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Le Pommier
Children’s books
Spring 2017
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CO N TE N TS
On the Scientist’s Shoulders 6
Picture Storybooks 10
The Minipommes 16
The Savantissimes 18
Junior Fiction 20
Hors Collection 23
Food for Thought 26
Teaching Guides 28
Hors Collection adult 29
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On the Scientist’s Shoulders On the Scientist’s Shoulders
It is between the ages of 8 and 11 that children’s curiosity reaches a peak and it’s also the NEW ! Things We Still Don’t Know
time when they first think about what they want to do when they grow up. 2016 about the Sun
In this series, children find out from experts not only what we already know in different Anna Alter & Hubert Reeves,
fields of science, but also that there is much more yet to discover and, if they want to enter illustrated by Benoît Perroud
the world of science, the door is open.
How well do we really know
sur les épaules des savants
Anna Alter avec Hubert Reeves
Illustré par Benoît Perroud
the star that gives us light and heat?
Hardback/ 205 x 240 mm/ 48 pages/ 13,90 € Children from 8 years old LE SOLEIL et SON SYSTÈME, With the help of the celebrated author Hubert Reeves,
ce qu’on ne sait pas encore…
we find out all about the Sun and unravel its secrets. The Sun
NEW ! Animal School is the nearest star to Earth and has eight planets that orbit
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Things We Still Don’t Know around it, including ours. We know certain things about
this enormous ball of very hot gas – it is bigger than any
Anna Alter & Boris Cyrulnik,
illustrated by Catherine Cordasco of the planets and even bigger than all the planets put together – but there are still a lot
of questions to be answered about it, including the following.
Bison bellowing with pleasure as they go up snowy slopes,
rats laughing out loud when they are tickled, elephants • What really happens when solar eruptions take place every eleven years and the Sun
sur les épaules des savants
greeting old acquaintances by moving their ears, apes
Anna Alter avec Boris Cyrulnik
spits out matter and gets covered in spots?
Illustré par Catherine Cordasco
’ • Every 100,000 years, sunlight changes and produces what is called an ice age.
À LceÉCOLE DES ANIMAUX, learning good manners, pandas playing on a swing, The amount of heat we receive diminishes a tiny bit and yet the effect is enormous. Why?
qu’on ne sait pas encore… baboons lying to their leader… Animals – always a subject
of fascination for children – are sensitive and complex • The Sun’s corona is boiling hot. Why is it so hot and where does the energy come from?
animals and we are a long way from knowing everything
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Hubert Reeves is an astrophysicist and the author of numerous works, many of which are aimed
about them. When they laugh, what are they laughing at?
at the general reader.
When they obey their leaders, is it through fear? With the help of Boris Cyrulnik, this is a
charming look at the heart of the animal world, a world which can teach us a lot… maybe a Anna Alter see beside.
lot about ourselves!
Things We Still Don’t Know About Dinosaurs
Boris Cyrulnik is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst,
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illustrated by Benoît Perroud
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s écoutent leur
sur les doigts. La technique du « casse-noix » n’est utilisée
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noix sage, en Côte d’ivoire, au Cameroun et en Nouvelle Guinée,
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Anna Alter holds a doctorate in astrophysics
Les oiseaux dans leurs nids, les ours dans les tanières,
chacun à sa façon prend des leçons Depuis la naissance
en regardant sa maman, le petit veut, en général, l’imiter.
Il fait des essais et des erreurs. La politesse, les rituels exigent un apprentissage,
même dans la jungle, les animaux ne font pas ce qu’ils veulent.
of the planet – or was it the other way around? How did they
and has been a journalist with Science et Vie,
Tout le monde doit apprendre les bonnes manières. Ils ne se conduisent pas comme des cochons, ils prennent des leçons.
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manage to coexist? After all, there were small ones, large ones,
du milieu dans lequel elle vit. Au sommet d’un arbre Il faut s’y plier dès le plus jeune âge, mais dans
ou dans le ruisseau, on ne se conduit pas pareil. les ruisseaux, les mers, les océans, les poissons ont rarement
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la chance d’avoir des parents pour s’occuper de leur éducation.
Les singes sages écoutent leur maman. Elle leur apprend Ils sont, pour la plupart, obligés de se débrouiller seuls
à grimper aux arbres et un tas de petits trucs très utiles depuis la naissance en copiant sur leurs voisins.
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On the Scientist’s Shoulders On the Scientist’s Shoulders
Things We Still Don’t Know about Genes
Things We Still Don’t Know Anna Alter & Axel Kahn, illustrated by Ewen Blain
about the Unknown Universe the world of living cells and genes.
Anna Alter & Hubert Reeves, Genes are what make organisms of the same species look like
illustrated by Eglantine Ceulemans each other, and yet at the same time remain unique.
