Prenez une fable fameuse, Le Renard et la Cigogne, de Jean de la Fontaine, illustre poète et fabuliste français. Ajoutez une belle cuillerée d'adaptation par Dana Monceau, agrémentée de la traduction anglaise de Danielle Brown. Saupoudrez d'une bonne dose de virtuosité graphique, sous la forme de superbes planches concoctées par Nadia Léonard. Mélangez avec quelques activités ludiques sur le thème des émotions. Servez à tout public, jeunes et moins jeunes, sans modération aucune !

Le texte est en français et en anglais.

Canne, mais aussi couvre-crâne, parachute, perche, portefaix, canne à pêche… un parapluie répond à de multiples besoins. Mais pour protéger de la pluie, c’est une autre histoire…

Le texte est en français et en anglais.

Dans une vaste plaine se dressait un arbre immense et solitaire. Il était habité par plus de mille corbeaux qui y vivaient en harmonie. Les jeunes respectaient les anciens et leur roi gouvernait avec sagesse et bonté…

La guerre des corbeaux et des hiboux, transpose dans le monde animal, les mensonges et les ambitions du genre humain. Deux peuples s’affrontent, mais ruse et stratégie permettent de triompher de la brutalité.

Le texte est en français et en anglais.

Let me introduce myself, my name is Misty, I’m a cat I live in Paris, In this apartment building next to the bakery Where my friend Caramel Lives so well. He spends his time eating croissants, Licking lollipops, Watching ladies go by the shop.

This book is also available in French: Chat chez Paris.

Jack a construit sa maison et rempli son grenier. Mais la précieuse récolte attire les convoitises. Survient un rat, puis un chat, un chien… bientôt tout s’enchaîne !

Tombe, tombe la pluie.

Tout le monde est à l’abri.

Y’a que mon p’tit frère…

Pluie, vent, grêle, neige, grand soleil… Rien à faire : mon p’tit frère joue dehors par tous les temps…

C’est un oiseau

qui se pose là où le vent le mène.

Échappé d’une main,

souvent abandonné…

Un texte tout en subtilité, poétique à souhait et engagé, pour dénoncer au fil des pages l’ampleur du désastre qui se joue tout autour de notre Terre.

Un lézard guettait une mouche. Une poule guettait le lézard. Qui guette la poule ?

Un texte sous forme de randonnée qui ne manque pas d’humour, un très court conte étiologique écrit par Kouam Tawa, lauréat du prix Poésie organisé par Lire et Faire Lire.

Comme deux gouttes d’eau, tu me ressembles, je suis ton miroir…

Un album tout en délicatesse et en poésie pour parler du lien qui unit les jumeaux, un lien au présent et au futur.

L’enfant de sa naissance à l’âge adulte, seul au monde à des milliards. Un album construit comme un parcours de vie et un album de souvenirs qui jalonnent un cycle.

Autrefois, Lapin vivait dans son terrier et Gros Ours dans sa tanière, tout à côté. L’un était prévoyant, l’autre insouciant et voleur.

Comment Lapin donnera une leçon à Gros Ours, une leçon qui ne durera qu’une saison…

Une randonnée humoristique pour tous.

Il est des plaisirs simples qui restent des instants de bonheur gravés à jamais. En voici un, conté à hauteur d’enfant.

Après un long hiver, le soleil réveille les hommes du Grand Nord et libère les bateaux de pêche prisonniers de la glace. Les marins du village quittent les maisons colorées adossées à la colline, et s’activent gaiement dans le petit port. Ils chantent, ils dansent ! Pourtant, assis sur le ponton de bois, Niels est inquiet. Un oiseau lui a dit que les bonshommes de neige transpirent à grosses gouttes, et que les montagnes voisines tombent leur grand manteau blanc. Niels se tourne vers l’horizon et se dit que peut-être, un jour, il fera trop chaud pour les ours polaires…

Dans des teintes allant du noir au bleu, les images virtuoses de Cécile Serres accompagnent le texte sensible de Niels Thorez sur une thématique d’actualité : réchauffement climatique et menace des espèces, en particulier l’ours blanc.

At the heart of Yucatan, in Maya country. In a hidden cenote lives a mysterious creature, treasure guardian of an ancient lost civilization. In the darkness he eagerly awaits the passage of the sun whose rays can reach the depths of his cave only once a year. This day is approaching and this time the creature is determined to do everything to keep this light that warms and allows him to enjoy his treasures ... But can man capture the sun? And even more keep it?

Vassilia has no father nor mother. She lives in poverty, working hard without losing her kindness. One day, to thank for helping her, an old hunchback gives her a piece of wood and says these words: "Knock three times on the small wood and Mamouschka will appear ..." With Mamouschka, the magical doll, the life of Vassilia will never be the same, especially since a Russian doll often hides another ... and another ... and another!

