“The Kite Runner”: Hosseini is a truly gifted teller of tales. He’s not afraid to pull every string in your heart to make it sing.
“It may be unfair. But what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime.”
Amir is the son of a wealthy Kabul […]
“The Indian in the Cupboard”: Great book for kids and fun to read again as an adult.
At first, Omri is unimpressed with the plastic Indian toy he is given for his birthday. But when he puts it in his old cupboard and turns the key, something extraordinary happens that will change Omri’s life for ever.
For Little […]
“En Camping-car”. Ivan Jablonka fait preuve d’une sensibilité qui ne diminue en rien l’acuité de sa méthode d’investigation.
Le camping-car nous a emmenés au Portugal, en Grèce, au Maroc, à Tolède, à Venise. Il était pratique, génialement conçu. Il m’a appris à être libre, tout en restant fidèle aux chemins de l’exil. Par la suite, j’ai toujours […]
“The Mill on the Floss”. A delight, and a marvel of insight into the consciousness of a small child. ‘If life had no love in it, what else was there for Maggie?’
Brought up at Dorlcote Mill, Maggie Tulliver worships her brother Tom. And she is desperate to win the approval of her parents. But her passionate, […]
“Clock Dance” : Anne Tyler takes the ordinary, the small, and makes them sing.
Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. When she was eleven and her mother disappeared. Being proposed to at twenty-one, the accident that would make her a widow at forty-one. At each of these moments, Willa […]
“Lots”. From award-winning author Marc Martin comes a quirky fact-filled adventure for curious globetrotters, young and old.
LOTS by Marc Martin is an eye-catching, exhilarating ride round the globe. Ideal for (encouraging) perceptive, enthusiastic young citizens of the world, hungry for quirky facts and figures.
A sampler of breathtaking places, surprising details, and less typically celebrated facts […]
” A World Full of Animal Stories”. Lively retellings from Angela McAllister are brought to life with sumptuos illustrations in the treasury to treasure.
Discover a menagerie of animals with this book that brings together 50 best-loved tales from all around the world!
Meet the Big Bad Wolf, the Ugly Duckling, and many other favorite characters from […]
“Are you there little tiger?” a fantastic book by Usborne!
Little tiger is hiding! Very young children will love peeping through the holes and touching the textured pages in this beautiful hide-and-seek board book, spotting monkeys, bears and chameleons along the way.
Part of a gorgeous series for babies and toddlers, perfect for fans of That’s not […]
“Les crayons de couleur”. Il y a du Boris Vian dans cette fantaisie littéraire! Un roman qu’on lit en entier avec le sourire aux lèvres.
Du jour au lendemain, notre planète bleue perd ses couleurs. Dans un monde maintenant en noir et blanc, la vie quotidienne est bouleversée. Et l’humanité commence à sérieusement broyer du noir.
Heureusement, […]
“La meilleure façon de marcher est celle du flamant rose”. Au-delà du comique, le roman est une réflexion sur le couple et sur la confiance en soi.
La loi de Murphy n’est rien comparée à la loi d’Enaid. Tout ce qui est susceptible de mal tourner tournera plus mal encore qu’on aurait humainement pu le prévoir. Après […]