An astrophysicist, Hubert Reeves, looks at Axel Kahn is a doctor of medicine and of science. He is a Research Director at
different aspects of the Universe: the Earth, INSERM and, between 2002 and 2008 headed the Cochin Institute.
the solar system, other galaxies, the Big Bang He was President of the University of Paris-Descartes. His field of research
theory… all of which pose enormous questions mainly concerns gene control, genetic illnesses, cancer and nutrition.
for scientists. A voyage through time and space Anna Alter see page 6
which aims to show young children where some
of the many answered questions lie – questions Things We Still Don’t Know about Reproduction
they might want to try and answer when they
Anna Alter & Pierre-Henri Gouyon,
grow up. illustrated by Charlotte des Ligneris
Hubert Reeves is astrophysician and wrote lots The reproduction systems of humans, animals and plants.
of popular science books. Pierre-Henri Gouyon is a biologist who specialises in evolutionary science,
Anna Alter see page 6 notably in genetics, botany and ecology. He teaches at the French National
Natural History Museum and at institutes of higher education.
Anna Alter see page 6.
Who are our ancestors? What is this «Blue Planet» am I living on?
Things We Don’t Know about the great apes Climate, The Sea, The Earth, The Atmosphere,
Anna Alter & Brigitte Senut, Things We Still Don’t Know
illustrated by Caroline Hue Anna Alter & Hervé Letreut, illustrated by Lucie Maillot
8 We often hear that Man is descended from apes, Looking beyond global warming – what really affects climate and how? 9
but we are, in fact, only cousins with a “common sur les épaules des savants
Hervé Le Treut is a climatologist, a member of the French Academy of Science
Anna Alter avec Hervé Le Treut
Illustré par Lucie Maillot
ancestor”. Our family tree has grown quite a few
and a research director at the CNRS. He belongs to the GIEC – the inter-
branches over recent years and, although we may not be
governmental organisation that brings together experts on climate change.
on the same branch as the great apes, we are not so far
away, for we belong to the same extended family which Anna Alter see page 6. Éditions
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keeps on evolving. Researchers are still trying
to understand where we come from, how it was that
What atoms are we made of?
we started walking upright, when it was that our heads got bigger and who it was made Things We Still Don’t Know about matter
the first tools. Anna Alter & Etienne Klein, illustrated by Thanh Portal
Brigitte Senut is a paleontologist specialising The physicist Étienne Klein lends his weight to this book, which
in the great apes of Africa. She teaches in the Earth History shows us the world of the infinitely small and the infinitely big and
department of the Natural History Museum and is a researcher introduces the reader to the mysteries of matter. sur les épaules des savants
Anna Alter avec Étienne Klein
in the paleodiversity and paleoenvironment laboratory.
Illustré par Thanh Portal
Etienne Klein is a physicist who holds a doctorate in the philosophy of De quels atomes sommes-nous faits ?
Anna Alter see page 6 science. He is a research director at the French Atomic Energy Authority
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of Matter, and he also teaches at the Ecole Centrale in Paris.
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Anna Alter see page 6.
Picture Storybooks : non-fiction Picture Storybooks : non-fiction
Hardback / 230 x 285 mm / 64 pages / 18 €
All About Bees
Jack Guichard • Carole Xénard
All About Sharks
T ouT
NEW ! François Moutou • Grégoire Mabire
Jack Guichard, illustrated by Carole Xénard
TOUT sur le REQUIN... et le reste F. Moutou • G. Mabire
2016 François Moutou, illustrated by Grégoire Mabire
TOUT sur The shark - a fearsome and fascinating predator. BEILLE At the beginning of May, hordes of insects arrive with the
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sunshine and, for the keen naturist, the bee is one of the
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In this work, both fun and educational, we learn all about most fascinating among them. But how much do we know
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one of the most feared of all marine creatures:
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about bees? These facts and many more are set out in this
from the most well-known species to those that are now book and illustrated in pictures that show – with more than
extinct, including fossils that go back 150 million years. a little humour – just how special these little creatures are.
Did you know that the whale shark can measure up Jack Guichard is a university teacher and former Director
to 20 metres? Or that the basking shark eats as much of the Palais de la Découverte (a Paris science museum).
as 500 kilos of food every day? Do you know that sharks He is both a scientist and a specialist in education and
have a remarkable sense called electroreception? This communication.
et le reste
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prodigious sea creatures are in danger of extinction.
All About Cats
François Moutou is a vet who used to be in charge of a research François Moutou, illustrated by Sophie Jansem
unit into the epidemiology of animal diseases. He continues
Did you know that if you want your cat to be a champion,
to be interested in specific diseases and travels the world
it will have to go on a special diet? Did you know that,
to observe all sorts of animals, on land and sea.
contrary to what you might think, a cat’s stomach and
intestines are not really designed for digesting mice?
all about cats, with fun pictures that show us what very
special animals they are.