Moko sees the ocean for the first time. He thinks it is a huge river or lake, but when he tastes the water, he notices that it is salty. He wonders what sorcerer would have played such a trick. Back in his village, he asks an old wise man to cast a spell on the village’s river so that the drinking water never becomes salty. The wise man reassures him that this is not necessary, the water will never be salty and Moko is grateful that someone has already thought of protecting the village’s river.

This book is available in French: 03 - Moko : Le sel de la mer

Moko veut reprendre la route et dit à Totémi qu’il devra enfin trouver le bout du monde. Mais un pêcheur leur dit qu’aucun voyageur ne peut trouver ce qu’il cherche sans passer les trous bleus. Il leur laisse une barque, dans laquelle Moko et Totémi montent. C’est alors que des choses étranges se passent. La mer tourbillonne et le ciel change de couleur. D’étonnantes lumières se dressent devant leur radeau puis s’évanouissent. Ils ont soudain l’impression de voler au-dessus de la mer puis se retrouvent sans savoir comment au bord de la plage… Moko se souvient de son premier voyage et pense que c’est le cœur de l’océan qui bat comme s’il retrouvait un ami. 

Ce livre est disponible en français : 51 - Moko : Le mystères des trous bleus

It is night time and Moko can’t sleep. Looking out to the horizon, he notices a shot of colour at the water’s surface. He wakes Mei-Li to ask her what he is seeing. Together they take a barge and set off. Under them, a rainbow of colours is dancing in the waves. Moko and Mei-Li think that the fish must be organizing a party and decide to dive in. Bit by bit the sun is rising and day is breaking. The two friends return to the village, overjoyed at the wonders of the ocean.

This book is available in French: 16 - Moko : La lumière du fond des eaux

Pour lever la malédiction qui pèse sur son village, Kumakoué, le petit guerrier Zoulou, va se lancer dans un grand voyage. Grâce à son courage, il deviendra ami avec Kombaku l'éléphant solitaire et Lilangani le petit singe aux mains bleues. Avec la force de l'un et la magie de l'autre, il délivrera son village et deviendra un héros, lui qui n'est pourtant pas plus haut que deux tam-tams posés l'un sur l'autre...

Ce livre est aussi disponible en français : Le long voyage de Kumakoué

Moko et Totémi restent quelque temps au bord de ce lac. Un matin, un immense bruit agite le village. C’est alors qu’une coulée de boue géante descend du flanc de la montagne et menace d’engloutir le village. Moko s’avance vers la coulée de boue en implorant la montagne d’épargner le village. Il se souvient de Meï-Li qui savait parler à la montagne. Il sort de sa poche la pierre précieuse qu’elle lui avait offerte et s’apprête à l’offrir comme avait fait Meï-Li au bord du volcan. Mais Totémi l’en empêche et lui offre le collier qu’elle a au cou. La montagne épargne le village et la boue se déverse dans le lac. Moko promet d’offrir un jour à Totémi ce qu’il aura de plus cher...



Ce livre est disponible en français : 45 - Moko : Les montagnes se rebelle

Les étoiles scintillent et Moko pense à son village. Totémi lui propose de le suivre et découvrir où se cache le bout du monde. Ils partent au petit matin... En chemin, le désert apparaît et se dressent bientôt devant eux de curieuses montagnes... puis une vallée étroite et profonde, sillonnant à perte de vue. Un homme leur dit que seul les cœurs purs et courageux parviennent à en connaître le bout. Ils s’y engagent, pleins de confiance... Moko joue de la flûte et l’écho des montagnes le guide...

Ce livre est disponible en anglais : 48 - Moko : Les drôles de montagne

Day after day, Moko has been going to the shore and contemplating the rising sun. On one particular morning, he is accompanied by his friend, the village’s “wise man”. He asks his friend what he might find at the end of the world, he would very much like to go there. The old man tells him that he must leave everything behind and find out; he doesn’t know what lies at the end of the world but that he would very much like to. Moko promises to return and share his discoveries and takes off on a raft. Suddenly he is caught up in a terrible storm and he pleads with the Sea Beast to let him through. The tornado swirls around his raft and lifts him high in the sky then drops him back atop the waves, safe and sound. As the storm fades into the distance, Moko thanks the Sea Beast for keeping him safe and is now convinced that he will finally know what lies on the other side of the ocean.

This book is available in French: 13 - Moko : Le bout du monde

Intrigued by the name given to the mountains in the horizon, “the Hills of the round Earth”, Moko ventures off to see if the Earth is, in fact, round. An old wise man tells him that yes, if he were to walk in a straight line he could very well go all the way around the earth and come back to his starting point. Moko does as he is told and travels all the way around the Earth and returns back to his village, but since he didn’t have the feeling that he was walking around a sphere, he continues thinking that the Earth is flat.

