A World Step by Step - Éditions À dos d`âne

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The chosen characters stem from fields which are original but appealing for young
readers of 8 and up : cinema (Chaplin, Tati, Méliès, Truffaut), literature (Lewis
Carroll), science (Donald W. Winnicott) or music (Gerschwin, Josephine Baker)…
Texts are very carefully written and edited, in order to offer accessible, entertaining
yet sound information. Black and white illustrations accompany the texts with
a variety of styles. With their easy-to-manipulate small format, the books will
offer a fresh look at the biography genre for children.
New Collection
A World Step by Step
>>> The “A World Step by Step ” collection sets out to
connect young readers to current topics that concern them.
By awakening their conscience and appealing to their
humanity, this collection invites young readers to play their
part in a world that they too build step by step.
Because each step counts
From 11 years old 80 p. / 11,5 x 17 cm / 10e
Nikolaï Angelov
Mathieu de Muizon
Voyage a Auschwitz
Récit d’un jeune Rom
Journey to AuschwitzLa vie d’artiste
by Nikolaï Angelov
and Mathieu de Muizon
4 histoires du droit d’auteur
Qu’est-ce que le droit d’auteur ? Comment est-il né ?
À quoi sert-il ? Comment a-t-il évolué ? Est-il menacé
aujourd’hui ? Quelles institutions le protègent ?
En quatre récits imagés, et avec la complicité
humoristique de Mathieu de Muizon pour les
illustrations, Franck Médioni raconte aux jeunes
lecteurs la longue marche du droit d’auteur.
In 2014, on the initiative of the European
Union, Nikolaï Angelov, emigrated from
Bulgaria, travels with one thousand
Romanies to Auschwitz on the occasion
of the seventy years’ anniversary of the
liberation of the concentration camps.
He delivers to us here the account of this
deeply moving experience. Faced with the
Holocaust, the extermination of the Jews,
the Romanies and all those whom the Nazis
persecuted, Nicolaï finds beyond the horror,
the pride to be a man and a Romani. He
wonders about the condition of Romanies
today in Europe. An information file throws
light on this aspect of contemporary history,
which remains an open wound in the heart
of Europe.
Une indispensable page d’actualité pour les jeunes
qui aiment le cinéma, les livres, la musique…
et pour tous ceux qui s’intéressent
à la culture.
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Des graines et des guides (Seeds and guides) À dos d’âne’s main series
proposes biographies of famous characters which are rarely known by children,
but whose lives and works should be inspiring to them.
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The collections Seeds and guides and The notebooks of wonders were selected in 2010, 2011,
2013 and 2014 by La Revue des livres pour enfants publicated by the French National Library,
as one of the best books for children.
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À dos d’âne (literally “at donkey’s pace”) is a young and innovative children’s
publisher created in 2009. Its main goal is to offer alternative yet accessible
books to young readers, mainly in the genre of famous characters’ biographies.
With daring editorial choices, but constantly keeping the children’s target in
mind, À dos d’âne’s series re-invents biographies for children.
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CATALOGUE SEPTEMBer 2015
Franck Médioni
Mathieu de Muizon
La vie d’artiste
4 histoires du droit d’auteur
The artist’s life
by Franck Médioni
and Mathieu de Muizon
What is copyright ? How did it come to
be ? What is its use ? How did it evolve ?
Is it threatened today? What institutions
protect it? In four colorfu laccounts, and
with the humorous complicity of Mathieu
de Muizon for the illustrations, Frank
Médioni relates to young readers the
long unfolding story of copyright. An
essential document of current relevance
for the young people who love cinema,
books, music… and for all those who are
interested in the arts.
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“SEEDS AND GUIDES” Collection
8-12 years and older / To access the best of contemporary history
48 p. / 10,5 x 15 cm / 7,50e
travelers / writers / world cultures > > >
Alexandra David-Néel,
an explorer on the roof
of the world
by Gwenaëlle Abolivier
and Gopal Dagnogo
Marguerite Yourcenar,
the academician with
wind in her soles
by Achmy Halley
and Tanguy Dohollau
On foot, on the back of a mule or
even a yak, David-Néel will cross
India, Tibet and China. In 1924,
she is the first western woman to
enter secretly Lhassa, a Tibetan
town forbidden to foreigners.
