text and images of Mélusine THIRY • hors collection
Si je grandis...
picture book 26x19 cm, 48 pages full colours, hardback
key words : grow up, adventure, magic
illustrated for children above seven of age
price France : 13,50 euros TTC
ISBN 978-2-35558-016-1
With images but also with her own words, the illustrator Mélusine Thiry makes us see, with a child's eyes, all that an innocent mind can imagine about the on-going mystery of growing up.
Like a lullaby, somewhere between the shadow and the light, this poetic picture book reminds us of a long-time forgotten secret : growing up does not mean definitely losing our capacity of being touched. While growing up, we learn to discover the marvels of the world in a new way.
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If I grow up, I would no longer hide myself among the lichen
but it is with the utmost care that I will look after my garden.
... As I keep on streching myself, pulling and raising myself,
I shall be a grown-up one day.
However, no matter how big I become
I will always be a little sparkle of life
facing the whole universe and its infinity.
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Text and images
Mélusine THIRY is a designer of lighting for live spectacles such as marionnette theatres. Skilled in paper cutting, she is inspired by the "tiny" objects and the "infinit" spaces, blended into a dreamland with mysterious shades of light. Through her original visual language, she interprets the joys and pains of growing-up shared by every sensitive heart.
She is the winner of the Prize of Adults and Mediators of the Figures Futur 2006 competition, and illustrator of Marée d’amour dans la nuit (HongFei 2008).
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To order
Available in bookstores and on-line services starting October 2009
EDI Diffusion - SODIS Distribution (France - Belgium - Switzerland)
ADL (Canada)