This book is available in French: 01 - Moko : Les monts de la terre ronde

Moko is woken by the sound of singing coming from the other end of the beach. It is Mei-Li, who wears a hat the shape of a sand dune and whose eyes are the shape of a moon crescent. As they are walking towards Mei-Li’s village, they feel a terrible rumble and see black smoke coming from the mountain. Moko thinks this is his fault, that he has trespassed in the forbidden forest, and wants to apologize. They arrive at the edge of an enormous chasm, a veritable fire pit. To calm the mountain, Moko offers it a beautiful seashell, as Mei-Li’s ancestors did. The mountain’s rumbling stops and Moko is proud to have learned it’s language.

This book is available in French : 15 - Moko : La montagne en colère

During the dry season, the river’s water dries up and what is left turns to mud, making it impossible to swim or to drink. Moko wonders how to find water. An old man carrying a stick tells him he should dig behind some rocks, and there he finds water sprouting from the ground. A hidden spring! Moko is so happy at this discovery, he tells himself that water is so precious that it hides itself in the ground to make sure that there is always some left, even when the river is dry.

This book is available in English: 09 - Moko : La source cachée

How a young boy brought back flowers and peace among men ...

A young child, raised in a sad and barren desert, constantly dreams of legends told by the elders... In the past, the world was cheerful and colorful, animals and flowers lived in the prairie... Until the Great Magician, disappointed by the behavior of people, decided to leave, and went to the highest mountains, taking away all the wonders of nature... Gathering his courage, the young boy decides to go and find the great magician in order to bring back flowers and peace to his people.

On this night, Moko is meditating, contemplating the horizon. Mei-Li comes to keep him company. All of a sudden, they hear a hollow and continuous sound coming from beyond the beach. Mei-Li is frightened but Moko is curious and wants to know what is making this sound. As they approach the hills, the sound gets louder and louder and Mei-Li is more and more frightened, so Moko decides to go around the dune on his own. As he does so, the sound changes and becomes more of a song. Moko returns and tells Mei-Li that it is the sand and the ground singing together. She decides to sing as well. Moko thinks to himself that the magical dune is urging him to go on with his travels and he knows that this is likely his last day in the village. With a heavy heart, Moko decides that at dawn he will need to pack his bags.

This book is available in French: 24 - Moko : le chant des dunes

With a storm approaching, Moko heads towards a nearby tree to seek shelter. An old man urges him to reconsider and tells him to return to the village, the tree could suddenly burst into flame. On his way back to the village, Moko sees a lightning bolt hit the very same tree, and set it on fire. Frightened, Moko thinks that the old man must be a magician to have predicted such a thing.

This book is available in French: 05 - Moko : La colline de feu

The snow’s thaw is drawing to a close and the mountain is shedding it’s white robe. Alarick and Moko are fishing in one of the mountain’s springs and are catching nothing. They ask an old wise man to tell them where there might be fish. He points them towards the road to the “Ancient mountain”. They follow the road the old man told them about and reach a green luxuriant hill covered with fruit trees and streams. They think that this hill, smaller than their mountain, richer and greener, is younger and simply hasn’t grown up yet.

This book is available in French: 37 - Moko : La vieille montagne

On this morning, Moko is rowing relentlessly to bring back the barge as Mei-Li sleeps. Suddenly, he can’t seem to make the oar move at all. He wakes Mei-Li so she can help him row, but it is no use, the barge starts moving in the opposite direction. In the distance they notice a fisherman and try to call out to him, but he is too far and cannot hear them. Beyond a huge boulder they see a forest and start rowing furiously in its direction. Finally ashore, Moko and Mei-Li think that the sea still had another secret in store for them, this new part of Mei-Li’s island.

This book is available in French: 17 - Moko : Le mystère du courant marin

In the middle of the day, the sun suddenly starts disappearing little by little. Frightened, Moko wonders what magician could be responsible for this. With the village wise man he goes off to find the sorcerer responsible for the sun’s disappearance. When they cannot find the culprit, they join the other villagers to observe the sky. An old lady sees them and tells them she has seen this happen before and to have no fear, the sun will return. When it does, Moko thinks to himself that the sun, tired of shining every day, must sometimes simply need a little nap.

This book is available in French: 03 - Moko : Le soleil effacé

On that morning, Moko goes to see he friend the village wise man. The old man has such a beautiful garden filled with so many beautiful flowers that Moko spends the whole day admiring them. The old man gives him a rose, and tells him to take very good care of it. When Moko returns home, he notices that his rose is wilting. He thinks of bringing it to a river, but the rose dries out completely. The old man finds Moko crying, saddened by the loss of his beautiful flower. As the wind gusts around them, the old man tells him to look down at his precious rose. Moko is amazed to discover that his withered rose has become a sand rose. The wise man tells him to guard this secret as if it was a treasure. Moko thinks then that he must also have meant a great deal to the rose, and that the wind consoled his sadness.

This book is available in English: 12 - Moko : La rose des sables

Survolant le désert, Moko et Totémi aperçoivent enfin la mer et ses étendues bleues. Puis un chapelet de petites îles, couvertes de vert et de blanc. Fascinés par le paysage et les airs, ils ne font pas attention au vent qui se lève. Ce dernier agite leur cerf-volant et Totémi, épuisée, lâche prise. Moko ne peut la laisser tomber seule, il lâche à son tour. Ils atterrissent dans l’eau… dans un lagon splendide qu’ils découvrent ensemble. La nature a su récompenser leur courage.

