[Partie 3/3]. Many new literary works have emerged in recent weeks. Among them: children’s books not to be missed! The Les Parleuses bookstore gives us its selection.
1 – Gold and pillows by Mayalen Goust
Mayalen Goust adapts Flore Vesco’s work to BD. “This author writes for children and adolescents. I loved the novel” explains Amandine. “The adaptation is absolutely sublime. The boards are incredible”. In this revisited version of the famous tale The Princess and the Peawe discover “a lord looking for a wife”. For that, “he puts several women through tests.”
Each candidate is invited to stay one night, alone, in a room with an oversized bed. “Three girls from a very good family go there but they fail”. Sadima, their maid, also present, will also take the test. “And she succeeds. The lord then invites her to live in the castle and discover the place.”
It is a story around “of a very curious young woman, who dares to go where she wants and claim a place.” Quite a question “awakening of desire is also discussed”. From 14 years old. Price: 20 euros.
2 – Seagull & Owl by Julien Arnal and Sandra Le Guen
This children’s album, from 4 years old, was published by Éditions Little Urban. Sandra Le Guen, on the text, and Julien Arnal, on the illustration, collaborate to unveil a beautiful, colorful work. “They tell the story of the meeting of Seagull and Owl. They are totally different in their temperament. However, they fall in love at first sight and decide to start a family.”
“This important theme is often requested. Representations of families which do not correspond to the ‘hegemonic model’, ‘the norm'”. In addition to this, “It’s a really nice little story.“. Another positive point: “the album is very colorful, absolutely magnificent. Especially this bright pink which complements the blue”. Price: 14 euros 90.
3 – The Last Witch by Catherine Cuenca
This novel by Catherine Cuenca looks back on the existence of Michée Chaudéron, the last woman executed for witchcraft in Geneva in 1652. The work delivers “a true story in a certain fictionalized way”.
Micah had knowledge of medicinal plants with “certain knowledge, such as what was best to eat when you had a temperature, what to do at the time of birth… She was a healer but without saying it because women were hunted for that at the time. She helped many people”.
“She never had the ‘protection’ of having a husband. It is for all these reasons that they tried her for witchcraft. We talk very little about witch hunts. It comes down to, more and more, but not enough for my taste. However, it is a moment in our history which lasted, in Europe, almost two centuries. Price: 16.50 euros.
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