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Insight
It's good! It's horrible!
$22.95
Insight
Friends-friends
$9.95
Insight
Singing away the dark
$14.95
Insight
The disgusting little ones: The spider
$9.95
Insight
The disgusting little ones: The worm
$9.95
Insight
Are you there Alfred?
$17.95
Insight
Malik learns to swim : A story to illustrate
$18.00
Insight
Grilled Cheese: Forest
$12.00
Insight
Grilled Cheese: Machine
$12.00
Insight
A luminous friend
$16.95
Insight
The cake
$14.95
Insight
Draw with me! / Activity book
$16.95
Insight
Simone de Beauvoir
$16.95
Insight
Rudolf Nureyev
$16.95
Insight
It's me who decides!
$12.95
Insight
Rou joue!
$14.95
Insight
Bob the bobo
$15.95
Insight
Coloring book with stickers: My House
$15.00
Insight
The Great Antonio
$19.95
Insight
Harriet Tubman
$16.95
Insight
Martin Luther King
$16.95
Insight
Tell me why we cry
$17.95
Insight
We Are Here: Notes Regarding Life on Planet Earth
$28.95
Insight
Peter, the standing cat
$21.95
Insight
Little Blue and Little Yellow
$9.95
Sold Out
What do you want baby?
$7.95
Insight
Well
$12.95
Insight
Who will reassure Truffle?
$13.95

It's good! It's horrible!

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It's good! It's horrible! (in French only)

Text: Joan M. Lexau, illustrations: Aliki

Walking peacefully in the jungle is good! To come face to face with a rhinoceros is terrible! Hiding in a tree to escape the beast is good!
At least, that's what Java the tiger believes, captivated by the story of young Sanji.

The original edition of this album appeared in 1963 in the Weekly Reader Children's Book Club collection, with the American publisher The Dial Press. The album has been out of print for over 50 years.

 

It is being republished for the first time in French by Le Lièvre de Mars. The illustrator, Aliki, says that the challenge of this story was to find a way to present the face-to-face between the boy and the tiger as simply as possible, while illustrating the action of the chase in the background.

  • Picture book
  • Size: 28.5 cm X 25.5 cm
  • Number of pages: 48
  • From 2 to 7 years old
  • Hardcover


Friends-friends

Friends-friends

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FRIENDS-FRIENDS (in French only)

Text and illustrations by Tomi Ungerer

 

Rafi the handyman is new to the neighborhood. He has no friends yet. But with his birthday present, a carpenter's toolbox, he makes splendid toys, animals, puppets... which attract Ki Sing, his seamstress neighbour!

Tomi Ungerer was born on November 28, 1931 in Strasbourg. Poster artist, author-illustrator, inventor of objects, collector, cartoonist, he has been considered one of the most important authors of children's literature for more than 60 years.
His books have been translated into more than forty languages ​​and some have been adapted for cinema, including Moon Man (2012) or even The Three Bandits (2007).


  • children book
  • Size: 15 cm x 19 cm
  • Number of pages: 32
  • 3 years+
  • Supple cover

 

Singing away the dark

Singing away the dark

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Singing away the dark (in French only)

By , illustrated by Julie Morstad , translated by Fanny Britt

On a cold winter morning, a little girl has to walk through a scary forest to wait for the school bus. Along the way, she sings to give herself courage.

  • Picture book
  • 4 years+
  • Size: 20 cm x 23 cm
  • Hardcover
  • Number of pages: 36


The disgusting little ones: The spider

The disgusting little ones: The spider

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The spider (in french only)

The disgusting little ones, volume 5

By , illustrated by Elise Gravel

Impossible not to cross paths with a spider one day. They can live in almost any habitat and there are at least 40,000 species. Disgusting, the spider? Yes, but not only !

  • Picture book
  • Documentary
  • 4 years+
  • Size: 15 cm x 21 cm
  • Soft cover
  • Number of pages: 32
The disgusting little ones: The worm

The disgusting little ones: The worm

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Are you there Alfred?

Are you there Alfred?

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Are you there Alfred? (in French only)

By Catherine Pineur

Sonia worries. Her neighbor Alfred is not at home. She leaves her house to look for him, even if that means she has to approach the wall of war. Along the way, she meets several birds. Where do they all come from? Sonia doesn't understand what they are saying.

  • Picture book
  • Size: 15.5cm x 21.5cm
  • Number of pages: 32
  • Hardcover
  • From 2 to 7 years old
Malik learns to swim : A story to illustrate

Malik learns to swim : A story to illustrate

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Malik learns to swim : A story to illustrate

Text: Catherine Ouellet-Cummimgs, illustrations: Émilien Masseau

 

Today is Saturday. Like every Saturday, Malik and his dad go to the pool, because Saturday is swimming lesson day. Malik is a little bit scared of the water. Will he manage to cross the pool and reach his friend Leonie?

It's your turn to illustrate the story and create your own book. To help you, we have placed blank shapes that you can fill, and empty spaces for you to draw the things you imagine as you read the text.