This book is available in French: 50 - Moko : Le paradis des mers

Une petite grenouille se trouve trop ordinaire et désespère d’attirer l’attention des autres animaux. Lorsqu’elle découvre qu’elle peut grossir à l’infini en buvant l’eau du fleuve, elle entreprend d’avaler toute l’eau de la terre, jusqu’à la dernière goutte, afin de mettre le monde à ses pieds…

Ce livre est aussi disponible en français : L'eau de la Terre.

Moko est un jeune aventurier d'une curiosité infinie et d'une imagination débordante. Son grand défi : découvrir le bout du monde ! Moko pourra t-il sauver son amie Totémie de cette impressionnante chute d'eau ? 

Ce livre existe aussi en français : 47 - Moko : Le rideau d'écume

A young boy dreamed of taking a boat to the sea. Then three mysterious and familiar swans appeared on the surface of the water. Riding a wood board, the boy went to sea to try and catch the birds ... But without ever reaching them, he soon found himself in the middle of the sea...

On an African Atlantic beach, facing the ocean, Loango watches the waves, deeply concentrated. His grandmother Mame Tsaku told him that if he managed to count one thousand and one waves, then his dearest wish would come true.

What if this were true ?

That morning, Moko tells himself that it is time to leave Mei-Li’s land and he gets his raft ready. A man tells him that he must take the route of the great plains to continue his journey. Moko goes to the village to bid farewell to Mei-Li who has made rice cakes for him. One morning a few days after his departure he reaches the famous route where the horizon seems never-ending. As he walks a great gust of wind makes him fall and drop his precious stone. Seeing it on the ground, Moko thinks of Mei-Li and tells himself he must go on for those he has left behind. He goes on while clutching his stone in his hand. Moko’s heart lightens as he thinks that one day his travels will bring him back to those he loves.

This book is available in French : 26 - Moko : La route des grandes plaines

Moko, watching the sky one night, sees a shooting star and wonders where the stars come from. He travels to the mountain and meets a woman tending to a bonfire. As the woman blows on the fire to revive it, glowing embers fly up high into the sky. Moko thinks that he has found the source of all the stars in the sky.

This book is available in French: 02 - Moko : The secret of the stars

Moko wonders why the clouds all come and cry on his village at once. Why are they so sad? He asks the old wise man who suggests that he wait until the end of the rainy season to understand. Once the rains have stopped, Moko returns to see the old man. He tells Moko that the answer is in the fields. Moko sees then that the rains have made the crops grow and thinks that the clouds are not crying when it rains, they are offering all of their water to the earth to make it fertile.

This book is available in French: 07 - Moko : Les coulerus de l'arc-en-ciel

There is no rain in sight and Moko is worried. He decides to go and ask the advice of an old wise man who is said to be part magician, part sorcerer. Further confused by the wise man’s explanations, Moko heads nevertheless for the sand dunes. Far in the distance he sees a strange apparition: a cluster of trees around a small lake. He starts to run towards the apparition but no sooner has he begun his run that he can no longer see his destination. Disappointed, he sits on a rock and rests. A woman carrying a jug full of water on her head walks over to him and explains that he simply has to look in the right direction, and there, in the distance Moko sees the lake once again. He decides to head for it while never losing sight of it this time. On his way back to his village, he drops a trail of leaves to be able to return to the lake, but the wind quickly wipes away all of the leaves. Moko thinks that the desert shared a great secret with him and that it is best to keep it to himself.

This book is available in English : 11 - Moko : Le jardin secret du désert

The Curupira is one of the most strange beings of the Brazilian jungle. Protector of flora and fauna, it chases and punishes those who destroy nature. The young Cuchui, doubting its existence, decides to go looking for him.

The Curupira is one of the most strange beings of the Brazilian jungle. Protector of flora and fauna, it chases and punishes those who destroy nature. The young Cuchui, doubting its existence, decides to go looking for him.

Lotta, daughter of the chief Thorvald, lives by the ocean in a quiet bay. Dreaming of adventures and great discoveries, she slips secretly into her father's longship to go on an expedition. But the weather turns bad, the boat gets lost and in the dark waters, the Kraken awaits its preys ... Fortunately Lotta took her magic stone! The little viking does not know it yet, but after this trip the Vikings will never get lost at sea again... Thanks to her.

Dawn is breaking in the village, Moko and Mei-Li are sound asleep. A rumbling sound suddenly wakes them. They decide to go see what is going on and hide behind a rock to observe. The come across a fisherman who doesn’t seem to be afraid as he embarks for his day of fishing. Mei-Li is so afraid she is shaking and Moko asks her to sing, thinking that might stop the earth’s tremors. As she sings, the ground slowly stops shaking. Moko and Mei-Li head back to the village thinking that the ground must sleep so soundly that every so often it is woken up by the song of people wandering along its back.

