Lauren Child’s take on the classic «Pippi Longstocking» is gorgeous!
This beautiful edition of the children’s classic Pippi Longstocking is illustrated throughout with wonderful collage pictures from the award-winning Lauren Child.
The contemporary design, imaginative layout of the text, and stunning illustrations from Lauren Child all add up to a perfect gift purchase. When the book published […]
«Ada Twist Scientist»: The celebration of creativity and perseverance by Andrea Beaty.
A book about inquiry for kids, and the required dispositions that one needs to be a scientist, primarily curiosity and the need to keep asking questions. It’s part of an admirable series Beaty is doing to get kids into STEM fields, such as Rosie […]
«Midwinter Break» by Bernard MacLaverty: an artist with a subtle feel for the ordinary . Outstanding!
En Bernard MacLaverty torna, setze anys després de la seva ultima novel·la. I es torna a imposar com un dels escriptors irlandesos més grans. Una parella de jubilats, Gerry i Stella Gilmore, volen de la seva casa a Escòcia cap […]
«Les loyautés»: témoignage essentiel sur des jeunesses en détresse de Delphine de Vigan
Hélène s’inquiète pour Théo, son élève de douze ans et demie.
Théo, parents divorcés, vit en garde alternée, deux ennemis, deux mondes, deux langues différentes. Un gamin plus intelligent que ses parents, donc pire pour lui.
Hélène, une enfance maltraitée, un père sadique, une mère qui […]
«Binocular Vision»: An eye-opening compendium radiant with wisdom, humour (and) mischief by Edith Pearlman
In this sumptuous offering, one of our premier storytellers provides a feast for fiction aficionados. Spanning four decades and three prize-winning collections. These 21 vintage selected stories and 13 scintillating new ones take us around the world. From Jerusalem to Central America, […]
«Exit West»: Shortlisted for The Man Bookfer Prize 2017. Thrilling, urgent and gorgeously written by Mohsin Hamid.
En un país a punt d’esclatar una guerra civil, dos joves es troben. La Nadia, sensual i independent, i en Saeed, educat i de bones maneres. Inicien una història d’amor secreta fins que comença la guerra i es senten […]
«Couleurs de l’incendie» : Un roman trépidant rempli de surprises et mené d’une main assurée par Pierre Lemaitre.
Février 1927. Le Tout-Paris assiste aux obsèques de Marcel Péricourt. Sa fille, Madeleine, doit prendre la tête de l’empire financier dont elle est l’héritière, mais le destin en décide autrement. Son fils, Paul, d’un geste inattendu et tragique, va […]
Poems for Love, the perfect present for St Valentine’s Day! Introduced by Joanna Trollope
Love is one of the most enduring themes of poetry. For centuries, poets have been inspired to write about this timeless emotion in all its guises. From John Donne and William Shakespeare, to Lord Byron, W.B. Yeats and Emily Dickinson. It is […]
«Three Things About Elsie»: A real treasure, poignant and perceptive by Joanna Cannon
There are three things you should know about Elsie.
The first thing is that she’s my best friend.
The second is that she always knows what to say to make me feel better.
And the third thing… might take a little bit more explaining.
84-year-old Florence has fallen […]
«I’m Supposed to Protect You from All This»: Piercingly honest and uncommonly generous, by Nadja Spiegelman
For a long time, Nadja Spiegelman believed her mother was a fairy. More than her famous father, Maus creator Art Spiegelman, and even more than most mothers. Hers, French-born New Yorker art director Françoise Mouly—exerted a force over reality. That was both dazzling and […]
