Spring 2016 FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE THE FIVE SENSES MIX ME UP, A MIX-AND-MATCH BOOK SAM SAYS… • Pepillo • Michio Watanabe • Delphine Chedru With the simple and strong illustrations and the nursery rhyme like texts, these doublesided fold-out formats will definitely enthral toddlers. > From 1 up • 1 landscape foldout board book in a polybag (x5) • 12 panels per book, front and back • 15 x 16,5 cm • French retail: 7,50€ Pepillo is a very prolific artist: as well as being a designer and a photographer, she created her own brand, Pepillo, and conceives colouring books, stamps, posters, stickers and apps. She lives in Paris. Olivia Cosneau • Bernard Duisit An element, animal or object P to something totally can lead different, once you’ve turned TOURNE LA PAGE ET DÉCOUVRE LA SURPRISE the page to reveal what’s hiding under the laser cut! With a new injunction at each new image (Bite! Look! Fly! Feel! Hurry!), the young reader will be delighted to see a hat turn into a turtle, or the wheels of a bicycle into the huge round eyes of an owl! Un pop-up PAUL A DIT ! pour les petits our faire plein de choses tout seul, comme les oiseaux si colorés. Avec des tirettes faciles à manipuler, des rabats, et beaucoup de surprises ! Texte et illustrations • Olivia Cosneau Ingénierie papier • Bernard Duisit © hélium / Actes Sud, 2016 Loi no 49 956 du 16 juillet 1949 sur les publications destinées à la jeunesse helium-editions.fr/ No d’édition : JE 255 Réalisation : Katie Fechtmann lmprimé en octobre 2015 à Hong Kong par Toppan Excel helium-editions.fr Michio Watanabe was born in 1961 in Kobe, Japan. He studied oil painting and printmaking at Kyoto Seika University. After graduation, he worked in a silkscreen print studio as printer. In 1989 he became a free-lance illustrator and founded his own design studio, STUDIO14. He works for magazines, designs book covers and advertisement material. He was selected for the Illustrators Exhibition at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 2009, 2011 and 2014. Tu fais quoi ? Hey, little owl, what are you up to? – I’m waking up. Hey, busy pelican, what are you up to? – I’m tidying up. A pop-up book where kids can learn in a fun way how to grow and become more independent, just like little birds until they fly and leave the nest! Ne coNvieNt pas aux eNfaNts de moiNs de 36 mois > From 1 up • 1 board book with 7 laser cuts • 14 x 15 cm • 28 pages • Estimated French retail: 9,90€ A perfect book for playful minds and little fingers. > From 3 up • board book • 16,8 x 26 cm • 32 pages • Olivia Cosneau & Bernard Duisit Turn the page to discover the new image! Olivia Cosneau • Bernard Duisit Once you’ve started playing with this clever mix-and-match book, you won’t be able to stop. By flipping through the cut pages, children can create quirky characters, each accompanied by its own amusing verbal description. With beautiful illustrations, interactive cut-outs. Delphine Chedru Tu fais quoi ? I hear everything • I taste everything • I smell everything • I touch everything • I see everything Can you imagine a robot dancing in the snowy mountains? Or a yeti saying hello, ‘Hey, there!’ in an apple? Or… a siren grocery shopping… in a bathtub?! CE PROTOTYPE NE PEUT ÊTRE VENDU Five playbooks to learn about the five senses. 11 images per title, front and back, each title focusing on one sense throughout vivid visual examples. WHAT ARE YOU UP TO? A POP-UP BOOK FOR TODDLERS 1,2,3... LET’S GO! (ALL THE WAY WITH YOUR FINGER) Delphine Chedru 1, 2, 3 PARTONS ! SUIS LE CHEMIN AVEC TON DOIGT 1,2,3… let’s go! With your finger, you will be able to follow the path all through the book, being paved all along with spot varnish for a better feel. You’ll discover the dark woods, have fun in the sky with the birds, hop with the frog or build a castle with the brave knight! Also: a charming and funny introduction to nature, throughout those endearing and colourful birds! Un pop-up pour les petits > From 3 on • Soft cover • 15 x 18 cm 8 spreads • French retail: 11,90€ Olivia Cosneau is an illustrator who has published many children’s books about animals and nature, with Amaterra, Casterman, Grund, La Martinière... Birds are a huge favourite of hers! Bernard Duisit is a talented paper engineer who has worked on dozens of pop-ups and pop-up books. > From 1 up • 1 board book with spot varnish • 14 x 15 cm • 28 pages • Estimated French retail: 9,90€ Delphine Chedru is a free-lance author and illustrator. She has published many children’s books for Albin Michel jeunesse, Gallimard jeunesse… AND ALSO! MUSEUM DINOS FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT THE WORST BIRTHDAY PARTY EVER • Okay Tina • Text by Gaëlle Mazars & illustrations by