This book is available in French: 21 - Moko : La terre se réveille

After many days of rain, the sun has finally returned. Moko is enjoying the seashore on the beach when Mei-Li comes to get him to go fishing. They sail out into the sea and start throwing out their nets. In the distance Moko sees what looks like a hill. Mei-Li tells him they need to turn back, that that is actually a giant wave! All of a sudden their boat is lifted high into the air and propelled forward. The wave rises and rises and is headed directly for Mei-Li’s land. The wave crashes down and drops their boat right at the entrance to the village. The villagers surround Moko and Mei-Li, who have been dropped safely back home. Moko believes that they were kept safe because he knew to trust the ocean.

This book is available in French: 20 - Moko : La vague en colère

Pepin is very small, so small that his parents are afraid of what could happen to him if he leaves the house. But how to know what one is worth without facing any obstacle? So his parents agree to let him out and he goes with his ladybug friend... The world is vast and dangerous for such a small person but with intelligence and common sense, Pepin will manage to get what he wants ! Even the great wild bull will be tamed by Pepin !

Moko et Totémi prennent un bateau et traversent le grand lac. À l’autre bout, le paysage est différent. Des cultures et une plaine s’étendent à perte de vue. Soudain, ils aperçoivent comme une étrange colonne qui se tortille à l’horizon. Le vent devient de plus en plus fort et emporte tout sur son passage. La colonne s’approche. Moko et Totémi s’agrippent à un arbre et s’y attachent. Le cyclone passe au-dessus d’eux. Ils voient l’intérieur de la colonne de vent ! Le spectacle est incroyable... une fois passé, ils sont sains et saufs. Moko pense que si l’on sait accepter la force de la nature, elle nous réserve secrets et privilèges...

Ce livre est disponible en anglais : 46 - Moko : L’œil du vent

The Algonquin Indians are worried. The land is so deeply asleep in the snow of the great winter that spring will not come. Prey is scarce, fishing is difficult in frozen lakes and food reserves are shrinking in the wigwams ... What to do? The elders say we should go in search of a legendary bear, the oldest grizzly of the forest. They say its power is so great that it can change the seasons ... The young Isha Bear Paw embarks on his trail ...

Moko veut comprendre ce qu'il y a au-delà de la forêt. Totémi décide de l'accompagner. Après une longue marche, ils arrivent à un village de montagne. Ils sont alors surpris de trouver des barques et des bateaux ! Mais comment est-ce possible dans la montagne ? Un vieil homme leur dit que si la mer est la seule chose que l'on désire, elle peut-être là où on la cherche... Alors impatients de comprendre cela, Moko et Totémi avancent dans la montagne et y découvrent une étendue aussi vaste que la mer ! Ici, les gens ne disent pas océan, ni mer, mais « lac »... Moko se dit qu'après tout, ce lac était là pour consoler ceux qui ne peuvent habiter aux bords de l'océan.

Ce livre est disponible en français : 44 - Moko : La mer des montagnes

Moko believes that there is a creature somewhere whose breath is so strong that it makes the branches of the trees move and the sand dunes shift. He thinks that the clouds run away from the wind out of fear of the creature. He goes off to find this creature. Exhausted by the sun and the heat, it is a soft breeze that eases his rest. He then decides that the creature must in fact be a benevolent one.

This book is available in French: 10 - Moko : Le vent du désert

At the beginning of the world, everything was different ... The sun did not yet live in the sky : it lived on earth, among beasts and flowers. But it was so hot that all fled, leaving the sun alone with its only friend, the jackal.

Suu Ki and her young brother Aung Min live in a peaceful fishing village on the Burmese coast. They spend all their free time looking for the treasures that the sea gives up on the beaches.

One day, they discover a grounded boat in a very bad state. But the next morning the children find it in the water, ready to take off! The wood of the hull whispers, the sails swell and the bewitched boat tells its story: it is a genie of the seas, on the way for a fabulous journey ...

After a long journey, Moko arrives in Amazonia. He thinks that all of the people from this country must be giants because the trees in the forest he comes across are enormous. He climbs the tallest tree he can find and looks out towards the landscape and sees that the trees stretch out as far as the eye can see. Moko wonders if this is what the end of the world looks like. He feels quite alone and makes a wish to the stars to put a new friend on his path.

This book is available in French : 40 - Moko : Le pays des arbres géants

As the first rays of dawn appear, Moko and Mei-Li head off to the forest to pick some plants that can’t be found anywhere else. Moko is following Mei-Li’s lead as she knows what to do. She picks a leaf and lets it float away, and Moko picks it up. All of a sudden, both his feet sink into the sand and he can’t get free. He calls out for help. Some fishermen come to his rescue and one of them throws him a line and they pull him to safety. Moko and Mei-Li head back towards the village thinking that the forest is jealous and possessive, since it clearly wanted to keep every leaf and every plant for itself.