François Moutou is a vet and an epidemiologist working on
illnesses common to humans and animals. He has already
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All About Horses n oine e el lle • Gré oire a ire
Antoinette Delylle, illustrated by Grégoire Mabire
Welcome to the world of horses! This book tells us
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everything we need to know about this endearing
creature – whether it be a domestic pet or a wild animal.
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This is a non fiction work brimming with information All About Wolves
about Man’s best friend.. Ariane Goetz
Antoinette Delylle writes books and articles about horses. How much do we know for sure about wolves?
She has produced numerous works for both children The wolf is an animal of which humans seem to have an
and adults, notably in the Mon cheval et moi (My Horse almost irrational fear, and which has generated a wealth
And I) series for Éditions Belin. of myths and legends over the centuries. Why this should
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be so is one the questions answered in this book, which
also tells us a lot of other interesting facts about wolves.
The author/illustrator
Ariane Goetz is a young Swiss illustrator who works mostly
for the press. This is her first book.
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Litchi in Space Muguette and her Forest Friends
Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff François Moutou, illustrated by Ronan Badel
illustrated by Bérengère Delaporte Muguette, the little pine-marten, takes us into the forest with
Jacky, Michèle, Bernard and Litchi decide to visit her. There’s a lot going on – up in the trees, in the bushes and
other planets in a flying saucer. They find out about on the ground. There are all sort of different creatures living
the planets themselves and their satellites, here and there are so many different sorts of trees – some that
as well as about stars, constellations flower, some that don’t.
and the conquest of space. We follow Muguette and find out all about the forest and the
Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff is a vulcanologist and creatures that live there: birds, deer, foxes, squirrels, insects…
university professor who specialises in the risks caused We also find out about the far distant forests of South
by natural phenomena. America, Africa and Asia. There is a double page of things to
do in the forest and tips on how to recognise different trees.
Bérengère Delaporte studied
decorative arts
Hardback / 230 x 285 mm / 48 pages / 14,90 €
in Strasbourg and now illustrates picture books
and articles for children’s publications.
Hardback/ 230 x 285 mm
48 pages/14,90 €
Augustine no Longer Fits into her Boots
14 Lydia Devos, illustrated by Arnaud Madelénat 15
Augustine, the little goose, is puzzled. When she came back from
The volcano awakes just one winter away in the countryside, she had grown out of her
Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff, illustrated by Amélie Dufour beloved boots. Why is it then that her mum and grandma keep telling
her she’s too young for so many things? It seems strange that we are
A docudrama that tells you all about volcanos.
forever changing whilst objects remain the same. Why don’t the little
One day a letter arrives for Jacky and Michèle. It’s from
boots we loved grow along with our feet, like a snail and its shell?
their cousin in Africa inviting them to go and stay with
him. It’s a wonderful opportunity because he lives not far Lydia Devos is a philosophy’s
from an extinct volcano and the children have been mad professor at university and
about volcanos ever since they visited the ones in the south author for children’s books.
of France. Little do they suspect that, during their stay in Arnaud Madelénat is a painter
Africa, the volcano will come to life… and illustrates fiction books
for children.
Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff (see above)
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Hardback / 220 x 280 mm / 40 pages / 13 €The Minipommes The Minipommes
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NEW ! The Eye Through The Magnifying Glass
2016
William Rostène & Alexandre Denoyer
Illustrated by Aurélien Cantou
What do we see and how?
Do our animal friends see the same thing?
I eat, I drink, I My body’s organs The rain Behind the ocean
During their holidays, four children take a trip to the zoo. breathe, What for?
With them goes their magnificent blue-eyed Siamese cat who
seems to have answers to all their questions. They find out that
certain animals – notably the eagle, the giraffe and the lynx –
have very special vision and the children compare what
the animals see with what they themselves can see.
Some of the questions they find answers to are: How does
the eye work? Where are pictures formed in the brain?
Why do certain animals see things differently from us?
What is it that makes eyes different colours? Why do tears form in our eyes?
As well as the story, the work includes fact sheets, experiments
My body, In the footsteps Being alive : Weather and climate
to carry out and advice on how to find out more. one hundred of forensic science what an adventure! is not the same thing
William Rostène works at the Institut de la Vision in Paris thousand billion
of cells
and is a research director at INSERM (the French national institute for
health and medical research).
Mathématiques
Alexandre Denoyer is an ophthalmologist and a researcher at INSERM d
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A new collection on the life and work of great scientists NEW ! Who Wants To Get Rid Of Galileo?
Mathieu Labonde
in the heart of a panting plots 2017 Qui veut Mathieu Labonde
la peau de Find out about the life and work of Galileo in a fast-paced
135 x 200 mm /240 pages /13 € /Children from 9 years old Galilée ? thriller Florence, 1633. Galileo is 63 years old.
He has has been summoned to go to Rome by the Inquisition
because of his innovatory theories on astronomy that he has
NEW ! Pasteur: Sabotage In the Lab expressed in his books, his personal correspondence
Mathieu Labonde
and in discussions with some of his pupils.