Jean-Baptiste Drouot • Flavia Ruotolo • Benjamin Chaud What is the safest place in the city? Maybe this dark, stone cave called Museum... WAIT. Isn’t that where other dinos, BIG HUGE dinos, would also hide?... A bowl or a mushroom? A megaphone or a volcano? From one page to the next, Flavia Ruotolo transforms a very mundane day into an L extraordinary visual journey. On the left page, an element representing a moment of the day appears, while on the right, the same element, introduced differently, becomes an item of a different story, full of adventures and fantasy. A kind of workshop for the imagination, this is an exciting graphic invitation in blue and orange, to look at things from a different perspective, reminding us of the most famous words by French surrealist author Paul Éluard: «The Earth is Blue like an Orange.» A fun, quick-paced adventure through the city, with two small huge characters more endearing than ever. > From 4 up • hardback • 2 direct tons • 15 x 20 cm • 40 pages • French retail: 12,50€ > From 5 up • hardcover • 18 x 23 cm • 40 pages • French retail: 12,50€ Born in Italy in 1973, Flavia Ruotolo studied experimental cinema and animation in Bologna and Paris, then worked in independent film-making until 2004. She is now a graphic designer (her studio is called Le Macchinine) and works in the fields of publishing and culture. She is the author of Zoo (Editions MeMo, 2011). She lives and works in Genoa. http://www.lemacchininedesign.it/ I am really happy. I love birthdays: especially mine, but also other birthdays. I have been invited to Julie’s birthday party, and I’m taking Floppy, my rabbit, with me. I’m really excited, even though Floppy is useless, because Julie is my girlfriend, even though she doesn’t know that yet. I’ve decided to go dressed as Floppy, and Floppy will go dressed as me. I’m sure Julie will find this hilarious. But when we arrive, I notice nobody else is wearing a costume, and from then on nothing really goes on as planned… Five years after we met the young narrator and Floppy in Adieu Chaussette (Farewell Floppy), here they are again, with a new story that proves us that good friends stick together no matter what, even if there might be new friends in the mix!... and that being a bit awkward may well be as cute as hell. How will Lili react? A sweet and festive book with charming characters to remind us that friendship and singularity are precious gifts. > From 3 up • hardcover • 20 x 18 cm • 40 pages • French retail: 12,50€ Okay Tina was born in Seoul. She lived in Japan, in New York... After studying art, she became and illustrator and now works for magazines or brands like Levi’s or Playmobil. Her favourite subject is childhood. Her work has been exhibited in Seoul, New York and Bologna. ISBN : 978-2-330-06335-1 helium-editions.fr/ 12,50 € Gaëlle Mazars and Jean-Baptiste Drouot are both graphic designers. Jean-Baptiste Drouot is also an illustrator, and Gaëlle Mazars writes children’s stories. Together, they published Cache-cache dinos (Dino Hide and Seek). Tina arrive enfin chez Lili. s anniversaires, c’est ce que je préfère dans la vie. En premier le mien, en deuxième celui des autres. Aujourd’hui je suis invité à l’anniversaire de Julie. Je vais y aller avec Chaussette, mon lapin bélier. Et je sens qu’on va drôlement bien s’amuser… 14,90 € helium-editions.fr 978-2-330-0XXXX-X Le Pire anniversaire anniversaire de ma vie Not so long ago, little dinos managed to escape from big dinos. The problem was, they found themselves in the centre of a big city, filled with noise, lights, cars, and very, very weird animals that call themselves human beings. Whilst our two little friends try to find somewhere to hide, they realize this is nearly impossible. Whether it’s at the swimming pool or in the middle of the funfair, the little dinos realize the ‘humans’ are after them. Today, Lili is throwing a big party: a socks party! Tina, her best friend, is eager to get ready, but… there’s a hole in the sock she wanted to wear! What if... she wore two different socks? Off she goes! On her way to the party, Tina hears the teasing of all the friends (animals or humans) she runs into. Benjamin Chaud TINA’S SOCKS An improbable duo just as sweet, fun, and realistic as ever. > From 5 up • hardback • 12 x 27,5 cm • 40 pages • French retail: 15,90€ Benjamin Chaud is the renowned illustrator of Pomelo and La Fée Coquillette (Albin Michel jeunesse), Adieu Chaussette, Farewell Floppy and the series Une chanson d’ours, A Bear’s song (hélium), sold in 13 languages. AND ALSO! Julie c’est mon amoureuse, seulement elle ne le sait pas encore. Alors pour son anniversaire, je lui prépare une surprise, dans une boîte en forme de cœur. Je m’applique pour que ce soit le plus