This book is available in French: 23 - Moko : Le sable de la forêt

On that day, the sun was so hot that the villagers would not leave their houses. Moko and Mei-Li are resting in the shade of a tall tree. Mei-Li is wondering whether Moko will be leaving her and saddened by this thought she walks away. Moko sets off to try to find her in the forest. Droplets of water stream down from the trees like rain. On his way Moko meets a woman who tells him which way to go. Night falls and Moko can no longer see anything. He decides to wait until morning to go on. The next morning, Mei-Li has returned and in her hand she has a transparent stone. She is smiling because she sees that she must mean a lot to Moko since he came all this way to find her. She gives him the stone so that he will always remember her. Moko notices that the rain coming from the trees has stopped. He thinks that the trees have stopped crying now that Mei-Li is no longer sad. Together they walk back to the village, promising to reunite one day and share all of their discoveries.

This book is available in French: 25 - Moko : Les larmes du grands arbres

Ce matin-là, sortis de la grande vallée, Moko et Totémi découvrent une étendue presque aussi blanche que la neige du pays d’Alarick, mais sous une chaleur étouffante. Ils sont dans un désert bien étrange, où le sol est comme du sel, fissuré comme les rides d’un visage trop âgé. Moko pense qu’ils sont sur le visage du monde... Un homme leur dit qu’à l’autre bout, ils verront ce que tant avant eux ont rêvé de voir... Mais qu’ils doivent voler comme des oiseaux ! Il leur offre un étrange cerf-volant. La tempête se lève et ils décollent...

Ce livre est disponible en français : 49 - Moko : Le visage du monde

Le soir, au village de Totémi, Moko regarde les étoiles filantes. Soudain, une étoile immense comme une boule de feu surgit au milieu du ciel et s'écrase dans la forêt. Totémi et Moko courent pour voir ce qui se passe. Ils découvrent un immense rocher brûlant, au milieu d’un trou aussi large que le cratère d'un volcan. Aux alentours, le feu progresse. Totémi craint la colère du ciel. Moko, se souvenant de Mei-Li sous la pluie, se met à danser comme elle en jouant de la flûte de son ami Alarick. La pluie se met à tomber et éteint le feu. Moko se dit que sans doute les nuages du pays de ses amis l'ont entendu jouer et vu danser, et sont venus sauver le village de Totémi.

Ce livre est aussi disponible en français : 42 - Moko : Le rocher venus du ciel.

Moko wonders why it is that the moon changes shape so often. Seeing that it rises sometime like the sun in the distance, he decides to get closer to see if he can get some answers. Better yet, he could even ask the moon directly. During his long walk, he sees the moon change shape over and over. Sometimes a sliver, like a smile, sometimes a circle of white light, sometimes yellow. He sees the moon travel across the sky without ever looking like it is moving. No matter how far he walks, he realizes that he is getting no closer to the moon. He decides that this whole dance is a performance and that the moon just likes to be watched.

This book is available in French: 08 - Moko : La lune capricieuse

Saschka is a Kazakh boy. From a proud tribe of nomadic horsemen who planted their yurts at the foot of majestic mountains, he dreams to tame a golden eagle and hunt with him one day, like his father and his father's father. When he comes across a wounded eagle, he keeps it and tries to heal it. A wing hangs miserably, his father is formal: the bird will never be good for anything except to waddle awkwardly in the village and be the laughing stock of the families of hunters. But Saschka persists because it sees much more than that in the eyes of the bird ...

How rice farming became long and tedious because of the laziness of a young boy ...

A very long time ago, in Vietnam, the Emperor of Jade created rice to feed Men. The beans were so big and nutritious that a single one was sufficient to make a whole meal. They led themselves to the doors of houses where people were waiting quietly. Until one day a young man braved the only condition given by the Emperor in exchange for this gift…

How jellyfish became the animal we know today ...

The daughter of the terrible king of seas is letting herself starve to death, sick and tired of sea food. The jellyfish is sent on a mission to the mainland to find and bring back a monkey liver, the only remedy for the princess sickness.

The very rich and powerful Emperor Ping Chu is smiling again since a small nightingale became his friend and sings to warm his heart. However, when a distant sovereign offers him a mechanical bird made of gold and diamonds, the dazzled emperor abandons his little friend.

The real nightingale then returns to its liberty. Time passes... But can a toy replace a beautiful friendship?

This story is also available in French: L'empereur et le rossignol.

Having spent the night up in the giant tree, Moko is woken up by the sound of an arrow piercing through an enormous fruit. Afraid that a giant must be coming, he climbs down the tree and tries to flee, but gets lost in the forest. This is when he meets Totemi, a young Amazonian girl who knows the forest better than anyone. She invites Moko to her village and they walk through an incredible maze of plants, roots and trees of all kinds. Without Totemi, Moko would be completely lost. He believes the forest introduced his new friend so that he could learn a few of its secrets.

