Discovering talents

2014 selection
Discovering talents !
The young book house called Les P’tits Berets aims
at questioning children on their environmment as
well as on universal themes to help them grow up
thinking about life and events that marked their
childhood.
Caroline Pérot, who got a degree in publishing and
youthful edition, and Gaëlle Perret, who is both an
ethnologist and a writer for children, work together
to produce attractive, meaningul books.
They have been working with authors and illustrators who
have very different styles and commitments. The quality of the
books is what matters to them. As a consequence, they pay special
attention to the variety of styles, making sure that different registers are being
used in the books - poetical, humorous with various reading interpretations.
They want to expose children to a varied reading to increase their curiosity,
longing for reading and their critical mind.
International rights contacts
The Publisher
For all countries
>> Caroline Pérot
[email protected]
>> Stéphanie Barrouil et
[email protected]
8 carrère du Château
64370 Morlanne
France
S.B.Rights Agency
+33 5 59 05 45 06
www.lesptitsberets.fr
+44 2081448930
www.sbrightsagency.com
Collection la tete sur l'oreiller
The weather forcast of the animals
My dad is a hero
Juliette Parachini - Séverine Duchesne
Sit down comfortably on your sofa; the weather forecast is about
to begin. Augusto, the presenter, is visiting different animals
around the world and asks the young readers to participate to
this quite weird weather bulletin...
Age 2 and up, 32 pages, 20x20,5 cm
Hard cover picture book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-40-8
The little troublemaker and the old giant
Anne Loyer - Soufie
The little troublemaker spends her time getting on other children
and adults’ nerves. She cannot stay calm and she has nobody to
play with. She ends up meeting an old man who will not let her
be a nuisance to him. This will annoy the little troublemaker very
much.
Age 2 and up, 32 pages, 20x20,5 cm
Hard cover picture book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-22-4
Jean and Marguerite
Manuel Rulier - Delphine Garcia
Jean, the baker, is fond of playing the accordeon but he can’t
dance at all. Marguerite, the sewer, is the queen of the dance
floor. Both are going to meet at a dance and music contest... This
book is about meetings; it also pays homage to love and music.
Séverine Vidal - éléonore Thuil ier
Dad is unemployed and cannot manage to find a job. To cheer him
up, his daughter Zoé has made the list of all the things he is good at:
gently scratching her head, singing in the shower, using swearwords.
Thanks to this list, Zoé’s father feels better and has decided to send
unsolicited applications. Again, Zoé wants to make sure the employers
realize how great her father is, and she adds her finishing touch…
Age 6 and up, 32 pages, 20x20,5 cm
Rights sold in Chinese,
ISBN : 978-2-918194-25-5
portuguese (Brazil)
Hard cover picture book
The orphanage on the other side of the world
Coralie Saudo & Emna
Mrs Ostrich and Mr Crocodile are madly in love with each other.
Unfortunately, they cannot have a baby together. One day, they
come across an egg. They decide to adopt the baby without having
a clue what animal it will be.
Rights sold in Chinese,
portuguese (Brazil)
Age 5 and up, 32 pages, 20x20,5 cm Hard cover picture book
ISBN : 978-2-918194-17-0
Big Grey
éléonore Thuilier & Prisca Le Tandé
Big Grey is a cat that no longer bears the noises of the countryside,
particularly those made by his friends the cock, the bird, the cicada
or the sheep… He cannot even manage to have a rest! Annoyed,
he starts walking away to find a quieter place, but against his
wishes, he ends up lost in the centre of the closest city.
Age 5 and up, 32 pages, 20x20,5 cm Hard cover picture book
ISBN : 978-2-918194-18-7
Age 2 and up, 32 pages, 20x20,5 cm
Hard cover picture book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-32-3
When we are grown-up Mister Pervenche’s sundays Sandrine Beau - Nicolas Gouny
Two kids dream about the job they would like to do when they
are grown-ups: bubble-maker, dew-dropper, soaker specialized in
giraffes’ foreheads or banker investing on pebbles, not forgetting
the one every single lover would like to try once – moonunhooker.
Rights sold in
portuguese (Brazil)
Age 5 and up, 32 pages, 20x20,5 cm
Hard cover picture book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-29-3
Jeanne Taboni Misérazzi - Mayana Itoïz
Mister Pervenche hates the Sundays because everybody stays at
home and the streets of the village are empty. During one of his
sleepless nights, Mister Pervenche writes poetry. His words are
going to transform his Sundays.
