New Releases by Satomi Ichikawa

Pablito, a Guatemalan boy whose pet pig Amarillo has disappeared, uses a kite to send him a message that he still loves him.

Un album écrit à la première personne pour une déclaration poétique et tendre d''un parent à son bébé, qui évoque le plaisir partagé d''être ensemble

Pablito a un ami extraordinaire : il s''appelle Amarillo, un petit cochon jaune. Les deux amis sont inséparables, jusqu''au jour où Amarillo disparaît..

Le petit Shyam est musicien. Il vit seul loin des montagnes où il est né... L''histoire d''une amitié pas ordinaire entre un petit singe et un jeune garçon.

Pablito, a Guatemalan boy whose pet pig Amarillo has disappeared, uses a kite to send him a message that he still loves him.

Ignored while the other trees talk about how they will be dressed for Christmas, a small fir tree finds her dreams fulfilled on Christmas morning.

Eine Touristenfamilie fotografiert den kleinen Meto in seinem Dorf in der afrikanischen Savanne. Dabei verliert das kleine weisse Mädchen ein seltsames Tier, ihren Stoffbär.

The animals of the African savanna help Meto as he tries to return the toy bear left behind by a young tourist.

Rosie va séjourner chez tante Nina, oncle Gilles et les cousins. Elle découvre alors la campagne, la vie à la ferme, l''hiver, la chaleur du feu et celle d''une famille unie. Ce portrait champêtre et idyllique est entrecoupé de contes et de travaux manuels. Dans ses illustrations, Satomi Ichikawa reproduit cette atmosphère par de nombreux détails et la sensibilité qui caractérise son oeuvre.

While visiting her grandmother, Nora joins with the animated toys from an old chest to bring the stars down from the night sky, but their loss makes the sky black and sad.

Nora finds a duckling in the woods and takes it to Doctor John, who provides love and care for many wild and domestic animals who have come to grief.

While visiting her grandmother, Nora joins with the animated toys from an old chest to bring the stars down from the night sky, but their loss makes the sky black and sad.

A little Puerto Rican girl uses her basket full of colorful ribbons to help her hide and to help her make some new friends.

Nora''s outdoor tea party with her toys at the home of some friendly geese is disrupted by Benji, the greedy sheep from next door, but he eventually makes amends.

In this story for young children, Nora is invited to a most unusual tea-party by the geese in the wood. Unfortunately Benjy the sheep makes rather a nuisance of himself, but later he manages to make amends in an unexpected way.

Au dire de Nora, le mouton Benji, cause de désagréments, n''est qu''un gros glouton. Il n''en est rien. Une histoire gentille aux illustrations charmantes.

Poor Nora has stayed inside all week with a cold with only Kiki the dog, Teddy the bear, and Maggie the doll for company, while the roses bloom just outside her window. One by one, visitors pass, each stopping to pick a rose on his way. Soon there won''t be any roses left! But with a little imagination, Nora discovers just the right way to cure her sick-in-bed boredom and make her roses last forever.

Ballerina Bear Barbara, who lives in a child''s room in Paris, discovers that while it is nice to make new friends, old friends should never be forgotten.