Children, like adults, quickly develop sophisticated expectations of genre and style – for example, seeking to see the similarities that define certain types of picturebooks. This picturebook by French artist Barroux plays upon these expectations by … [المزيد ...]

This highly ambiguous picturebook presents a sophisticated and atmospheric narrative about relocation and identity within time and space. A girl views a new home with her parents. While the parents are led by the estate agent, the girl wanders on her … [المزيد ...]

Barroux’s sequel to Where’s the Elephant? plays upon the same premise. The ludic format of the wimmelbook, such as Where’s Wally, becomes a catalyst for an important message about protecting the environment. Children will have great fun spotting the … [المزيد ...]

War and violence are integral to the history of Europe as well as its present, but the explicit representation of these themes can be challenging in a classroom context. This picturebook by French artist Olivier Tallec gently raises these themes in a … [المزيد ...]

This famous Russian wordless picturebook is one of the oldest picturebooks in the selection, as it was published at the end of the twentieth century. It has been re-published many times since in many different countries: sometimes with words, and … [المزيد ...]

تظهر أفلام الحركة الحية بشكل غير منتظم في المجموعة، وكذلك الأفلام المجرية. يشبه هذا العمل الحي القصير الحدّة الفرنسي في استخدامه لبطل الرواية رأسًا على عقب: يبدو أن رجلًا ضائعًا، ربما بلا مأوى، يأكل غداء رجل أعمال مجري في كشك للطعام. الوجبة هي طبق … [المزيد ...]

This short early concept book is stylistically bold and uses a simple premise: what do things look like from above? A hot summer day is the scene of the story: readers will be able to spot the bird’s eye view of a small town with hot yellow lawns … [المزيد ...]

This early concept book provides a selection of vivid representations of the circus for young people to explore. Clowns juggle, trumpeters trumpet, a snake-charmer charms a snake. Children will be able to interact with the joyous depiction of circus … [المزيد ...]

الرسوم المتحركة في هذا الفيلم الفرنسي مماثلة لتلك التي في نوفمبر. تتطور صداقة غير محتملة بين الشرغوف واليرقة مع نمو كلّ منها إلى كائنين مختلفين للغاية: ضفدع وفراشة. يركز الفيلم على الموضوع الكلاسيكي للتحوّل وقضايا التشابه والاختلاف التي يمكن أن تنشأ … [المزيد ...]