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Books from<br />

Algeria<br />

Contact: Zahia Mezaoui<br />

zahia.mezaoui@if-algerie.com<br />

These Algerian picture books were selected by Zahia Mezaoui, a librarian<br />

working in the library of the Institut Français d’Alger. Written and illustrated<br />

by Algerian and French authors, they are published by Algerian publishing<br />

houses Casbah, Dalimen and Lazhari Labter. They are well illustrated, have<br />

an educational purpose and are designed to enrich the child’s imagination<br />

and curiosity.<br />

1<br />

Corinne Chevallier • Hocine Mechemache, ill.<br />

Le Seigneur triste, la jeune fille et les mois de l’année<br />

[The sad Lord, the girl and the months of the year]<br />

Casbah, 2009 • ISBN 9961002457<br />

In a distant land, lived a sad Lord in his dusty<br />

castle. Not far from the castle, nestled a small<br />

village where lived a pretty girl. She was so pretty<br />

that they said of her that she looked like a fairy<br />

and that she danced under the trees the nights of<br />

moonlight. Over the seasons, the months of the<br />

year passed, beginning by September that came<br />

earlier, before the end of August, so, it decided<br />

to house in the Lord’s castle. To thank him for his<br />

hospitality, September promised to take him in<br />

his house, so that he could smile again…<br />

Dans un pays lointain, vivait un seigneur triste dans<br />

son château poussiéreux. Non loin du château, vivait<br />

une jolie jeune fille dans un petit village. Elle était si<br />

jolie qu’on disait d’elle, qu’elle ressemblait à une fée<br />

et qu’elle dansait sous les arbres les nuits de pleine<br />

lune. Au fil des saisons, les mois de l’année passaient,<br />

en commençant par Septembre qui est venu plus tôt,<br />

avant la fin d’Août, et qui a décidé de se loger dans<br />

le château du Seigneur. Pour le remercier de son<br />

hospitalité, Septembre lui promet de l’emmener dans<br />

sa maison afin qu’il puisse retrouver le sourire ...<br />

2<br />

Corinne Chevallier • Hocine Mechemache, ill.<br />

Le Lutin curieux qui voulait aller dans la lune<br />

[The curios elf who wanted to go to the moon]<br />

Casbah, 2009 • ISBN 9789961648452<br />

It is the story of an elf who was so in love with<br />

the moon that he spent his nights contemplating<br />

it. He had even built a house on a tree to be able<br />

to approach it. This elf had other particularities,<br />

he interfered in everything, was curious and<br />

everyone avoided him because of his stupidity.<br />

One morning, going to quench his thirst, he met<br />

an old woman wrapped in black; he approached<br />

her and asked who she was. The latter replied<br />

that she was the night, and promised to make<br />

him see the moon…<br />

C’est l’histoire d’un elfe qui était tellement amoureux<br />

de la lune qu’il passait ses nuits à la contempler.<br />

Il avait même construit une maison sur un arbre pour<br />

être en mesure de s’en approcher. Mais cet elfe avait<br />

d’autres particularités, il intervenait dans tout, du<br />

coup tout le monde l’évitait à cause de sa stupidité.<br />

Un matin, en allant étancher sa soif, il rencontra une<br />

vieille femme enveloppée de noir, il s’approcha d’elle<br />

et lui demanda qui elle était. Celui-ci répondit qu’elle<br />

était la nuit, et lui promit de lui faire voir la lune ...<br />

the <strong>world</strong> through picture books • books from algeria • 13

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