2017
Sabotages Mathieu Labonde
Find out about the life and work of Pasteur
On his way to Rome, he stops off for a few days with his
au labo de friends the Borghi to prepare his defence. Jacopo and Livia
Pasteur
in a fast-paced thriller Borghi, 11-year-old twins, are fascinated by the scientist and
In July 1885, two 11-year-old twins, Jacques and Lydie, have hundreds of questions to ask him about his discoveries.
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are on a school outing to the Pasteur laboratory in the rue Galileo tells them about his life and work but, unexpectedly,
d’Ulm in Paris. While they are there, the dogs being used his detractors interrupt his stay, threatening his life…
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The children have an important part to play in what
of rabies or other diseases and they run among follows…
in the laboratory. Jacques heroically stops one dog from
jumping up at Louis Pasteur but he twists his ankle Mathieu Labonde see beside.
in the process. By way of thanks, Pasteur invites the two
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children to return to the laboratory a few days later.
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The twins end up spending the whole summer there and
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witness events that are as worrying as the dogs’ escape
– some vaccine is stolen, a fire breaks out, the dogs get
poisoned… Who is sabotaging Pasteur’s research? Could it be a jealous doctor, a former rival,
someone who wants to put a spoke in the wheels of French scientific research,
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The investigation must be conducted!
An opportunity for Jacques and Lydia to understand the functioning
of the vaccine and to discover the life and work of Pasteur.
Adventures away from any rest!
Mathieu Labonde was born in 1974 in a small town in Burgundy
where he collected fossils, pebbles, plants, tadpoles and butterflies.
He read widely, and was especially interested in history and the works
of Jules Verne. He studied literature and then worked
in the PR department of the Cité des Sciences
(a Paris science museum) before becoming a journalist
for popular science magazines.Junior Fiction Junior Fiction
Théo NEW
Didier Leterq !
Theo Versus The Shark The Olympia Affair
contre 2016 Didier Leterq The Mathematical Secrets of T. Folifou
le Squale Theo and his grandfather on the track of William the Conqueror’s Mickaël Launay, illustrated by Benjamin Bachelier
treasure. Theo’s grandfather goes to Normandy to attend a medal When Théodore Folifou died, he left a will which puzzled everyone, and
ceremony. Theo, his parents and his two friends Electra and Benjamin go one of his last wishes was that his great-grandchildren should visit the
with him and, after the ceremony. Theo’s grandfather is shocked when he grave of the mathematician Henri Poincaré every year. Ten years later,
recognises on the beach the submarine as the one that was commanded the great-grandchildren, now aged 18 and 11, solve the riddle of the will
by a particularly bloodthirsty Nazi captain, nicknamed the Shark. The and find themselves on the track of a secret Academy founded by Albert
submarine houses a machine that could enable him to decipher a Einstein in 1902 and later run by Théodore Folifou. By solving yet more
message indicating the location of the fabulous treasure amassed by
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mathematical riddles, the children get into the Academy and discover yet more secrets…
William the Conqueror. An exciting and fast-moving investigation in
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Although only 29, Mickaël Launay has already taken part in the organisation of many events
which the reader takes part in deciphering the enigmas and learns about science and history.
for the popularisation of mathematics and has written two books of mathematical puzzles.
Didier Leterq was head of a nuclear chemistry research department for the CEA (the French Atomic This is his first children’s novel.
Energy Commission) before joining the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire de Défense (The High Authority
for Nuclear Defence Security) in 2016. 135 x 200 mm / 240 pages / 12€ / Children from 10 years old
Other titles of the serie :
NEW ! The Aristarchus Manuscript
2016 Christophe Chaffardon
An exciting adventure in Alexandria in 295 B.C. – and some
scientific discoveries.
Theo Theo Theo Theo Theo
Le, manuscrit It is 220 B.C. Ophelia, aged 13, travels from Athens to Alexandria
(in Egypt) with her father, a Greek doctor. Soon after arriving there,
disapears and the Riddle and the Mystery and the Code and the Treasure dAristarque he is poisoned and dies. But, before dying, he makes his daughter
Christophe Chaffardon
of Diamonds of the Meteorite of Lascaux of Vercingetorix promise to seek out a certain Aristarchus, a Greek astronomer who
has written a revolutionary treatise asserting that the Sun is at the
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centre of the Universe. The manuscript has been stolen. Ophelia
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searches the city but is pursued by some mysterious characters. She
Time Hunters • The Crazy Invention of Professor Plac encounters the high priest of Memphis, a strange one-eyed man,
Alain Plas Erathosthenes – the director of the Library of Alexandria (which houses 500,000 works) – and
Two schoolboys, Jules and Lou, have been chosen by Professor Plac the scientist Archimedes. At the end, she manages to recover the stolen manuscript and
to take part in a very strange mission. They have signed a contract gives it to the Library for safe-keeping.