  • Coloring Book 
  • Bilingual (French / English) text 
  • Size: 18.5cm x 23cm
  • Number of pages: 24
  • From 2 to 4 years old
  • Hardcover

 

Grilled Cheese: Forest

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Grilled Cheese Magazine: Forest

Bilingual magazine for kids, created and printed in Montreal.

5-10 years:

Issue 18: Forest (one magazine + one button)

Illustrations: Julia GR, Amélie Tourangeau, Sandra Dumais, Annick Gaudreault, Julien Boisseau

Texts:, Annick Gaudreault, Rosalie Roy-Boucher, Catherine Ouellet-Cummings, Henri Boisseau-Ouellet

Launch: June 2020F

2-4 years:

Issue 9: Forrest (one magazine + three stickers)

Illustrations: Julia GR, Amélie Lehoux, Aude Fourest, Boris Biberdzic

Texts: Anne-Sophie Tilly, Juliette Césarine, Catherine Ouellet-Cummings

Launch: June 2020

 

Grilled Cheese: Machine

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Grilled Cheese Magazine: Machine

Bilingual magazine for kids, created and printed in Montreal.

5-10 years:

Issue 17: Machine (one magazine + one button)

Illustrations: Camilla Teodoro, Julien Boisseau
Pascale Bonenfant, Philippe Mathieu, Samuel Boucher

Texts:, Anne-Sophie Tilly, Catherine Ouellet-Cummings, Véronique Grenier

Launch: February 2020

2-4 years:

Issue 8: Machine (one magazine + three stickers)

Illustrations: Amanda Willemse, Benjamin Cotten, Camilla Teodoro, Julien Boisseau, Mathieu Dionne, Samuel Boucher

Texts: Sophie Labelle, Catherine Ouellet-Cummings

Launch: February 2020


A luminous friend

A luminous friend

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A luminous friend

By  , illustrated by Marilyn Faucher

Now that his parents are separated, Ludo has two houses: one in the countryside, the other in the city. The boy doesn't really like going to his father's, where he has no friends, even though he loves the bustle of the city and is fascinated by traffic lights.
He is even convinced that a little gentleman is hiding in the traffic light, working night and day to regulate traffic. Listening only to his big heart, the little boy goes out into the night to try to reward this valiant worker in the shadows.
A tender and luminous text, highlighted by vibrant watercolors, which reminds us that empathy and generosity are wonderful tools to overcome one's pain.

-Picture Book

-Genre: Fantasy-humorous

-Age: 3 years +

- Size: 22 cm x 27 cm,

-Hardcover

- Number of pages: 32

The cake

The cake

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By  , illustrated by Marianne Dubuc

Albert, Jojo, Renard and Sophie are baking a cake. Yum ! It tastes like laughter and friendship!

-Picture book

Age:  3 years +

- Size: 18 cm x 19 cm

-Hardcover

- Number of pages: 24

Draw with me! / Activity book

Draw with me! / Activity book

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Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir

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Rudolf Nureyev

Rudolf Nureyev

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Rudolf Noureev (in French only)

By  , illustrated by Eleonora Arosio

Rudolf never stopped at what was expected of him as a boy. He fell in love with dancing when he was seven years old. It was not until much later, however, that he managed to enter a ballet school. He had to make up for lost time and refine his technique to compete with other dancers. His talent was so great that it did not prevent him from becoming one of the best dancers in history.

 

  • Picture book
  • Documentary
  • Collection: From Little to Big 
  • 5 years+
  • Size:  20cm x 24cm,
  • Hardcover
  • Number of pages: 32

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    It's me who decides!

    It's me who decides!

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    By Élise Gravel, illustrated by Élise Gravel

    To the delight of toddlers, La courte échelle is happy to publish another hardcover by Elise Gravel. After the great success of Une patate à vélo, the author offers us It's me who decides !, an irreverent album as she knows how to do them so well, which will delight the hearts of naughty children and their parents.

    When a monster meets a child, he acts like any good monster: he is scary. Except that this one isn't very terrifying, it's even rather… cute! The only one to fear him is a dog. But when it's time for a hug, everyone finds it useful...even him!

    - cardboard picture book

    -2 years +

    -Size: 14cm x 14cm

    -Number of pages: 30

    Rou joue!

    Rou joue!

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    By Pascale Bonenfant, illustrations Pascale Bonenfant

    Halfway between a picture book and a game book, this little book offers around forty adorable illustrations to learn, name, guess and imagine.

    With Rou the bear, Norbert the rabbit and Clément the bird, children will have fun with letters, numbers and shapes. They will also look for a four-leaf clover, they will invent names for their favorite monsters and they will be able to help Rou pack his suitcase in anticipation of a sleepover with Grandma Rose and Grandpa Pom.

    -Game book

    -Hardcover

    -2 years+

    -Size: 20cm x 20cm

    -Number of pages: 40

    Bob the bobo

    Bob the bobo

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    Text Mélina Schoenborn, illustrations Sandra Dumais

    The most endearing injury in the history of scratches!

