Catalogo-Rouergue-Primavera-2012

FOREIGN RIGHTS SPRING 2012

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PICTURE BOOKS LUNA-PARK IN PYJAMARAMA / TROUN AND THE MUSICAL BIRD (P. 3)

ANT / MILLIPEDE / PLUPK (P. 4)

TONIO / THE BIG AMERICAIN HOLE / WHERE? (P. 5)

KID’S NOVELSTHE INVENTION OF PARENTS / MOVING HOUSE (P. 6)

CHILDREN’S NOVELSBLACK BIG / THE DOGS ON THE PENINSULAR (P. 7)

WHO KILLED MICHKA? / THE BEST NIGHT EVER (P. 8)

YOUNG ADULT NOVELSSUMMER’S PLAN B / ME AND THE WEDDELL SEA (P. 9)

THE DAY I BECAME A WRITER / MA (P. 10)

TEEN THRILLERSTHE TALISMAN BOY / ANKA (P. 11)

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LUNA-PARK IN PYJAMARAMAAuthor: Michaël Leblond Illustrator: Frédérique Bertrand

Striped pyjamas are perfect for resurrectingthe age-old cinematic technique of Ombro ci-nema! After the first few pages of the story,the child falls asleep and suddenly everythingin the book goes crazy. Suddenly, the air is fil-led with the aroma of popcorn, loud music,and explosions. What? It’s party time! Thereare dodgems, big wheels, stunts and chaos -all the fun of the funfair bundled into one spec-tacular LUNAPARC. Frédérique Bertrand tellsthe story, while Michaël Leblond provides thetactile graphics that magically come to lifewhen they meet a striped Acetate. The second work on the “Pyjamarama” se-ries, after the first adventure in New York.4 years + • 24 x 32 • 24 pages • €16.50

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TROUN AND THE MUSICAL BIRD Author / Illustrator: Elzbieta

One day, Troun crawled out of the sea. Having crossed thebeach, he climbed to the top of a hill, where he opened his earsto listen. To the sound of work in the fields, to the pitter-patteringof rain, to the sighing of the wind, to the birds singing and somuch more. “Wow,” he thinks, “All those sounds! Resonatingtogether, they have their own music! Say! Maybe I could be amusician too?” Accompanied by his friends, Troun uses all hehas to make his own music. The only trouble is: when all thosesounds are put together, is it really music? The book, with its music written by composer Sharon Kanach,has met with huge success in nursery and primary schools andinspired many early music workshops.5 years + • 20 x 26 • 48 pages • €15.20

ANTAuthor / Illustrator: Olivier Douzou

An ant sets out for walk across a bear. The bear is white; the antis black. The bear doesn’t budge an inch, and the ant wandersall the way around. Gradually, the little ant sketches out the bear’sclaws, brows, collar and spectacles. The ant ventures into themost dangerous places. And all the while, imperturbable, the bigwhite bear still doesn’t budge an inch.2 years + • 17 x 23 • 24 pages • €13.70

MILLIPEDE Author / Illustrator: Jean Gourounas

For learning to count to 1000 with no mistakes!When you start drawing a millipede, there are choices to make.Once you start there’s no turning back, even if the temptation forexploration, experimentation and the pursuit of beauty can becometoo much. The millipede is at the mercy of its inventor’s moods anduncertainties, a victim of the slightest doubt and desire for a changeof colour. Ultimately, you must make sure you’ve drawn sufficientlegs and that’s when things get tricky. 3 years + • 17 x 22 • 32 pages • €13.20

PLUPKAuthor: Olivier Douzou Illustrator: Natali Fortier

Plupk does like the tale of Tom Thumb, but it also frightens hima little! It makes Plupk worry whether his parents are poor andwhether, one day, they too will have to abandon him in the forest.He puts down his book and goes out to gather pebbles. He picksup one then another, before venturing deeper inside to gatheranother from the forest floor. Inside the forest is a long trail of peb-bles: clearly, someone has been lost here before. When he turnsaround to go home, his house has disappeared. He is totally lost.In this topsy-turvy fairytale, a child poses a whole of questionsbefore becoming totally caught up in his own imagination: this,after all, is what makes children so wonderful. 6 years + • 21 x 29.7 • 40 pages • €15




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TONIO Author / Illustrator: Gaëtan Dorémus

