Marmottine is a little marmot to whom it is difficult not to become attached: she is naughty, clever and courageous. She is part of a family with her two brothers Marmotton and Marmottou. But, moving away from her burrow, she will experience “frightening” adventures because she did not listen to her parents’ advice while adults know the dangers of life…
A story for her granddaughter
“While I was hiking with Valentine, my granddaughter who was 5 or 6 years old and is now 15, I invented this story while climbing in the Vanoise Massif,” says Marie-Claude Pailler. For Christmas, she asked me to write the texts for her and enrich them with little drawings.”
And then a few months ago, “we decided to share this story with other children. The texts are almost those of the original and I added the watercolor illustrations,” adds the author who lives in Peyrat-de-Bellac, retired after having been a French and history-geography teacher at high school.
With a format suitable for reading by parents (from 2 years old), leaving plenty of room for drawings to follow the adventures of cute Marmottine with her red bow, this book will be a hit in libraries and other bedside tables. young, like at the foot of the tree.
Marmottine dedications.
Saturday November 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Maison de la Presse at Régent, 11 rue Thiers in Bellac. Note that she will also be signing at Rêv’en Pages in Limoges on December 14.
Marie-Claude Pailler wrote two short stories The Mad Mountaineer et UBACwho received 1st Prize at the Passy International Mountain Book Fair. She published The Wall in 2020 (Grand Prix des Écrins in 2021) and Cliff Murder in 2023. She already has several projects in the works with an essay, a novel and a children’s book.
Anne-Marie Muia
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