AS SEEN ON TIKTOKA thought-provoking and universal journey of courage, self-discovery, heartfelt life lessons, and bouncy letters.Meet Little o: a little letter who spends all her time being what others expect of her. But when Little o rolls out of her line—and questions why things must stay the way they are—she embarks on a journey that she never could have expected…Encountering shapes and objects and numbers alike, Little o tries ...

Night falls… It is late. Close your eyes. Time to sleep. This wonderful bedtime story from the masterful illustrator Barroux takes you on a journey through a child’s imagination to a series of dreamy landscapes where animals ready themselves for sleep. The simple, lyrical text and charming illustrations will gently lull even the most reluctant sleeper, providing a calming way for parents and carers to say goodnight.Listen to the world gently slowing down, then stop...

Louie loves watching his young master paint, and when the boy puts his finishing touches on a particularly good self-portrait, Louie barks enthusiastically. One day, when the boy is at school, Louie tries his own paw at painting a still life. Is this purely an accident, or is Louie a "genius," just like his master?

A compassionate counting book that captures the power of a welcoming community. Teach children about refugees and how each kindness can help them find a new home.More than half of the world's refugees are children fleeing scary situations in search of a safe place to live.Arriving in a new place is stressful for newcomers, especially when the newcomers are little ones. But this beautiful counting book helps readers see the journey of finding a new home and the joys of being...

Doctors Without Borders PrizePEN Promotes AwardGLLI (Global Literature in Libraries Initiative) Translated YA Book Prize ShortlistCILIP Kate Greenaway Medal LonglistLibrary Journal “Best Book of the Year” selectionSchool Library Journal “Best Adult Book 4 Teens” selectionComics Journal “Best Comic of the Year” selection“Barroux’s raw illustrations and Bessora’s matter-of-fact text express the inhu...

Newly released as a free ebook in support of those affected by the refugee crisis in UkraineWhen Polar Bear and his friends are swept away from their home, they hope to find refuge in a new land. Where will they travel to? Who will they meet? And will they be made to feel welcome?With simple text, reassuring images, and themes of kindness and cooperation, Welcome offers the perfect opportunity for parents, grandparents, teachers and guardians to di...

The Trillium Award-winning autobiographical novel "La mauvaise mere" by Marguerite Andersen is now in English. Prolific author Marguerite Andersen traces the important moments of her life in this honest and harrowing examination of motherhood. She gives an unflinching account of her relationship with her three children and her years spent following her caprices and lovers, trying to regain the agency she lost when she became a mother. Born in Germany, Andersen was fifteen years old when Wo...

A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali is a moving, passionate love story set amid the turmoil and terror of Rwanda’s genocide.All manner of Kigali residents pass their time by the pool of the Mille-Collines hotel: aid workers, Rwandan bourgeoisie, expatriates, UN peacekeepers, prostitutes. Keeping a watchful eye is Bernard Valcourt, a jaded foreign journalist, but his closest attention is devoted to Gentille, a hotel waitress with the slender, elegant build of a Tutsi. As ...

After decades, former lovers come face to face in a novel filled with a "suspenseful dread that makes you want to turn every page at locomotive pace" ( St. Louis Post-Dispatch).Cécile, a stylish forty-seven-year-old, has spent the weekend visiting her parents in a provincial town southeast of Paris. By early Monday morning, she's exhausted. These trips back home are always stressful, and she settles into a train compartment with an empty seat beside her. B...

'Intense, gorgeous, troubling, seductive - a novel that has to be surrendered to rather than read' Sarah WatersAN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF AN ENGLISH PEN TRANSLATES AWARDAll Men Want to Know traces Nina Bouraoui's blissful childhood in Algeria, a wild, sun-soaked paradise, with hazy summer afternoons spent swimming, diving, and driving across the desert. Her mother is French, her father Algerian; wh...

The "heart-breaking" (New York Times Book Review), rollicking, award-winning novel that has been described as "Oliver Twist in 1970s Africa" (Les Inrockuptibles)"One of the most compelling books you'll read in any language this year." —Rolling StoneWinner of the Hurston-Wright Legacy AwardLonglisted for the Man Booker International PrizeShortlisted for the ...

"A compelling, blood-soaked portrait of a young Tutsi rebel who rose to become one of the leading generals in the Congolese Army." — DetailsLieve Joris has long been considered "one of the best journalists in the world" and in The Rebels' Hour she illuminates the dark heart of contemporary Congo through the prism of one lonely, complicated man—a rebel leader named Assani who becomes a high-ranking general in the Congolese army. As...