To counteract their boredom a snake, a butterfly, a birdand a panther, on a island lost in the middle of the sea,decide to make their own creature in their own image andbring it to life. But their newfound friend starts behaving inthe strangest ways, with faculties far removed from thoseof its creators. Their hope of a perfectly composed crea-ture with perfect capabilities is dashed and the animalsstruggle to cope with its antics. Worse: they can’t evendecide what to call it. Tonio finds a simple and original so-lution to what turns into a genuine problem of projection,hybridisation, parenthood and ultimately of existence. 6 years + • 21.5 x 30 • 40 pages • €16

WHEREAuthor / Illustrator: José Parrondo

This succinct title nicely sums up this tale of a curious woodcutterwho sets out to cut some wood but can’t find the trees. Where hasthe forest gone? The man can’t see the wood for the trees andkeeps passing them by, heading off in all directions, as though he’sforgotten what he set out to do. Lurking in the forest is one treethat might hold the answer to his question. With brio, José Par-rondo recounts this silent journey, which is apparently absurd atfirst reading, but so poetic when you retrace the footsteps of thestumpy woodcutter. The black and white illustrations are disarmin-gly naïve and provide a perfect complement to the iconography ofvideo games with which children might well be familiar.5 years + • 15 x 18.5 • 120 pages • €17 approx.

THE BIG AMERICAN HOLEAuthor / Illustrator: Michel Galvin

Michel Galvin dreams the American dream and celebrates its inven-tiveness, but also demonstrates its imperfections, such as the bighole for multiplying everything. At first, the hole is a brilliant idea, butit soon gets out of control with unexpected repercussions. Like TVs of the age, black and white gradually gives way to colour. Isit a game or is it reality? A memory or a possible future? Or an originaltribute to progress that not even the Great American Dream can stop? 6 years + • 21 x 29.7 • 32 pages • €15.70




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THE INVENTION OF PARENTSAuthor: Agnès de Lestrade Illustrator: Lucie Albon

Aimée is a little girl who lives in a home. She misses the love and affectionparents provide, especially after school when Aimée watches her bestfriend Clémence launch herself into her mothers’ arms. She does haveAmina and Shirley, her soul sisters and roommates at the home. But they’renot the same as a real family. So Aimée decides to create her own motherby cutting out a paper shape and drawing on a face. She is a handy motherto have as Aimée can slip her in a pocket and take her wherever she goes.One day, panic-stricken, she realises she has left her mum in the pocket ofher jeans and her jeans have gone to wash. Her friends are curious to findout what Aimée has hidden in her pocket that is so valuable: they decideit must be a love letter. What if Aimée is in love with Medhi? From this mi-sunderstanding, Aimée discovers that love is not so unattractive after all!7 years + • 12 x 17 • 64 pages • €6.50 approx.

MOVING HOUSEAuthor: Cécile ChartreIllustrator: Charlotte des Ligneris

One evening, Alexandre’s mother shouted a lot. Then, taking her son underone arm and his cat Jean-Claude under the other, she slammed the frontdoor, leaving dad repeating over and over how sorry he was. Ever sincethen, so much has changed. First the three of them move into a new housein town. Then Jean-Claude disappears when his mother throws the catout of the window because he wet the bed. What’s more, Alexandre hasstarted wetting the bed too. His mother tries everything she can, but shecan’t put the smile back on Alexandre’s face. Until one day, when he asksto see his daddy again. A father is after all a father, even if he does have anew house and family. After that, things take a turn for the better: Alexandrefinds Jean-Claude and learns how to smile again. Furthermore, now he hastwo houses, Mum’s and Dad’s, and that’s not such a bad thing after all.7 years + • 12 x 17 • 80 pages • €7.10

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BLACK BIGAuthor: Sébastien Joanniez Illustrator: Daniela Tieni

He might well have white parents, talk with the same accent as the localsand be a gifted angler, but the colour of his skin sets him out as a perfectscapegoat within the small isolated country village where he lives. Woun-ded by the things people say, he is afraid of hurting his parents by confidingin them. So he plays truant and wanders the fields and streams instead ofgoing to lessons, because fields and streams don’t care about colour.Things have to change. But how? An encounter with an old woman helpschange the way he thinks. And a teacher at school enlightens her pupilsabout the importance of tolerance and acceptance. Then his blind motheroffers him a camera.10 years + • 14 x 19 • 64 pages • 4 colours • €11.50

