Britain has been a fertile ground for fantasy since the genre’s inception in the Victorian era. The literary series At the crossroads of worlds was born at the same time as Harry Potter, in the mid-1990s. If the saga invented by Philip Pullman did not have the same generational impact (nor the immense success in […]
► Book-CD ♦ Siam, over the water Arnaud Thorette, Johan Farjot, ill. Olivier Latyk Flammarion Youth, € 23.90 From 6 years old Siam lives in the 1970s on the banks of the Mekong. Every evening, her mother, a seamstress, tells her the story of her birth and of her enchanted encounter with an American soldier […]
► SOS hazelnuts! Nathan, from 2 to 4 players, € 19.90 From 4 years old The little squirrel hides hazelnuts in the fall, but how does it find its treasures when winter comes under the snow covering the forest floor? Loosely inspired by animal behavior, this charmingly designed game appeals to manual dexterity and memory. […]
►The Last of Wolves by Sébastien Perez, ill. Justine brax Album, Albin Michel Jeunesse, 40 p., € 19 From 5 years Young and valiant, Milo stands out as the best of apprentice archers. When the all-too-familiar howl of a wolf arrives, freezing in the depths of the forest, in the depths of time, he goes […]