beau des cadeaux. Comme ça, elle va tomber amoureuse de moi. Mais rien ne se passe comme prévu. Déjà, il y a d’autres enfants. Moi qui pensais être le seul invité, c’est raté. En plus, ce n’est pas un anniversaire déguisé. Personne ne m’a prévenu. C’est très gênant d’être le seul en costume de lapin. It’s the Indian summer in the city. Marcel the Elephant leaves his car in the parking lot of the Grand Hotel, while Limousines wait in the street. «Room 66, Sir, on the sixth floor; here are your keys». It’s a relief to stay here for a while after having been traveling for so many weeks. But as he’s unpacking, Marcel realizes one small suitcase is missing... He has to investigate throughout the rooms and other areas of this Grand Hotel, questioning the many artists and musicians living there, hidden behind the doors and their golden plates... OUR HUMANITIES • Didier Cornille Please have a seat takes readers on a funfilled tour throughout various seats such as the farmer’s stool, the director’s chair or public benches, alongside the most important chairs created by the greatest designers of the twentieth and twentyfirst centuries such as Sottsass, Perriand, Jacobsen or Eames. Whether beautiful, easy to use, comfortable, playful, artful... each chair or seat was chosen for what it says of its designer, who, as an engineer, an artist or as a craftsman, listens to the needs of the society he lives in, in order to create the best possible seat of all time! • Caroline Souffir (texts by historian Robert Frank and author Didier da Silva) charming drawings along with the accessible text unlock the secrets of design. Readers of all ages will delight in this colourful introduction to chairs, all in all extraordinary pieces of work. A book to enjoy… comfortably seated, of course. > For all ages • hardback • 12 x 27,5 cm • 128 pages • French retail: 15,90€ Histoire des histoires! Didier Cornille has published all his books with hélium, including the famous ‘introduction to architecture’ series Who built that: houses, skyscrapers or bridges, all together sold in XX languages. He has been awarded several prices at the Bologna Book Fair and French Montreuil Book Fair. He teaches design at the Fine Arts school in Le Mans, France. Histoire des histoires! Beginning each subject with a brief perspective of its designer and its work, illustrator Didier Cornille pays special attention to key design innovations and signature details. His acute and Robert Frank will have us discover or rediscover the history of Humanity with powerful, concise explanations, the text being divided into chapters (Myths and Religions, Ancient Greece, Marco Polo and the discovery of China, the Pilgrims…). As in The Memory of an Elephant, Marcel takes the reader throughout a unique and encyclopaedic journey. The various entries are featured in full-page spreads packed with facts about transportation, kitchen utensils, movie props or board games, all this alongside his investigation through the corridors of this Hotel, inspired by the mythical Chelsea Hotel in New York City. Part story, part miscellany, this unforgettable book with dreamlike illustrations will transfix both parents and children. A bold and never seen before Art and History book, led by one of the major specialists. A timeless gift for adults and teenagers. > From 14 up and for all ages • 18,5 x 26,5 cm • 504 pages including endpapers • Hardcover, headband • Printed in 4C + 5th colour (gold) on offset natural paper • Cloth cover, title embossing • 250 000 signs • around 26 000 words • Estimated French retail: 28€ > From 8 up • hardback • 28 x 36 cm • 40 pages • French retail: 15,90 € Sophie Strady is an editor passionate about art and facts who lives in Paris, France. Jean-François Martin is an illustrator for publishing and advertising. He has published more than 50 books for children and won many awards for his work, such as the Bologna Ragazzi Fiction Award for his book, Fables. He also lives in Paris, France. 239 P endant la première moitié du xixe siècle, les romantiques prônent la liberté dans les arts et en politique. Dans la littérature, au théâtre, en peinture, ils refusent les règles qui édictaient la mesure et l’harmonie, pour donner libre cours au mouvement, à la couleur, à l’émotion, à la passion amoureuse et à l’expression de leur mal de vivre. Dans leurs pays, face aux monarchies autoritaires, ils se battent pour obtenir une presse libre et plus de pouvoirs pour les Parlements. À l’échelle européenne, ils luttent pour la libération des nations. Le poète Lord Byron s’engage dans la guerre d’indépendance de la Grèce contre l’occupation turque. Shelley écrit un poème pour mobiliser l’opinion en faveur de ce peuple : « Nous sommes tous Grecs » et Delacroix