A city across time
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An look at the archaeology of an imaginary city, from ancient to modern times, featuring fascinating cross-sections Peter Kent's cross-sections show how an early settlement changes into a bustling, modern-day city. The illustrations are packed with absorbing and eye-opening details, and clearly show how new buildings are constructed on the rubble of the old. Eagle-eyed(...)
A city across time
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An look at the archaeology of an imaginary city, from ancient to modern times, featuring fascinating cross-sections Peter Kent's cross-sections show how an early settlement changes into a bustling, modern-day city. The illustrations are packed with absorbing and eye-opening details, and clearly show how new buildings are constructed on the rubble of the old. Eagle-eyed readers will have hours of fun spotting the descendants of one particular family though the centuries, and seeing how once-grand building become buried and how some structures remain through the centuries. The book reveals the prehistoric origins of the settlement, its 21st-century development and even give a glimpse into the far future, when ice sheets threaten to overwhelm the city.
Littérature jeunesse
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This lift-the-flap book charts the rise of an urban skyscraper, covering every stage of its construction – from safely demolishing its predecessor to hanging glass walls forty storeys up. With over 70 flaps to lift, revealing modern construction methods and showing how different tools and vehicles are used. Informative, fun and accessible, this book is a fantastic source(...)
Construction and demolition: Lift-the-flap
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This lift-the-flap book charts the rise of an urban skyscraper, covering every stage of its construction – from safely demolishing its predecessor to hanging glass walls forty storeys up. With over 70 flaps to lift, revealing modern construction methods and showing how different tools and vehicles are used. Informative, fun and accessible, this book is a fantastic source of information for children interested in construction. An extra-large format and double gate-fold help convey the dramatic scale of modern building projects.
Littérature jeunesse
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Tout petit, Jean-Michel Basquiat adorait déjà visiter des musées et dessiner. Il avait promis à son père qu’il deviendrait un artiste célèbre, et il ne s’était pas trompé. Inspirée de l’univers du graffiti, son œuvre, forte et originale, a fait de lui l’une des figures marquantes de l’art au 20e siècle.
Littérature jeunesse
novembre 2021
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Tout petit, Jean-Michel Basquiat adorait déjà visiter des musées et dessiner. Il avait promis à son père qu’il deviendrait un artiste célèbre, et il ne s’était pas trompé. Inspirée de l’univers du graffiti, son œuvre, forte et originale, a fait de lui l’une des figures marquantes de l’art au 20e siècle.
Littérature jeunesse
We are shapes
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Pitch-perfect for a preschool audience, this board book introduces shapes and explores themes of teamwork and resilience. Square, rectangle, triangle, circle, squiggly and lumpy all work together to build a house. Each shape makes a unique contribution, and collectively they achieve something that they could not do alone. With an emphasis on interpersonal development, and(...)
We are shapes
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Pitch-perfect for a preschool audience, this board book introduces shapes and explores themes of teamwork and resilience. Square, rectangle, triangle, circle, squiggly and lumpy all work together to build a house. Each shape makes a unique contribution, and collectively they achieve something that they could not do alone. With an emphasis on interpersonal development, and visually inspired by the children's books created by Russian Constructivists, this is an artful, fresh take on the evergreen topic of shapes. This charming book teaches young readers everywhere that we are far stronger together than alone. Ages 2-4
Littérature jeunesse
Alionouchka
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Alionouchka la blonde est un vrai garçon manqué : elle court les bois et n’a peur de rien. Quand ses parents la laissent seule dans sa maison, elle les rassure et invite des amies. Mais voilà que les brigands rôdent… Un conte palpitant, plein de rebondissements, qui est aussi une belle leçon de courage et de solidarité. « Alionouchka et les brigands » est un conte qui a(...)
Alionouchka
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Alionouchka la blonde est un vrai garçon manqué : elle court les bois et n’a peur de rien. Quand ses parents la laissent seule dans sa maison, elle les rassure et invite des amies. Mais voilà que les brigands rôdent… Un conte palpitant, plein de rebondissements, qui est aussi une belle leçon de courage et de solidarité. « Alionouchka et les brigands » est un conte qui a été recueilli en Russie au XIXe siècle par le folkloriste Alexandre Afanassiev (1826-1871), mais on en trouve des versions dans toute l’Europe (il s’agit du conte type 956 B qui a notamment inspiré le roman d’Henri Pourrat, « Gaspard des montagnes »).