Age 5 and up, 32 pages, 20x20,5 cm
Hard cover picture book
ISBN : 978-2-918194-09-5
Collection la tete sur l'oreiller
Léontine, the princess with overals
Séverine Vidal - Soufie
Leontine is a very strong-headed young princess. She does not
want to abide by the rule; she is always dressed with overalls
and plays the drums... What is more, she has started a revolution
against the princes who chose their princesses only because they
are beautiful.
Age 6 and up, 32 pages, 20x20,5 cm
Hard cover picture book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-14-9
Miss Knitty
Little blue fir tree
Danièle Siegler - Mayana Itoïz
Little Blue Fir Tree lives among Large Green Firs Trees. He is made
fun of all day long because of his colour. Little Blue Fir Tree cannot
bear that any longer. He surrenders; he will never be loved or cared
for… His life will suddenly change after the arrival of a funny little
man who will give him hope. This book is about being different
and accepting differences.
Age 4 and up, 32 pages, 20x20,5 cm
Hard cover picture book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-10-1
Alice Brière-Haquet - Célia Chauffrey
Miss Knitty has always been scared of being cold… That is why she
knits everything she can! She can make a muffler out of a sunset…
But, one day, she comes across an unexpected thread… A thread
of adventure! This is a very nice story that we could almost use as
a nursery rhyme. It is a story about sharing with people around us,
opening up to them and falling in love at fist sight.
Age 2 and up, 32 pages, 20x20,5 cm
Hard cover picture book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-06-4
Father Christmas’s crazy ideas
Collection la tete sur l'oreiller
Marie Cardouat
Father Christmas is late to make all the presents this year.
Fortunately, a man has come to solve his problem: he has brought
him a machine efficient enough to produce more gifts than all his
elves could do every minute. His workshop is rapidly filled with
presents, but how to distribute them all? Does this man have any
ideas?
Age 5 and up, 48 pages, 20x20,5 cm
Hard cover picture book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-13-2
The breathless jungle Armelle Renoult - éléonore Thuil ier
The lion is desperate; the parrot has just told him he had breath
like a jackal’s bum. The lion meets a jackal who explains he hates
this expression. The crocodile is not better-off when he opens his
mouth. What to do when one has a really bad breath in the jungle?
Mister Parrot may have an idea…
Age 3 and up, 32 pages, 20x20,5 cm
Hard cover picture book
ISBN : 978-2-918194-07-1
Rights sold in Chinese
Stop sulking
Christophe Pernaudet - Sébastien Chébret
This is the story of a wolf who starts a strike. How
is that possible? Many heroes from fairy-tales are
quite annoyed. They gather together in a general
assembly and begin a consultation. What can they
do to convince the wolf to carry on embodying the
villain?
Age 4 and up, 32 pages, 20x20,5 cm
Hard cover picture book
ISBN : 978-2-918194-40-8
Collection a petits pas
So Small / So tall Laurie Cohen - Marjorie Béal
Based on The Three Little Kittens nursery rhyme, the books
explore the universe of children by zooming and un-zooming.
The first shows a bird which is in a cage, which is in a room,
which is in a house, etc...
The second tells the story of a giant, who is in the wind, which
blows in the forest, which is full of trees, etc.
These books raise questions about how children live and
interact with the world around them.
Age 18 months, 40 pages, 15x20 cm
Board book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-31-6 / 978-2-918194-37-8
Mélina
Collection a grands pas
Alice Brière-Haquet - Leïla Brient
In the village, there were rules, from father to son, mother to daughter
and Mondays to Mondays. That was until the day Melina arrived, with
her weird life and her caravans. She turned her classmates’ habits upside
down. This book is about differences; what problems and joys they
trigger.
Age 6 and up, 32 pages, 18,5x26 cm
Hard cover picture book
ISBN : 978-2-918194-33-0
The huge headed teacher
Ink stain
Jeanne Taboni Misérazzi - Lucile Limont
Rights sold in korean
The fiddling circus
The Fiddling Circus is in town at last! Come discover a unique, poetic show
presented by Sir Fiddle and his entertainers. Marvel at the history and the
acts of the Myrmidon Giants, of Lili the Acrobat, of Marinette the Clown, of
the Crumble Sisters or also of Nino, the paper birds trainer. A strange portait
gallery is awaiting you...
Is it the moon ? Age 2 and up, 56 pages, 15X15 cm
Hard cover picture book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-21-7
mousy mouse
Stéphane Mil erou - Quitterie Laborde
Rights sold in korean
- basque - portuguese
(Brazil) - occitan
Age 8 and up, 32 pages, 18,5x26 cm
Hard cover picture book
ISBN : 978-2-918194-42-2
Séverine Vidal - Anne Montel
Richard Marnier - Aude Maurel
Is it the moon? No, it a croissant...
Is it the moon? Well... No, it is a soap bubble, isn’t it?