peint des tableaux pour faire connaître leurs souffrances. Les barricades qui sont érigées pendant les révolutions de 1830 en France, puis pendant le « printemps des peuples » en Europe, en 1848, symbolisent le caractère romantique de ces soulèvements. Les résultats espérés ne sont pas atteints : la Deuxième République française a juste le temps d’abolir l’esclavage ; elle est vite confisquée par Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte qui, en 1852, se fait proclamer Napoléon III, empereur des Français ; l’Empire d’Autriche mate la révolte des nationalités. Mais, les rêves subsistent. Et certains deviennent réalité. La génération suivante, en effet, plus réaliste, s’y prend autrement à partir des années 1860. Cavour, avec l’aide militaire de la France, fait la guerre à l’Autriche et réussit à ce que son royaume, le Piémont, construise l’unité de l’Italie. Bismarck, chancelier, obtient que son roi de Prusse, Guillaume Ier, de la dynastie des Hohenzollern, devienne empereur allemand et fasse l’unité de l’Allemagne après une victoire contre les Habsbourg d’Autriche et une autre contre la France en 1871. Face aux nations, l’empire ottoman continue à reculer en Europe : après les Grecs en 1830, les Roumains en 1859, les Serbes et les Bulgares en 1878 deviennent indépendants. Après leur défaite les Français parviennent à établir une Troisième République durable, ayant désormais l’appui des paysans qui faisait jusqu’alors défaut aux républicains. Ces derniers croient au progrès : il passe selon eux par l’éducation des masses qu’il convient d’arracher à l’emprise de l’Église, grâce à l’école obligatoire, gratuite et laïque. Remonter Jules Ferry et l’école dans ce sous-chapitre 020 C Led by the renowned historian Robert Frank, beautifully illustrated by the young illustrator, artistic director and graphic designer Caroline Souffir, and filled with the witty, literary little explanatory texts of writer Didier da Silva, this modern History of Humanity is filled with breathtaking illustrations. The lay-out navigates between sequences overflowing with details, encyclopaedic sequences, close-ups on monuments, historical figures or major events of the History of the World. Caroline Souffir Robert Frank & Didier Da Silva Robert Frank & Didier Da Silva • Text by Sophie Strady & illustrations by Jean-François Martin PLEASE HAVE A SEAT Caroline Souffir THE HOTEL OF AN ELEPHANT, AN ENCYCLOPAEDIC INVESTIGATION Robert Frank is a Professor of the History of Contemporary International Relations at University of Paris I, PanthéonSorbonne, and Director of Identities, International Relations and Civilisations of Europe (IRICE). He is also Chairperson of the Commission of History of International Relations. He has published many publications and articles about the history of international relations in the twentieth century. He now devotes his time to writing. Caroline Souffir graduated in 2012 from the French Esag Penninghen Art School, in the artistic direction and numeric design sessions. This book is her very first. Didier da Silva is an author of fiction. He has written several novels and books on various topics, including an essay on the movie Groundhog Day. 308 e soir-là, il y a bien longtemps, Marcel se gare devant le Grand Hôtel. C’est l’été indien dans la grande ville, et il fait encore très doux. 01 10 03 02 04 05 06 07 08 09 12 11 309 WHEN WE GROW UP • Maria Dek "When I grow up, I’m going to be really big". This is how begins this book in which a child imagines all the things he’ll be able to do (and enjoy) when he’s an adult. "I will eat ice-cream for lunch. I will have a different job for each day of the week. My favourite one will be walking animals. I will live in a tree house." While he lists all these things, the reader can see and count them: 5 scoops of ice-cream, 7 jobs a week, 8 animals to walk around (including a pig and a giraffe) and so on. A poetic tale about a child’s vision of adulthood transformed into great and absurd adventure, lovingly rendered in Maria Dek’s delightful and elegant illustrations. > From 3 on • hardcover • 20 x 25,5 cm • 48 pages • Estimated French retail: 14,90€ Maria Dek is an illustrator based in Warsaw, Poland. She holds an Art Degree from both the Academy of Fine Arts In Warsaw and the University of Arts, London. She creates children books, editorial illustrations, and pictures for cultural and educational institutions. Rights for English, German, Italian, Polish, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian handled by Debbie Bibo : [email protected] Other territories with hélium. Editorial director • Sophie Giraud Editor • Gilberte Bourget Foreign Rights • Elsa Giroux [email protected] [email protected] www.helium-editions.fr