The first woman to be elected to
the French Academy, Marguerite
Yourcenar, who dedicated her life
to writing and travel, was also a
lover of nature and oriental wisdom.
Karen Blixen,
a European woman
in Africa
by Véronique v. Beau
and Dimitra Nikolopoulou
Sitting Bull,
the bison of the
Great Plains
by Marilyn Plénard
and Gopal Dagnogo
The adventure of Karen Blixen in Africa
or how, at the dawn of the twentieth
century, a woman of exceptional
destiny dreamed of running a farm
in Kenya and there she got to know
Africa and its people.
Sitting Bull, was the last great Indian
chief of North America. His name
resounds like that of a legend.
Much more than that, he remains
a monumental, historic figure of the
West, a combatant of freedom with
the unforgettable look.
Léopold Sédar Senghor,
the poet of everlasting
words
by Véronique Tadjo
and William Wilson
Léon-Gontran Damas,
the jazzy poet
by Nimrod
and Gopal Dagnogo
On the village square, Leopold listens,
fascinated, to a griot. This little boy will
become one of the greatest poets of his
time and also be the first African member
of the Académie Française. And that is
not all. He will be elected President of
the Republic of Senegal, his country!
Aimé Césaire,
a volcano called poetry
by Bruno Doucey
and Christian Epanya
Originally from Basse-Pointe, in
Martinique, Aimé Césaire will make
brilliant studies in Paris. A great poet,
he will also become a deputy and
mayor of Fort-de-France during
a life where poetic and political
will only be one now.
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A silent child until the age of six, LéonGontran Damas soon leaves French
Guiana for Martinique and then Paris.
It is there that the free young man, a jazz
lover, will meet Césaire and Senghor.
The three poets will revolutionise poetry,
by inventing negritude; the defence of
black people’s values.
3 poets of Negritude
This set brings together the 3 titles
on the poets of Negritude; Senghor,
Damas and Césaire invented the
concept of Negritude – the defense
of the black people’s values –
in 1934, while at the same time
revolutionizing poetry by enriching
the French language with the colors
of Senegal, Guyana and Martinique.
An indispensable page of history for
children.
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Gandhi, the attorney
of the oppressed
by Achmy Halley and
Georges Lemoine
Dian Fossey, the gorillas’
guardian angel
by Brigitte Hache
and Zuzanna Celej
During more than half a century,
in India, Gandhi fought injustice with
nonviolence, leading a humble life
and dreaming of a world where man
would live in harmony with the earth,
respecting his human brothers.
At 31, Dian Fossey goes to Rwanda,
in Africa, to meet the gorillas. Studying
and safeguarding the gorillas will
become her whole life’s battle.
A commitment for the preservation
of the future.
Donald W. Winnicott,
the inventor
of childhood
by Nicole Sorand
and Rafaële Ide
Catherine Kousmine,
plate detective
by Jacqueline Aymeries
and Julia Perrin
Science > > >
Paediatrician and psychoanalyst,
D. W. Winnicott was one of the
first doctors to regard babies as
individual people. His original vision
radically changed how we understand
childhood.
Albert Einstein,
the great mind of physics
by Marilyn Plénard
and Anastassia Élias
A rebellious child, a brilliant student,
Albert Einstein dreams of becoming
professor of natural sciences and
mathematics. At the age of twenty,
he is an obscure employee, who during
his free time, puts together the theories
which will revolutionise physics and
make him into a huge scientist.
The paediatrician Catherine Kousmine
investigates what we eat ... and like a
real detective she unmasks bad foods.
Hubert Reeves,
looking at the skies
by Vivian Lofiego
Vivian Lofiego relates step by step the
path of Hubert Reeves, the renowned
astrophysicist who likes so much to meet
the public and children to communicate
his passion for the universe and his great
respect for nature. A book to inspire
vocations... with a preface by Hubert
Reeves.