This is a book of black and white photos and drawings with poetic
riddles about the different shapes the moon takes.
The war has begun. Little by little, the men at the village have gone to
the Front. At school, the children are thrilled by the patriotic speeches
of their master. But now the time has come for him to go there as
well. Now is the time of deprivations, expectations, letters, doubts and
questions... This book teaches children how to grow up during wartime.
Eight seasons or so
Caroline Barber - Marianne Pasquet
Age 6 and up, 28 pages + poster and snakes and ladders game,
18X31 cm. Hard cover picture book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-48-4
One morning, the teacher Mr Cabbagehead wakes up with a huge head.
Naturally shy and discreet, everybody now looks at him. He will have to
face people and he will discover that it is not easy to live as a disabled.
Humorously, this book shows how to live with a difference, how to adapt to
a new life and, in the end, how to take advantage from that situation.
Age 6 and up, 32 pages, 18,5x26 cm
Hard cover picture book
ISBN : 978-2-918194-26-2
Collection sur la pointe des pieds
Stéphane Mil erou - Quitterie Laborde
Mousy the mouse cannot bear the attic she has been living
in any longer. Her neighbours have become far too noisy.
She leaves her habitat to find a place that would be more
welcoming. Along the way, she meets different animals.
Besides, it also spans the history of painting in a funny way,
allowing children to catch a glimpse of Arcimboldo’s, Warhol’s,
Seurat’s and Picasso’s works. It is available with lesson plans
made of two parts (reading and written expression / artistic
production) and suitable for different groups of pupils.
Age 2 and up, 32 pages, 21X29,7 cm
Hard cover picture book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-19-4
Make your fairy-tales
Stéphane Mil erou - Quitterie Laborde
Amos’s father has come back home after two years in deportation. These
were eight seasons or so. The family quietly gets used to having him back
in silence. At school, the other children make fun of him, saying horrible
things. So Amos fights against them, runs back from school and takes
refuge at the top of his tree. “If you don’t come back down immediately,
I’ll reach for you”, his father ordered. From that day on, Amos starts his life
in the tree.
This is a fairy-tale about princes, just as if we were part of it, both
made of the vocabulary and the sudden developments that make
such stories. Indeed, the prince has to brave the dragon and hundredyears nights to be reuntied with his dear one... All the ingredients of
traditional fairy-tales are there. However, this time, the readers are
the masters of the game and they can make their own story! This
book must be handled in every direction!
Age 10 and up, 32 pages, 18,5x26 cm
Hard cover picture book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-35-4
Age 8 and up, 10 pages, 22X33 cm - Hard cover picture book,
wario, pages cutted in 4 parts - ISBN : 978-2-918194-36-1
In the rain
Nancy Guilbert - Lill y Seewald
Mademoiselle Rosalie adore la pluie, Monsieur Gaston la
déteste. Sous forme de dialogues de pièce de théâtre en
rimes, ces deux personnages contradictoires vont finir par se
retrouver.
Age 5 and up, 32 pages, 21X28 cm
Hard cover picture book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-30-9
HORS COLLECTION
The one who wanted to travel around the world Stéphane Millerou - Izou
What is this strange woollen headgear that can be a basket to pick
mushrooms, a wallet or even a symbol of revolution? It can even be
seen in the cinema where people wear it proudly or in sports contests
where people have to jump on it! This is an artist book about the beret,
this hat that has an international, surprising story...
Age 3 and up, 24 pages, 16X15,5 cm
Hard cover picture book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-38-5
The youngest and the trees were getting bigger
Loïc Clément - Églantine Ceulemans
Once upon a time, a lumberjack and his wife who did not have
anything left to feed their seven children regretfully decided to lose
them in the forest. Fortunately, the youngest of the family would
not agree to that. Endowed with a powerful imagination, Tom
Thumb is going to detail all the reasons why it is absolutely out of
the question to go out in the forest. Outside, the trees look shifty
and they are way better at home!
Age 6 and up, 32 pages, 16X20 cm
Hard cover picture book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-47-7
L'eau a la bouche
The spicy soup
Gaëlle Perret - Élodie Balandras
Each year, in Cancale, Brittany, Malo’s mother, chef of “The Five
Flavours” restaurant, cooks the renowned “spicy soup. This year, it
is Malo’s turn to go on the adventure. One morning, he embarks on
his little boat. Nothing will stop him from moving on, not even this
shadow that follows his boat… will he be back on time to give his
mother the twelve ingredients to cook the soup?
This narrative makes readers travel through different ways of living,
cookng and growing up.
Age 8 and up, 72 pages, 21X30 cm
Hard cover picture book - ISBN : 978-2-918194-27-9