THE DOGS ON THE PENINSULARAuthor: Ahmed Kalouaz

Childéric and his parents spend the month of August in a rented holiday homein Brittany. Every summer, they also “hire a grandparent” to take care of Chil-déric so that he doesn’t get bored. This year, a granddaddy turns up in his si-decar with his dog Lasco. M. Signol soon starts getting along well with Childéricand it is not long before the boy starts calling him granddad! As they are outwalking Lasco, they are warned that a serial dog-napper is on the loose. Anumber of dogs have gone mysteriously missing recently. The story has beenheadline news in the local paper. M. Signol, Childéric and Lasco set out on thetrail of the dog-napper on the old timer’s motorbike. Their trail leads them downmany blind allies but thanks to Lasco’s sense of smell they find out where thedogs have been hidden. Through the adventures and encounters he shareswith M. Signol, Childéric spends an unforgettable month of August.9 years + • 12 x 17 • 160 pages • €9




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THE BEST NIGHT EVERAuthor: Sévérine Vidal

Raphaël and Colombe meet and fall in love, and then Raphaël is broughtcrashing back down to earth when his parents forbid him to see Colombeagain. He can’t understand: You mean I’m not allowed to fall in love justbecause I’m 12? But Colombe is an inventive girl and soon, in secret, theyare plotting to spend “the best night ever” together in the empty house be-longing to Raphaël’s grandmother, with the help of Raphaël’s brother, Julien,who is to play the mayor, witness and best man for their improvised wed-ding ceremony. After the ceremony, the young lovers celebrate togetherand have a great time before they snuggle up in bed as good as gold. Sud-denly they are woken by strange noises. The “best night ever” soon turnsinto a nightmare when the house next door catches fire and Colombe andRaphaël are forced to escape. Naturally, they have to go home and confrontthe anger and anguish of their parents who have discovered their goings-on! But their parents also realize that love is not only for adults.9 years + •12 x 17 • 96 pages • €7.50

WHO KILLED MICHKA?Author: Irène Cohen-Janca

Nora should be happy: the whole family has just moved into a huge house.But since, Nora doesn’t feel well, she’s even started playing up at school.Is it because she has changed house? Or because a little sister has just ar-rived in the family? Why doesn’t her mother call her “My little angel” any-more? Also preying on Nora’s mind is the disappearance of Michka, herfluffy teddy bear, whom she lost in the move. Michka was more than a teddybear to her: he was her confidant and Nora confided all her secrets to him.Nora is terrified that someone has found him and found out all about her.One day, in her mother’s sewing case, she chances upon a small patch offelt that looks very much like Michka’s paw. Does Nora’s mother knowwhere Michka is ?9 years + • 12 x 17 • 64 pages • €6.60

ME AND THE WEDDELL SEAAuthor: Arnaud Tiercelin

Marius, 14, realises he is different to everyone: his light is on, but often nobody’shome. He is an antisocial creature, living out of kilter with the rest of the world.His big dream is to go diving in the Weddell Sea in Antarctica and live among thewhales and penguins. His older brother, Vincent’s, dream meanwhile is more tothe liking of his parents: Vincent wants to work in finance. So, his parents agreeto pay to put him through a private business school in Bordeaux. It’s a difficultyear for Marius now that his brother has gone. Marius isn’t a big fan of lolling infront of the television with his parents and taking Sunday lunch with his grandfa-ther. When Vincent returns home for the weekend, Marius can barely recognisehim with his hair cut short. The situation with his girlfriend Daphne is no better,even if she is the prettiest girl in the school. Daphne can’t stop kissing him; hejust wants to be left alone. One day, after Marius has broken up with Daphneand his parents are away, Marius decides to jump on a train to Bordeaux. Whathe discovers there turns his life around: his brother has been thrown out of bu-siness school and has taken to hanging around the university, which is on strike.Marcus meets a certain Juliette, who makes him forget the Weddell Sea.13 years + • 14 x 20.5 • 192 pages • €12.20

SUMMER’S PLAN B Author: Hélène Vignal

For six months, Louise and her best friend Theo have been dreaming of goingcamping in Bénodet, in Brittany. They are due to set out with Louise’s motherbut, at the last moment, she has to stand in for a colleague at work. Louisefinds herself confined to her grandmother’s house, while Theo is lumberedwith staying at home with his parents. Louise can only see one solution:convince her grandmother to go camping with them. This is no easy business.Jamie is no ordinary grandmother, but an old lady with very complicated ritualswho is terrified by the slightest change to her routine. Louise starts wondering:“Who is my grandmother? Why does she live so separately to everyone?”Time is running out and if Louise is going to encourage her to go camping,she’ll have to act fast to sort things out. Louise starts rummaging through hergrandmother’s perfectly tidy drawers and Jamie’s surprising secrets emerge.13 years + • 14 x 20.5 • 224 pages approx. • €13 approx.

