocks and recover the diamonds inside them.
A comic designed a bit like a video game with, under each page, a sort of progress bar, like a timeline,
that allows you to know where the story stands. The smart and crafty characters are very endearing,
the story is funny, refreshing and full of adventures!
Max Saladrigas is an independent Spanish graphic designer and illustrator. On his personal blog, you
can find daily a creation of his imagination, created digitally or in watercolor, ballpoint pen, pencil,
marker, or even chalk. For La Joie de lire he has also created several novel covers, including that of
Romain Puértolas’ excellent book “Un détective très, très, très spécial”. “The Engineers” is his first
comic.
In the same collection:
Comic, 6+, 21 x 28 cm, Comic, 6+, 21 x 28 cm,
40p., 10 € 40p., 10 €
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LITTERATURE COLLECTION
LE BONHEUR M’A DIT
QU’IL REVIENDRAIT
HAPPINESS TOLD ME
IT WOULD COME BACK
By Éric Sansvoisin
Contributions for children’s and youth literature
Novel, soft cover, 14 x 21 cm, 300p., 14+, 17 €
Lune is a schoolgirl who suffers from prosopagnosia, The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia promotes the translation of high-quality Swiss children’s and
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for Lune: she’s in love with her classmate Anton, a
bird enthusiast. However, Anton has problem of his Conditions
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Éric Sanvoisin started writing when he was ten years
in the same collection:
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