and are sworn to silence about their forthcoming adventures in During Ophelia’s adventure, we find out how Erathosthenes Same author :
time and space. By means of “sapiensometers”, a sort of remote measured the circumference of the Earth, how and why
control invented by the Professor, they travel back to the time of the Alexander the Great founded Alexandria and what the Great
dinosaurs and the great glaciers in the mountains of the Jura and the Library was for. We also learn about mythology and various
Alps between France and Switzerland. They encounter some strange discoveries in the fields of medicine and astronomy.
creatures, notably the first men who settled in the region. There is
Christophe Chaffardon trained as an engineer.
only one rule that must not be contravened: never try to change the past. Will they be able
He is in charge of educational activities
to resist? This is the first volume of a scientific saga which brings together voyages into the
at the Cité de l’espace (a museum) in Toulouse.
past, adventure, suspense and humour.
Alain Plas works in many different fields and lives in the South of France. Time Hunters is his first Balthazar Last mission
children’s novel but he is also the author of other stories and collections of poems. and Agent of Edouard K.
Muller’s
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The Adventures of Thomas Greenfinger
Guillemette Resplandy-Taï, illustrated by Clothilde Perrin
Fun Experiments to do on the Beach Défi
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la solution !
This is a compilation of a series of adventure stories that involve Arrête le seau plein d'eau Remplis le seau aux 3/4 avec de l’eau,
Jack guichard, Guy Simonin
puis prends l’anse dans une main.
au-dessus de ta tête Fais tourner rapidement le seau, à bout
de bras
comme sur l’image.
the reader in finding out about the plants that surround us and
Continue pendant plusieurs tours en
NIVEAU montrant bien
& Kamil Fadel. Lucie Maillot (illus.)
MATÉRIEL à tes copains que l’eau reste dans le
facile un seau de plage de l’eau de mer seau.
Arrête le seau à la verticale et reviens
en arrière…
Tu réussiras à condition que cet arrêt
ne dure
qu’une fraction de seconde. Essaie de
faire durer
their various uses. Apart from the narrative, at the end of the
le plus longtemps possible cet étrange
état !
This is a book of 20 experiments set out
book there is documentation on the plants mentioned: their
in the form of challenges and illustrated
scientific names, their uses, anecdotes, diagrams, illustrations
with cartoons. All of them can easily be À toi de jouer !
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as réussi,
and references. An original work both in terms of subject (botany
Une fois que tu
Profite donc d’une chaude journée d’été, seulement sens au
Remplir le seau tourne dans l’autre est à la
ne fais pas seau
car tu risques de bien te mouiller avant à moitié. Si tu moment où le
carried out on the beach using a bucket,
assez vite, s de toi.
de réussir… Mais c’est possible tourner le seau de verticale au-dessu
en s’entraînant un peu ! tu risques de recevoir !
l’eau sur la tête
in the form of fiction) and language (Thomas is 12 years old
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sand, seawater, a strainer, a bottle, etc. The
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and expresses himself with all the directness of his age). The science behind each experiment is explained
compilation comprises three volumes of Thomas Greenfinger’s in simple terms so that friends and parents can understand how and
adventures: Thomas Greenfinger and the Mad Poisoner • Thomas Greenfinger and the why certain everyday phenomena occur. The experiments include:
Secret Of Basil • Thomas Greenfinger and the Blue Affair. The Thomas series also has its – how to make the highest sandcastle on the beach;
own blog! www.thomaslaristoloche.blogtspot.com/ – how to stop water flowing by using a strainer;
Guillemette Resplandy-Taï holds a doctorate in pharmaceutical science. She works – how to turn a bucket of water upside down on a frisbee;
in industrial research and has a fascination for botany. She has written several children’s – how to turn a bucket of sand around above your head without spilling any;
books, mostly on the themes of plants, history, crime detection and travel. She is a regular – how to walk on an egg without breaking it.
visitor to primary and secondary schools where she talks about her passion for writing and botany. Jack Guichard is a university teacher and former Director of the Palais
de la Découverte (a Paris science museum). He is both a scientist
135 x 200 mm / 400 pages / 15€ / Children from 9 years old and a specialist in education and communication.
Guy Simonin, a former teacher, researcher in molecular biology
and director of the Palais de la Découverte, is now a director of
Universcience.