This book is available in French: 41 - Moko : La forêt labyrinthe

Ce matin-là, Totémi emmène Moko cueillir des champignons servant aux habitants de son village pour se soigner. Il en est un très rare qu’elle espère trouver. Ils retournent près de la météorite qui se couvre déjà d’une mousse fraîche et odorante. Fasciné par ce rocher venu du ciel, Moko s’approche du cratère... et glisse dans une crevasse. Totémi, affolée, le rejoint. Ils découvrent une grotte immense, remplie de merveilles, de lacs et couleurs. Ils suivent le cours d’eau qui débouche sur une rivière. Un vieil homme les y attend et leur donne le champignon rare qu’ils étaient venus chercher ! Avant de retourner au village, il leur fait promettre de garder cet endroit secret et d’en préserver la beauté dans leur souvenir...

Ce livre est disponible en français : 43 - Moko : Le mystère des grottes géantes

On that morning, Moko decides it is time to leave this place and continue on his quest for the end of the world. Alarick offers him his boat and Moko takes off. Night falls and daylight seems to never return. As he advances on the waves of the dark ocean, his boat gets stuck in the ice. Moko thinks that this country is refusing to let him leave. He pleads for daylight to return and for the ice to melt by playing the flute Alarick gave him. The ice melts, his boat is freed and he carries on his voyage as the sun rises ahead of him. Moko discovers a new land in the horizon.

This book is available in French: 39 - Moko : La route des glaces

On that morning, Moko was helping his friend along with the other villagers to cut firewood to heat their homes. Snow begins to fall and Alarick tells Moko that it would be best if they went back inside. But Moko wants to learn the secret of the snow. He heads toward the mountain. At the summit, he sees large trees bending in the wind and clouds of snow swirling around in the sky. As he makes his way back down to the village, the storm blocks his way and he can go no further. Moko begs with the mountain to let him through, promising to tell no one the mountain’s secret. The storm calms and Moko returns to the village. When Alarick asks him what he has learned, Moko tells him that the mountain’s secret is not one that can be revealed.

This book is available in French: 36 - Moko : Le rideau blanc

The storm has passed and Moko’s raft is approaching a new shore. He has never seen this white sand beach and wonders where he might be. Moko wanders off to find inhabitants of this new place. Along his route he passes plants with enormous leaves and at the other end of his path, the beach once again! How is this possible? What is the secret of this strange country? Night falls and Moko falls asleep convinced that he is the first traveller to discover the ocean’s secret island.

This book is available in French: 14 - Moko : L’île des plages blanches

Mei-Li takes Moko to the rice fields. The sky is blue and Moko thinks that in this country there just aren’t any clouds. Mei-Li tells him to wait until nightfall, that the rains will dance over the village. Moko doesn’t believe her, there isn’t a cloud in sight! Suddenly, the sky darkens and Mei-Li wants to return to the village, but Moko wants to know more. He climbs the hill behind the village to get a better look at the sky. The wind picks up and a great wave of rain washes everything in its wake. Moko and Mei-Li take shelter behind a rock. To make the rain stop Mei-Li starts to sing and dance. Bit by bit the rain subsides and the two friends decide to return to the village. Moko thinks that Mei-Li’s dancing was magical and had the power to stop the rain.

This book is available in French: 19 - Moko : La danse des pluies

Or how a haughty sorcerer was willing to sacrifice his village to fulfill his dreams of power, and caused the disappearance of the stars above the plain... Thanks to the bonds of peace and courage that unite its inhabitants, the village will have to convince Rain of Stars, the daughter of the Great Spirit, to bring back the stars in the vault of night.

In the Bay of Fundy, Canada, mysterious rocks line the cliffs. They look like giant faces facing the ocean. Nobody knows the secret of thees strange guardians and yet, they could talk, they would tell a fabulous story.

The story begins when Alma follows Azimut, the little puffin, in a mysterious cave, hidden in the cliff...

Moko and Mei-Li are gathering seashells in between the rocks on the white sand beach to decorate the village’s houses. Moko asks Mei-Li if they can go to other beaches to try to find other shells. Mei-Li likes the idea and goes to ask a fisherman to take them to another beach on his boat. Just beyond the village Moko sees a vast plain that has been flooded with water. He thinks this must have been the great wave, flooding the field with water so that the rice would grow. This is when Mei-Li picks up a magnificent seashell and Moko believes that it must surely be a gift from the ocean. Moko and Mei-Li make their way back home, carrying their gift and happy to have seen wonderful new places. They are certain that the ocean must know an underground passage in which it sends waves every now and then to feed the rivers and the fields.

This book is available in French: 22 - Moko : La plaine innondé

Tupai is a young Polynesian girl who enjoys a peaceful existence in the hollow of an atoll with transparent water. Tireless swimmer, she dives very often with her great friend Honu, a wise and clever giant turtle. Together they never tire of exploring the seabed where Tupai discovers seashells and fish with beautiful colors while Honu delights in corals. One day one of these shells irresistibly draws Tupaï's attention : an somptuous oyster, strangely opened on the most beautiful pearl that Tupai has ever seen. Fascinated, she tries to take it... but a strange phenomenon occurs ...

