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Books from
Guadeloupe
(France)
Contact : Patricia Navet
patricia.navet@cg971.fr
This selection was made by librarians and teachers desiring to give children
quality picture books to read. It has taken into account the literary interest
of picture books published in Guadeloupe today, which, more and more
frequently, do not just concentrate on teaching purposes.
Two publishers, Jasor and PLB, do remarkable work to develop quality
children’s literature. More and more, they encourage creative and original
stories, quality in texts and illustrations, in design and aspect of books. These
books offer a successful mixture to suit the tastes of children of different ages.
The recipe? Take heroes that children like, familiar animals like the anoli little
lizard, the ant, the toad (L’Anoli amoureux, Toc, toc, toc ! C’est Manioc !, Frogolo
et Marcello), family characters – a grandmother (Les Oeufs de Man Firmin), a
little boy and his mother (Frogolo et Marcello) – or issued from folktales like an
ogress (Le Drôle de festin de Commère Tartignolle) or Anansi the Spiderman (Les 7
dons d’Anansi). Pour in a good mesure of feelings, love (L’Anoli amoureux), anger
(Frogolo et Marcello). Add a zest of humour (Rosalie et Ti Zandoli, Le Drôle de festin
de Commère Tartignolle), a snatch of the fantastic (Lowitt la grenouille qui danse,
Les Longues nattes de Poética), a pinch of popular song (Frogolo et Marcello).
Blend it all with superb illustrations made by new talents (Danielle Monsoro,
Doumey Durieux, Javie Munoz, Marielle Plaisir) or renowned illustrators. Thus
a special place is given to Sophie Mondésir who left us too soon, and to Alex
Godard, Guadeloupean author and illustrator who has not been published
locally but who represents le pays Guadeloupe and needs to be in this selection.
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Ophélie Bohème • Sylvie Leduc, ill.
Rosalie et Ti Zandoli [Rosalie and Ti Zandoli]
PLB Éditions, 2007 • ISBN 978-2-35365-025-5
Wanting to catch a butterfly, a little anoli (lizard)
ends up very far away from home. A sparkling
story, full of humour, with a text in French
and Creole, a good rhythm, accessible to very
small children and narrative illustrations full
of imagination.
En voulant attraper un papillon, un petit anoli (lézard)
se retrouve entraîné bien loin de chez lui. Une histoire
pétillante et pleine d’humour, un texte en français
et en créole, bien rythmé et très accessible aux plus
petits, des illustrations narratives remplies de fantaisie.
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