The Adventures of Fisie Ka Kamil Fadel is a university who runs the physics unit of the Palais
Blandine Pluchet, ill.Virginie Rochetti Les aventures de la Découverte. He has written more than 300 popular science articles.
de Fisie Ka
22 This is a book of experiments: an anthology of de Blandine Pluchet
Illustré par Virginie Rochetti
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Paperback / 110 x 160 mm / 96 pages/ 6,90 €
5 adventures featuring Fisie Ka, a little girl who
is curious about everything around her. Because
she has known for a long time that adults don’t have
Fun Experiments to do at Christmas
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hedgehog. With the help of the Great Medicine Man of the This is a book of 20 experiments set out in the form of
village, she gets to grips with some basic physics and manages to challenges and illustrated with cartoons. All of them can easily
understand why certain things happen. be carried out using everyday objects: a cork, a fork, a paper
Blandine Pluchet is a research physicist with a love of creative writing napkin, a coin, a champagne glass, etc.
who created the character of Fisie Ka in order to communicate her The science behind each experiment
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la solution !
à carreaux,
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knowledge to young readers.
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Virginie Rochetti designs theatre sets and posters, backgrounds for friends and parents can understand Sur chaque feuille,
rouges
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les traits verts. nce à découper
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cartoon films, and has illustrated books such as Jacques Rebotier’s
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deux extrémités
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Prends une feuille
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une marque de
de papier de couleur
pour faire
pli au milieu.
Dragon’s Tail) (for Actes Sud Papier).
construction
include making a 3D Christmas card for
colle ta petite
Et enfin de couleur :
sur cette jolie feuille
doivent être
les sapins collés
de la feuille.
placés sur la pliure feuille,
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Quand tu fermes , cela doit
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une feuille A4 seul sans endom
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20 Clever Creatures Wily Warriors
Michèle Mira-Pons, illustrated by Zelda Zonk Special Missions for Young Eco-warriors
In the natural world, a lot of animals and insects show some Delphine Grinberg, illustrated by Vincent Bergier
most amazing characteristics and talents: the otter uses its This work shows young children how they can contribute to the
stomach as a tray, the beaver is an incredible architect when protection of the planet. It is full of things to do on a daily basis
it comes to designing and building a dam, the elephant and things to think about. The book provides a really original
“honours” its dead... These abilities have been developed as approach to ecological concerns and is a mine of information
a means of surviving in difficult conditions and, very often, about the environment. Furthermore, it gives tips that are easy to
such “intelligence” has been a source of inspiration for us. For understand and sets tasks that are great fun to do.
example, wasps have influenced paper-making, dragonflies Delphine Grinberg studied art and design and then became interested
inspired the invention of drones, the sea cucumber’s defence in science with a view to communicating the joys of discovery and
mechanism is of possible use in surgery, the skin of tropical experiment to children. As well as writing science books for young readers, she designs exhibitions
frogs is a living medicine cabinet that may help revolutionise drugs... In this first volume, for Paris science museums and does workshops in schools.
we find out about the special talents of bees, alligators, sperm whales, goldfish, bats, Vincent Bergier studied art in Strasbourg and now illustrates children’s books and magazines for
chimpanzees, sea cucumbers, shrimps, elephants, giraffes, frogs, wasps, dragonflies, otters, various publishers, including Actes Sud Junior, Milan, Nathan.
penguins, scarabs, scorpions, termites and leatherback turtles. All illustrated with a touch of
humour. 170 x 240 mm/ 144 pages/ 15,90 €
Michèle Mira-Pons is a journalist specialising in cultural affairs and the natural world. Children from 7 years old
She also writes non fiction for children.
Zelda Zonk is an accomplished juggler and fencer, but her main occupation
is illustrating children’s books and magazines.
les éléphants The Little Marten by Moonlight
des sentiments humains ? les CastORs and Other Animal Stories
Les chercheurs et les personnes qui ont vécu auprès d’éléphants témoignent architectes hors pair
24 François Moutou & Valérie Besnard 25
ressembler
tous de leur capacité à ressentir et à exprimer des émotions qui pourraient
aux nôtres – la joie, la tristesse, l’attendrissement, la colère, la générosité… Ces animaux, reconnaissables à leur queue plate en forme
le mammifère
de pagaie, sont des rongeurs. Pour assurer leur sécurité, les castors
construisent en famille, sur des rivières ou des lacs, d’énormes barrages (Illus.)
terrestre dignes d’architectes diplômés..
le plus grand
À la naissance, les éléphanteaux
pèsent 120 kilos.
la fête
Mal à la tÊte, MOi ? JaMais
Le castor se nourrit surtout de feuilles et d’écorces de saule et de peuplier, des
Des bûCheROns
sOus-MaRins
Les dents des castors sont placées
Unusualstoriesaboutunusualanimals…
Les mâles adultes pèsent entre éleveR les petits en gROupe
plantes qui étaient, dès l’Antiquité, utilisées pour leurs vertus antidouleur.