    Bob is an injury. An adorable little bump. But he is alone and bored. It's not always easy to make a friend when you're a scratch.

    Maybe the little boy who just fell off his bike will agree to adopt him?
    Thus begins a great story of friendship destined to be constantly renewed!

    -Picture book

    -Hardcover

    -2 years+

    - Size: 18 cm x 19 cm

    -Number of pages: 24

    Coloring book with stickers: My House

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    The Great Antonio

    The Great Antonio

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    The Great Antonio (in French only)

    By , illustrated by Elise Gravel , Pamplemousse collection

    At twenty, Antonio arrived in Canada by boat. He was huge and very, very strong. He was one meter ninety-three and weighted 225 kilos. The great Antonio liked to show his strength; he pulled crowded buses with his hair and fought Japanese champions. His hair was made in thick braids and when he put metal rods inside, they became antennae that allowed him to communicate with aliens!


    -Hardback album

    -Picture book

    -From 3 years

    -Size: 20cm x 25cm

    -Hardcover

    -Number of pages: 56


    Harriet Tubman

    Harriet Tubman

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    Martin Luther King

    Martin Luther King

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    Tell me why we cry

    Tell me why we cry

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    Tell me why we cry (In French only)

    By  , illustrated by Ana Sender , translated by Françoise Major

    “Why are we crying? Matéo asks his mother. To this complex, but completely legitimate question, Matéo's mother offers a rich and nuanced answer. She exposes him, in a clear and yet poetic way, the many reasons - and the emotions - which provoke this typically human reaction: sadness, anger, helplessness, the feeling of loneliness, without forgetting, of course, happiness.
    She reminds him that everyone cries and especially that everyone has the right to do so.

    -Picture book

    -Size: 26cm x 22cm

    -Number of pages: 32

    -Hardcover

    -From 4 years old

    We Are Here: Notes Regarding Life on Planet Earth

    We Are Here: Notes Regarding Life on Planet Earth

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    We are here

    By Olivier Jeffers, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers, translated by Isabel Finkenstaedt

    “This book was written during the first two months of your life when I was looking for a way to explain everything to you. Here are the things I think you need to know…”


    -Size: 28cm x 24cm

    -Number of pages: 22

    -Hardcover

    -From 3 years

    Peter, the standing cat

    Peter, the standing cat

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    Peter, the standing cat

    By Nadine Robert, illustrated by Jean Jullien

    One morning, Phil finds a box on his doorstep. Intrigued, he hastens to open it. Immediately, a black and white cat appears and rears up on its hind legs. Phil is surprised, but who cares, he's always dreamed of having a cat! Both clumsy and gifted, this new friend has many surprises in store for him: Peter, the standing cat, is no ordinary cat...


    -Size: 19cm x 24cm

    -Number of pages: 56

    -Hardcover

    -From 3 years

    Little Blue and Little Yellow

    Little Blue and Little Yellow

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    Little Blue and Little Yellow

    By Leo Lionni, translation by Adolphe Chagot

    Petit-Bleu lives at home with Papa-Bleu and Maman-Bleu. He has lots of friends, but his best friend is Petit-Jaune. Petit-Jaune lives just opposite with Papa-Jaune and Maman-Jaune. Petit-Bleu and Petit-Jaune are so happy to see each other again today that they kiss and become... all green! But will their parents recognize them? This book, published in 1970, very quickly became a classic of children's literature, both for its original graphic approach and for the depth of the subjects it covers, in particular friendship and difference.

    -Size: 19cm x 15cm

    -Number of pages: 36

    -Supple cover

    -For 2 years

    Well

    Well

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    Well


    Text: Nadine Robert

    Artwork: Brigitte Henry

    Characters: Christopher Duquet

    Every morning, Black Bear walks past an old well. One day, he decides to see what's at the bottom. He puts a large pebble in a bucket which he lowers into the well. When Black Bear pulls up the bucket, he finds… apples! And the next day, flowers! What will he find there the following days? A surprising story that ends tenderly.

    -Size: 25cm x 19cm

    -Number of pages: 40

    -Hardback

    -From 3 years

    Who will reassure Truffle?

    Who will reassure Truffle?

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    Who will reassure truffle?

    By Tove Jansson

    Once upon a time there was a little troll named Truffle. He lived alone in an isolated house. He was very fearful and, when night came, he turned on all the lamps and hid in his bed... One day, his road took him to the beach. A bottle is drifting in the sea. Could this be a call for help?


    -Size: 28cm x 21cm

    -Number of pages: 28

    - Cardboard cover

    -From 4 years old

    The costumes

    Perfect for transforming at any time and for any occasion, whether it's a carnival, a costume ball or a play on a Sunday morning in your living room.

    The shadow theater

    The shadow theater comes alive as soon as night falls. Have the whole family sit down to project cardboard silhouettes or their hands onto the fabric, and tell known, invented stories, make them guess.

    Linen rugs

    Large linen rug for babies. this very soft fabric acquires a patina over time and can be reused to create a cozy little corner anywhere.