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MAAuthor: Louis Atangana

In the heart of an African village lost in the forest is a hut where live Ma Eleo-nore, a mysterious woman, and her son Felix. Others believe Ma Éléonoreis a witch. She has no friends, except Jonas, who has returned to the villageafter living in France for 30 years. Jonas is an intriguing character who ma-nages to reopen the school but who causes unrest by telling the youth ofthe village how easy life in Europe is. Felix too dreams of leaving the lostvillage one day, to Ma’s great chagrin. All she can see are old age and so-litude on the horizon and her fears grow when her son meets a young girl,Magali. Magali also has secrets: two years ago, she suddenly appearedout of the forest, but nobody knows from where. There is something unta-med in Magali and she lets nobody near her. People say she is Satan’sdaughter. But Magali is beautiful and Felix falls in love with her. When Ma fi-nally reveals to him the secret of his birth, he runs away to live in the forestwith Magali. Felix teaches Magali to read and write. She is a fast learner.Soon memories of her former life return and she starts to write them down. Louis Atangana tells a fable of Africa today, full of beauty and legends butalso painfully torn apart by war. It is also the tale of a passage to an adultage and a beautiful love story between two very different teenage children. 13 years + • 14 x 20.5 • 96 pages • €9

THE DAY I BECAME A WRITERAuthor: Vincent Cuvellier

“Why did you become a writer?” is a question Vincent Cuvellier has beenasked a thousand times since the release of Kilomètre zéro, by Rouergue, in2001, a work which saw the start of his talented career. He might now be asuccessful children’s author but his own childhood was not such a glowingsuccess. Vincent left school at 15 and went through years of hassle: pointlessinternships, odd jobs, and unemployment. From a working class background,he lacked confidence in himself and was an angry-young-teen. But back then,he did at least know one thing: that he adored writing and dreamt of becominga writer. One day he took part in a major literary competition and won. Hiscareer took off and his first novel, La troisième vie, was published when hewas just 16. But sixteen years passed between this first success and his se-cond with Rouergue. And during this time, he gained a clearer sense of hisstyle and of his readers, while developing his humour and freedom of imagi-nation. Many readers will recognise themselves in the teen Vincent, a child fullof energy yet totally at sea. Here he provides a valuable lesson in life, instrength and in writing. 11 years + • 14 x 20.5 • 80 pages • €8.50

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THE TALISMAN BOYAuthor: Florence Aubry

Heinrich lives hidden down by the docks. He is a hunted child. Nobody knows why. “Will they just take a part of me, or all of me?” he wonders. They are “The Others”,the people who look normal, in a country that resembles our own, in a countrywhere Heinrich and his people are forced to live hidden from man and sunshinefor they are seen as “children of the devil”, the Zeru Zeru. Val is 17, the sameage as Heinrich. Her sister, Aurore, is dying and the doctors cannot do anythingfor her. “You could try the Witchdoctor,” they tell him. The Witchdoctor lives in ahigh-tech tower block and claims to be able to cure all ills. But to cure Aurore,he requires a special ingredient and getting hold of this ingredient is dangerous.They have to visit the gold washers. Joseph was once a gold washer and nowlives in the middle of nowhere. The paths of Heinrich, Val and Joseph cross,when Val goes to see Joseph to find what he is looking for. Joseph wants moneyso that he can keep his shack and not end up in a retirement home. Heinrich,meanwhile, possesses what the Witchdoctor wants from Val: hair, for use in hea-ling magic, or for purposes more sinister. Mutilated bodies are often found; peo-ple use the hair and flesh of the Zeru Zeru to make talismans. Heinrich is abducted and confined by Joseph. The old man and the teenagergrow to trust each other. All the while the state of Aurore’s health declines.13 years + • 14 x 20.5 • 144 pages • €10.50

ANKAAuthor: Guillaume Guéraud

Marco is alone at home when two policemen knock at his door to tell him hismother is dead. No sooner have they left than the door opens again and his mo-ther walks in, alive. His mother is indeed not dead; it is his father’s official wife,the woman he wedded for convenience ten years ago, who has died. His fatherneeded money and was put in contact with a young Romanian woman requiringa resident’s visa, for which she paid 1,500 euros. Marco is a rebellious teen, whodreams of destroying the system. He cannot shake the news of the young wo-man’s death out of his head. He cannot work out why. Is it the young woman’sradiant face that he first encounters on the resident’s visa found in the bag shewas carrying when she died, which his father retrieved? We go on to discoverthe young woman’s story and what led the young woman to die in the street. 14 years + • 14 x 20.5 • 112 pages • €9.50

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