devant leurs lèvres, ce qui leur permet
This is a collection of stories by a vet who
5 000 kilos et 7 500 kilos. des retrouvailles semble Au XIXe siècle, on a découvert qu’elles contenaient de la salicine, substance
Une maman est très patiente avec son petit et lui donne un “amour” qui qui a donné naissance à un médicament bien connu, l’aspirine. de couper les branches sous l’eau sans
C’est aussi celui qui vit le plus Si un groupe d’éléphants a été séparé sans limite. Elle est aidée par les autres femelles, y compris les adolescentes Or, à partir de ces plantes, les castors fabriquent une substance appelée avoir à ouvrir la bouche pour respirer,
glissé
longtemps (environ 60 ans). un certain temps, lorsque tout le monde qui se montrent très maternelles. On raconte qu’un petit éléphanteau avait castoréum. Lorsque l’on chassait le castor, le castoréum était prélevé et utilisé d’autant que leurs narines (et leurs
s’enfonçait…
dans une mare de boue. Incapable d’en sortir, plus il se débattait, plus il
has travelled all over the world.The stories
se retrouve, il y a nécessairement dans des préparations pharmaceutiques contre les maux de tête ! Pas étonnant, oreilles) se ferment hermétiquement
vie De faMille
Un éléphant À l’état sauvage, les éléphants vivent en familles de femelles :
des cérémonies de salutations : Sa mère et l’une de ses grandes soeurs ont alors croisé leurs deux trompes puisque l’on sait désormais qu’il contient de grandes quantités de salicine ! pendant la plongée. Ainsi, ils peuvent
ils crient, barrissent, se touchent sous son derrière, fabriquant un siège, et l’ont ainsi extirpé du piège ronger sous l’eau pendant un quart
adulte peut peser une matriarche*, qui guide le groupe, une dizaine d’autres femelles d’heure. Pratique et efficace.
crée mutuellement la trompe et d’autres où il s’enlisait inexorablement.
jusqu'à 7 500 kilos. et leurs éléphanteaux. Les relations très personnelles qu’une femelle
avec ses compagnes durent toute sa vie. Les jeunes mâles, eux, quittent
vers l’âge de 14 ans pour vivre en solitaires ou parfois en compagnie
de quelques autres mâles adultes.
le troupeau parties du corps, tapent des pattes…
supeR Dents
Des barrages d’ingénieurs
Les constructions des castors sont très de hutte construite sur une île ouvertures dans le barrage ; l’eau peut
are all true and are very different – the only
complexes. Ils amassent de plusieurs mètres de haut. Ainsi, ces s’écouler. Au contraire, quand le niveau
Matriarche : c’est une femelle qui commande, qui “domine” le groupe, chez
certains animaux. les abeilles hypeRaCtives
Grâce à leurs dents, les castors
peuvent scier un tronc d’une quinzaine
de centimètres de diamètre
Les ouvrières ne dorment jamais ! Dans une ruche qui compte 40 000 abeilles,
des branches, de la boue et de l’herbe pour
fabriquer une barrière étanche contre
laquelle ils posent des troncs inclinés. Au
“maisons” sont accessibles uniquement à
la nage.
Les castors savent aussi contrôler le
d’eau descend,
ils colmatent les trous.
Certains de ces barrages sont construits
thing they have in common is that they are
en quelques minutes. centre du plan d’eau niveau de l’eau ! Quand la rivière monte, sur plusieurs centaines de mètres. Les
all about animals living in the wild. Funny or
300 à 400 ouvrières meurent chaque jour d’épuisement, en été,
après cinq à six semaines de vie. qu’ils ont créé, ils bâtissent leur nid, sorte à la saison des pluies, ils pratiquent des conséquences écologiques de ces construc-
Pour aller chercher la nourriture
sur les fleurs alentour,
elles peuvent parcourir jusqu’à
800 km dans leur vie.
sad, the anecdotes teach us a lot about some
extraordinary – and sometimes forgotten – animals
ChauffeR l'enneMi
as well as about where they live.The illustrations are all
Des constructions
copiées Les abeilles asiatiques ont développé
La structure en nid d’abeille une stratégie de défense très efficace
un MOnDe D'ODeuRs contre les redoutables frelons qui
est un modèle d’efficacité
Les abeilles savent communiquer avec des odeurs. Ainsi, pour plus d’efficacité
et ne pas butiner à l’aveuglette, elles marquent chaque fleur butinée d’une odeur
(ou phéromone*) qu’elles fabriquent. Elles laissent ainsi un message à leurs sœurs
et a largement été copiée par
l’homme. Les alvéoles hexagonaux
attaquent leurs colonies. L’agresseur
est entouré d’une masse compacte
d’ouvrières qui font alors vibrer leurs
done from photographs taken at the time.
qui comprendront parfaitement ces odeurs : elles s’éloigneront s’il n’y a plus des nids allient légèreté, résistance ailes. Elles augmentent ainsi peu à peu
rien à y récolter. Quant à la reine, elle produit une odeur unique, qui est comme et rigidité. Ils ont été reproduits la température jusqu’à ce que leur
une carte d’identité reconnue de toutes. adversaire prisonnier au milieu
dans la fabrication de panneaux
Cette odeur “royale” est très importante car elle a un effet sur les autres abeilles : de la boule meure de fièvre !
elle les empêche de se développer en tant que reines. Or, pour que la colonie survive, d’aluminium utilisés dans En effet, le frelon succombe à 45 °C
il ne faut qu’une reine et une seule. la construction. On les retrouve mais les abeilles, elles, sont capables
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donc dans les haut-parleurs de supporter plus de 50 °C.
de chaînes hi-fi, le nez des TGV,
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de bateaux ou d’immeubles.