Littérature jeunesse
Yayoi Kusama
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From Japan to America and back: in his new book, Fausto Gilberti hands the floor to Yayoi Kusama, who tells us her story in the first person. Born in Matsumoto, Yayoi has always loved to draw (even the things others don't see) and she flies to New York to become an artist. Her art astonishes the public with fresh ideas: Yayoi fills large canvases with dots, uses her(...)
Yayoi Kusama
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From Japan to America and back: in his new book, Fausto Gilberti hands the floor to Yayoi Kusama, who tells us her story in the first person. Born in Matsumoto, Yayoi has always loved to draw (even the things others don't see) and she flies to New York to become an artist. Her art astonishes the public with fresh ideas: Yayoi fills large canvases with dots, uses her meetings to send important messages, designs clothes to wear in two... Creating her works makes her feel good, whatever their shape: from her famous pumpkins to rooms filled with lights and mirrors that reflect everything infinitely.
Littérature jeunesse
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Ce livre-enveloppe, qui se déplie pour révéler une maison d'édition à suspendre, contient dix petits livres permettant de découvrir les métiers et le vocabulaire de l'édition. Il permet aussi d'imaginer des histoires et de créer ses propres albums illustrés.
Bienvenue dans ma maison d'édition
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Ce livre-enveloppe, qui se déplie pour révéler une maison d'édition à suspendre, contient dix petits livres permettant de découvrir les métiers et le vocabulaire de l'édition. Il permet aussi d'imaginer des histoires et de créer ses propres albums illustrés.
Littérature jeunesse
Architek
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An introduction to architectural creation, the 95 precut cardboard elements in this book can be combined in an infinite variety of ways to build all sorts of fantastical structures. Follow the full-color idea diagrams to create more than 20 unique projects, then disassemble them and try something different. Developing direction-following skills and 3-D creativity, this(...)
Architek
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An introduction to architectural creation, the 95 precut cardboard elements in this book can be combined in an infinite variety of ways to build all sorts of fantastical structures. Follow the full-color idea diagrams to create more than 20 unique projects, then disassemble them and try something different. Developing direction-following skills and 3-D creativity, this kit allows young architects to both learn traditional design rules and break them. Alternate the color and black-and-white facade graphics to customize your creations-no glue or fasteners needed, just slot into place! The vibrant cutouts increase spatial visualization skills while giving future architects first-hand experience with color, form, and pattern.
Littérature jeunesse
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This publication tells the inspiring true story of the visionary Iraqi-British architect. Zaha Hadid grew up in Baghdad, Iraq, surrounded by music. She was a curious and confident child, who designed her own modernist bedroom at nine years old. As a young woman studying at University in Beirut, she was described as the most outstanding pupil the teacher had ever met. With(...)
Zaha Hadid: little people, big dreams
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This publication tells the inspiring true story of the visionary Iraqi-British architect. Zaha Hadid grew up in Baghdad, Iraq, surrounded by music. She was a curious and confident child, who designed her own modernist bedroom at nine years old. As a young woman studying at University in Beirut, she was described as the most outstanding pupil the teacher had ever met. With her spectacular vision and belief in the power of architecture, she founded her own firm and designed some of the most outstanding buildings in the world--including the London 2012 Olympic Aquatic Centre. This inspiring book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the architect's life.
Littérature jeunesse
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A clever, quirky book about one of the world's most beloved contemporary artists - aimed at young readers and written from Kusama's point of view! Yayoi Kusama covers her paintings in hundreds and hundreds of dots. Her dots come off her canvases to cover dresses, tables, walls, and more! She creates mirrored rooms and fills them with glittering balls and lights,(...)
Yayoi Kusama covered everything in dots and wasn't sorry
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A clever, quirky book about one of the world's most beloved contemporary artists - aimed at young readers and written from Kusama's point of view! Yayoi Kusama covers her paintings in hundreds and hundreds of dots. Her dots come off her canvases to cover dresses, tables, walls, and more! She creates mirrored rooms and fills them with glittering balls and lights, until there is an infinity of dots - just like in her paintings. Fausto Gilberti brings movement, life, and whimsy to the true life story of one of the most important contemporary Japanese artists of our time - an artist who is still dazzling museum- and gallery-goers around the globe today.
Littérature jeunesse