Théodore Monod,
a scholar under the stars
by Bruno Doucey
and Zaü
A great humanist and lover of the
desert, Theodore Monod remains
one of the last scholars to offer
a universal vision.
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Music / dance > > >
Claude Debussy,
music as sensation
by Pétronille Danchin
and Anastassia Elias
Erik Satie,
music for a simple heart
by Delphine Bertozzi
and Marcelino Truong
One must know how to try out new
ideas, he used to say, otherwise you
might as well grow pineapples at home!
And that’s what Claude Debussy did,
this great composer who, at the transition
of the 19th to the 20th century, turned
the art of music writing upside down:
for he knew how to make music express
a world of sensations.
From the first piano music that he
composed, Erik Satie gave us simple,
profound tunes. The piano notes seem
to arrive on tiptoe. All his musical
creations are real « innovations »
which touch the heart.
Francis Poulenc,
a composer rich in colour
by Simon Basinger
and Françoise Lepaulmier
3 moderns
of French music
At the age of two, the little Francis
Poulenc happens to be offered a
miniature, white-lacquered, piano which
he nicknames his « Doh-Re-Mi ». Gifted
with a multifaceted talent, this lover
of music will become one of the great
French composers of the 20th century.
Django Reinhardt,
jazz in the clouds
by Franck Médioni
and Julia Perrin
Django Reinhardt ? « the greatest
guitarist of the century », « the only
original creator of the European jazz ».
The gipsy guitarist is a legend …
« I awaken », is the meaning of his
first name, Django. Django puts the
world on the alert.
Louis Armstrong,
enchanting jazz
by Franck Médioni
and Michel Backès
Born with the twentieth century in
New Orleans, Louis Armstrong is a
pioneer of jazz. Thanks to him, this
music which was just a limited folklore
in the south of the United States
has become a universal language,
a world music.
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Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Francis
Poulenc. At the turn of the 20th century,
these three French composers blew a
wind of freedom through music that
became synonymous with modernity.
A set for a gentle approach to discover
them.
Billie Holiday,
nothing but music
by Dominique Maurizi
The struggle of a huge singer in first half
of the twentieth century America, where,
in spite of the abolition of slavery, the
status of the blacks is no better. Jazz,
ragtime, big band, swing… All that jazz!
Billie Holiday sings all of this. Slow, really
slow. There is honey and bits of broken
glass in her voice…
3 jazz legends
A bouncy trumpet, a warm voice
with bursts of honey, a frantic guitar…
all that jazz ! Louis Armstrong,
Billie Holiday and Django Reinhardt
invented jazz and its landscapes.
Three legends to discover a music
with a universal accent.
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George Gershwin,
a dance step between
jazz and classical music
by Pétronille Danchin
and Eve Grosset
Famous for his musicals played on
Broadway, the astonishing musician
who knew how to marry jazz and
classical, George Gershwin gave to
American music at the beginning of
the twentieth century, a new impetus.
Joséphine Baker,
the unchained dancer
by Marianne Stjepanovic
and Pauline Sciot
A young American black girl dances all
the way to Paris to escape from misery.
Becoming the famous Josephine Baker,
she dedicates her life to fighting against
racism with her only arms of dancing,
the joy of living and her generosity.
Isadora Duncan,
the bare-footed
American
by Vivian Lofiego
Miriam Makeba,
singing for freedom
by Tanella Boni
and Gopal Dagnogo
At the beginning of the 20th century,
an American woman called Isadora
Duncan changed dance forever.
Bare-footed, draped in flowing
materials, she danced all over
the world. Modern dance was born.
How Miriam Makeba, born in the ghettos
of South Africa, became an ambassador
for human righs through her songs.
Jacques Brel,
a life of a thousand
tempos
by Luc Baba
and Mathieu de Muizon
Georges Brassens,
with a gentle song
on his lips
by François David
and Anastassia Elias
Jacques Brel wrote memorable songs.