190 x 240 mm / 64 pages/ 14,90 €Food for Thought Food for Thought
12 x 20 cm / 80 pages / 12 €
Living
Michel Puech & Olivier Balez (Illus.)
Philosophers say that, in order to live life like
a human being, you have to have decided
how to live it, i.e. you have thought about it,
you have looked at other possible lifestyles
and their effects, you have made a decision and you
have put your decision into effect. In this way, human
life is given a value and it achieves something more
than just biological survival.
For a human being, living is not just functioning
properly from top to toe, it is creating strong bonds
with people, places and objects.
Living is not just survival. Loving Walking Explaining
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1, 2, 3… Code it! The Little Book Of Luck
Teaching Computer Science To Children Éric Thiéry
Claire Calmet, Mathieu Hirtzig & David Wilgenbus We all hope to be lucky. We envy lottery winners, we rail against
There are many reasons why computer science must be taught jinxes… but do we really know what luck is?
to everyone, from a very early age: This lively book will tell you all its secrets. First, we have to flush it out:
– to prepare children for their future careers; where is it hiding? And we have to ask ourselves, again and again if
– to help them understand and have control over the world around luck is absolutely essential for the Universe to function. Are there any
them; rules that govern luck? If so, can we ever master them? In this enquiry
– to make them aware of what is involved in being a citizen and into luck, we make the acquaintance of the unluckiest man in the
part of a community; world, we meet an unbelievably lucky duck, we visit “luck factories”,
– to develop their creativity and their ability to work in a team. and we are made to reflect on parallel universes.
The “1, 2, 3… Code it!” project, developed by the La main à la pâte
Foundation with the support of the scientific community (notably INRIA, the French Institute
for Research in Computer Science and Automation) aims to introduce pupils and teachers to Éric Thiery trained in robotics before turning towards journalism. His motto being
computer science, from primary school up to the first year of secondary school. It proposes “Don’t hesitate to ask stupid questions”, he worked for the TV programme C’est pas sorcier
“connected activities” (which require a computer, a tablet or a robot) which introduce the (It’s Not Magic) for some time. Since then he has been writing documentaries on scientific,
basics of programming, as well as “unconnected activities” (without a computer) which deal economic and social issues.
with the basic concepts of computer science (the algorithm, language, data…).
Paperback / 120 x 170mm / 80 pages / 9€
All three are with the Main à la pâte Foundation.
Claire Calmet is a trainer and in charge of contacts with companies and research organisations.
Mathieu Hirtzig is webmaster and science mediator.
An Evening of Magic
David Wilgenbus coordinates the production and distribution of resource materials for teachers.
50 Tricks and their Scientific Explanation
Paperback, 210 x 297 mm, 300 pages, 19 € Jack Guichard, Kamil Fadel & Guy Simonin
You will surprise your friends with these amazing magic
tricks that can be performed during the course of an evening.
28 1, 2, 3… Code it! Welcome your guests by setting fire to their banknotes… 29
Book 2 without burning them. While the aperitif is being served,
Claire Calmet, Mathieu Hirtzig & David Wilgenbus change water into ice before their very eyes. During dinner,
After the success of the ambitious educational project 1, 2 ,3… make an eggshell dance along the edge of a plate and produce
Code it!, which was designed for teachers to introduce computer a sunset in a glass. After dinner, change a teabag into a rocket and end the evening by cutting a
science to young children up to the first year of secondary school, glass bottle in half with a strand of wool! These magic tricks are very easy to do.
its three authors – all members of the Main à la pâte Foundation – For each one, you are told how to present it, what you need to prepare and are given an
have produced new material for teachers of older children (aged 12 illustrated step-by-step foolproof guide to the trick itself.
to 15). Jack Guichard is a former Director of the Palais de la Découverte, a Paris science museum.
The book consists of six projects spanning mathematics and Kamil Fade is a university lecturer who is head of the physics section at the Palais de la Découverte.
technology and including programming, cryptography and Guy Simonin is Director of Science Outreach and Education at Universcience and is a former Science
robotics. Some of the projects can involve teachers of other Director of the Palais de la Découverte.
subjects. Material has been tried and tested in the classroom. The book also offers scientific
explanations to help teachers with the basic knowledge implied by each project and an Wiro / 170 x 210 mm / 168 pages/ 19,90 €
insight of the learning process to help teachers begin these new scientific activities.
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