A huge 3000 years old cedar, on the border of two kingdoms ... The sultans used to meet under its soothing shade to talk quietly. However, one day, they get angry for a trifle. Suspicion settles and the old cedar, who knows the heart of men, fears for peace. Can a tree avoid a war ? Yes : if helped by a dove, it will speak the voice of reason and bring the two sultans wisdom by teaching them that difference is source of great wealth...

Trois frères vivent dans un modeste village de paysans, sur les hautes montagnes de l’Inde. Ils s’en vont un jour chercher la fortune auprès d’un vieux sage, qui leur offre à chacun une plume, qui leur permettra de trouver ce qu’ils recherchent au plus profond d’eux…

Ce conte existe aussi en français : Les trois plumes.

In the Black Forest, by a full moon night ... A shadow slips at the foot of a large oak tree and files a basket between its roots. In the basket, a sleeping baby ... Hidden in the foliage, an elf listens carefully …

Moko is enjoying spending time in Alarick’s country. The warm weather has returned, the trees have flowered and food is plentiful. Moko thinks that now the cold has passed and that from now on life here will be easy. He had thought about leaving and continuing his quest for the end of the world but decided to stay a while longer. An old man tells him that the cold will return, but Moko doesn’t want to believe him and lets time pass. He sees the beauty of the changing seasons and one morning... winter! Alarick knows Moko will be on his way and gives him his flute so he will never be alone.

This book is available in French: 38 - Moko : La terre qui changeait de couleur

Moko and Mei-Li are resting as the day is fading. Suddenly, they hear a strange sound coming from behind the mountain that resonates throughout the village. The two friends go off to find the source of this strange sound and what they see surprises them. Two men are blowing into what look like long horns while others walk along with them and sing. Moko and Mei-Li watch them until they fall asleep. By morning, the strange procession is gone, but a man wakes them. He tells them that what our eyes see and what our ears hear is often what we want to see and hear. Confused, they head back towards their village, confident that they have witnessed another secret mystery.

This book is available in French: 18 - Moko : Le chant des montagnes

A poor Inuit fisherman is about to kill a whale beached on the shore when she implores him to save her life, in exchange for a miraculous catch …

Liang lives near the Chinese Wall. Every night he sees the sun disappear behind the great shadow to the west and wonders what's on the other side. His old grandmother, who knows a story for everything, told him that a huge dragon lies there and that he swallows the sun each evening to let him rise again the next day ... Impossible, says Liang, dragons do not exist ! But there is nothing greater than the curiosity of a child ... except maybe a dragon? Liang must make it clear !

Moko bids farewell to Totemi. As promised, he gives her what he holds dearest, Mei Li’s stone and Alarick’s flute. She tells him that now these will be the things she will hold dearest and in turn gives him a present that he may only open when he arrives at his destination. Moko embarks and heads for the cape that so many sailors fear and nature unleashes its fury. Moko hangs on and one morning, he sees the coast of his land! He then understands that the end of the world is actually his country! When he gets to shore, he opens Totemi’s gift and finds not only her bracelet but also Mei-Li’s stone and Alarick’s flute and realizes that the greatest gift has been meeting his new friends. 

This book is available in French: 52 - Moko : Le véritable bout du monde

Moko wonders why the clouds all come and cry on his village at once. Why are they so sad? He asks the old wise man who suggests that he wait until the end of the rainy season to understand. Once the rains have stopped, Moko returns to see the old man. He tells Moko that the answer is in the fields. Moko sees then that the rains have made the crops grow and thinks that the clouds are not crying when it rains, they are offering all of their water to the earth to make it fertile.

This book is available in French: 06 - Moko : La saison des pluies

Sine and Saloum live in two villages, separated by a river. All the villagers stay on their shore, ignoring the other. That is the way it has always been. Despite this, the two children have learned to know each other and have become so inseparable that they do not intend to live one without the other. A great anger rises in the two villages when their secret is discovered : they broke the tradition. Yet although their families clash, the link between Sine and Saloum is so strong that they will find a way to be together forever through the water goddess Mami Wata. From their history will be born the Sine Saloum delta, inexhaustible source of life and peace lesson for both villages ...

N’importe quoi. Ah, c’est mieux. N’importe quoi. Ah, beaucoup mieux ! C’est n’importe quoi. Mais finalement, j’aime vraiment bien. Une succession de moments farfelus que l’on remet à leur place. Et si finalement quand c’est N’importe quoi, ça ne serait pas mieux….

Le conte de la petite poule rousse en kamishibaï trilingue français - anglais - allemand.

La petite poule rousse trouve des graines, souhaite les cultiver, demande de l’aide à ses amis. Ces derniers ne sont jamais disponibles, sauf quand il s’agit de manger le gâteau… Mais la petite poule rousse a du répondant.