He sang like no other, underscored
human stupidity, conquered the film
industry, travelled extensively around
the world and became a legend.
A words and music lover, Georges
Brassens wrote magnificent, demanding
songs. He was also a free, modest person
with a rare human quality.
visual art > > >
Lewis Carroll,
the eye of the magician
by Pétronille Danchin
and Dimitra Nikolopoulou
Sempé,
the dream drawn
by Bernard Pascuito
and Mathieu de Muizon
A great companion of childhood,
the famous author of the sparkling
tales of Alice, Lewis Carroll was
also a photographer. In everything,
he sees the world through the eye
of a magician.
In sixty years of career, Sempé met with
nothing but triumphs. His albums are
all considered as works of art. So many
figures having come and met up with
Petit Nicolas in his enchanted world.
For Sempé always drew as if he were
putting his dreams onto paper.
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Hundertwasser,
inventing the town
by Rémi David
and Pauline Sciot
Ernest Pignon-Ernest,
like footprints in the sand
by Rémi David and
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Painter, architect, ecologist, the Austrian
artist Hundertwasser is notably known
as the inventor of the «Tree Tenant ».
All his life, he never stopped preserving
nature and urging humankind to live
in harmony with her. His architectural
works are the fruit of this energy and
imagination.
At barely twenty five years of age,
Ernest Pignon-Ernest is the first artist in
the world to create a work of art which is
not exhibited in an Art Gallery but which
is produced on walls, rocks, fences…
He thus founds « street art » and leaves
his mark on places and lanscapes with
his poetic vision.
Alexander Calder
or the celestial mobiles
by Dominique Maurizi
3 artists in the town
After creating the smallest circus in
the world and designing wire figures
in space, Alexander Calder invented
mobiles: sculptures in motion, planets,
wildlife and plants which dance in the
air. The genial little handyman who,
when a child, built his own personal
poetic world will become the man
in the red shirt, the creator of art
in suspension.
Ernest Pignon-Ernest, Alexander Calder
and Hundertwasser invented the city.
These three artists of the XXth century
have taken over street space and
left their mark on urban places with
conviction, energy, imagination and
their poetic vision.
cinEma > > >
Charlie Chaplin,
the enchanter
of comedy films
by Luc Baba
and Pauline Sciot
Georges Méliès,
the magician
of the cinema
by Zéno Bianu
and Julia Perrin
A poor child in the midst of poverty in
the London streets, little Charlie Chaplin
will soon become the greatest comic of
his time.
When Georges Méliès, a famous
illusionist, invented the cinema,
a whole new world of magic
appeared... made up of a thousand
and one trick visual effects.
Jacques Tati,
the tightrope walker
of the cinema
by Delphine Bertozzi
and Demetra Nikolopoulou
3 greats of the
burlesque cinema
In a light and lively style, Delphine
Bertozzi gives a documented portrait
of Jacques Tati, the famous creator of
M. Hulot, which renewed the post-war
burlesque cinema. A real delight for
young readers.
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The three-volume series on burlesque
cinema is available as a set under the
title “3 greats of the burlesque cinema”.
This set brings together the titles on
Georges Méliès, Charlie Chaplin and
Jacques Tati.
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Buster Keaton, the
mechanic of the cinema
by Hélène Deschamps
and Anastassia Elias
Buster Keaton is not yet four years old
when he already officially takes part
in his parents’ music-hall act. Later on,
this unbelievable actor will produce
silent films in black and white, which
will be just as much explosive poems,
celebrating fantasy, magic, and the
fabulous.
The Marx Brothers,
the indomitables
of the cinéma
by Hélène Deschamps
and Mathieu de Muizon
Like the Lumière brothers, the
Marx Brothers were real brothers.
At the same time, these fabulous
comic actors played imposture
like no one else.
Alfred Hitchcock,
the master of the cinema
by Hélène Deschamps
and Pierre-Luc Granjon
By making films of stories of crimes
and murders, Hitchcock enjoys himself
making us afraid, but also making us
laugh, as for him laughter and fear go
together. With his genius for suspense
and special effects, Hitchcock deserves
the name of master.
François Truffaut,
the child of cinema
by Véronique v. Beau
and Pauline Sciot
How a little rascal in Pigalle
developed his passion, when still
a child, for the cinema and became
one of the greatest film directors.
Eric Rohmer,
the storyteller
of the cinema
by Aïdée Caillot
and Gianpaolo Pagni
With his friends of the new wave,
Eric Rohmer shatters the existing
cinema, « the cinema of daddy ».
He chooses to make films without
constraint, spontaneous, full of youth.
His talent as a storyteller is able to
move children.
The Cinema Factory
Three cinema volumes, available
as a set, is offered under the title
« The Cinema Factory ». This set brings
together the titles on Alfred Hitchcock,
François Truffaut and Eric Rohmer.
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“THE NOTEBOOKS OF WONDERS” Collection
For young readers
from 11 and older,
as well as for all nature lovers
80 p. / 18 x 23 cm / 15e
>>> A collection by which to be amazed that explores the
wonders of nature through a scientific lens. Through 25 texts,
some of nature’s secrets are unveiled and narrated as short
stories. Magnificent photographs and an elegant lay-outmake
the journey all the more captivating.
Australia,
an animal dream
by Marilyn Plénard
Nature, open up!
by Marilyn Plénard
As a scientific journalist, Marilyn
Plénard has never stopped being
amazed, even with her scientific eye,
by the wonders of nature. In 25 texts,
she clearly unveils a few
of nature’s
secrets. Magnificent photographs
illustrate this captivating journey.
In 25 texts with breathtaking photographs,
Marylin Plénard shares her wonder at the
landscapes and animals of the magic land
of Australia. She helps us rediscover those
animals that are most well-known but also
helps us meet the most secret ones. She
takes us into their shelters, their forests, like
in the Aborigines’ mythical Dreamtime.
PRESS REVIEW 2015 – Selection
Nature, open-up!
« Nature, open up! » is a very remarkable work, thanks to the
collection of photographs’ quality; it explores animals and plants.
« Critiques libres » website
Collection Seeds and guides
Erik Satie
Delphine Bertozzi makes our mouths water, helped by the finesse
of Marcelino Truong’s illustrations, which are humoristic yet fitting in
with the musician’s elegance. It’s a great success!
Notes bibliographiques
[…] people whom you rarely think of presenting to children […]
Seeds and guides […] relates in a very simple style the story of
personalities who had an innovative eye and who are part of our
universal cultural heritage […] These refreshing little books take
less than half an hour to read and contain information that will
also interest adults.
La Vie
Jacques Brel
Chaplin
Gopal Dagnogo, who had already illustrateda few works in this
collection, has surpassed himself here with compositions (in black
and white) that are sometimes plays on Negro art, Surrealismor
Henri Matisse’s birds. With this work on Léon-Gontran Damas is
probably offered to us the jewel of the works by the À dos d’âne
publishers, who invite discovery of the men and women who have
changed the world.
« Critiques libres » website
There is no doubt that this little book in the excellent Seeds and
Guides collection, published by Editions À dos d’âne, will urge
young generations to watch his films.
Blog bouquins de poches en poches
Josephine baker
Josephine Baker, the unchained dancer, is a little book in the Seeds
and Guides collection which we have already told you about here.
A great collection which, each time, presents us with a man or a
woman who has left their mark on history and culture. Put together
as short novels, subtly illustrated, they are always fascinating reads.
Thus here, we are going to know better the life of this dancer who
left her mark on the France of the 1920s and whose generosity still
remains famous.
« lamareauxmot » website
A lot of humanity in this new title to discover the dense, eventful life
of the lover of life that was Brel. (…) The text evokes his personality
well and the pertinent illustrations accompany it perfectly. This book
was praised by the editorial staff.
Revue des livres pour enfants n°270 BNF
Léon-Gontran Damas
Albert Einstein
An excellent scientific work simplified for children.
InterCDI. Revue des centres de Documentation
et d’Information n°247
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