After a very prolific carreer in French chanson (we owe him the lyrics of many songs by Jean Ferrat, Gilbert Bécaud, Michel Jonasz, Michel Polnareff or Mecano), Pierre Grosz turns to a younger audience when writing the musical Toni et Vagabond, with Henri Dès, and then numerous picture books with French publishers Mango, RMN, Nathan. Most of them have been illustrated by his accomplice Rémi Saillard.

Born in 1960 in Champagnole, Rémi Saillard studied at the renowned Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg. After working two years in an advertising agency, he turned to publishing and the press. He has already illustrated a hundred children’s books with his delicate paintbrush and his shimmering colours, in varied genres and styles. His picture book Bonnets rouges et bonnets blancs won the prestigious Bernard Versele award in 2017.

Benoît Broyart is an author of novels and picture books for children and adults, as well as comics. In the past fifteen years, he has written around fifty books published by various publishing houses (Rouergue, Milan, Seuil, Thierry Magnier). He has co-written the documentary Vers un monde alternatif (Gulf Stream), which is just the tip of his daily ecological commitments. He lives in French region Bretagne.

Léonie Kœlsch was born in 1993 in a small town in Burgundy, France. After studying graphic design in Strasbourg and Valence, she studied Didactic Illustration and graduated from the HEAR in Strasbourg in 2018. She likes to create images with a colourful graphic atmosphere, mixing painting and cut out paper. She now works for the press, for publishing and culture..

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Benoît Broyart is an author of novels and picture books for children and adults, as well as comics. In the past fifteen years, he has written around fifty books published by various publishing houses (Rouergue, Milan, Seuil, Thierry Magnier). He has co-written the documentary Vers un monde alternatif (Gulf Stream), which is just the tip of his daily ecological commitments. He lives in French region Bretagne.

Emmanuelle Grundmann is a renowned biologist, naturalist and journalist. She is devoted to the protection of endangered species and the preservation of biodiversity. She has written around fifty essays and reference books on the animal world. She lives in Burgundy, France.

Olivia Sautreuil studied graphic design and quickly specialized in illustration and silkscreen printing. After living in the UK and in France, she has settled in Brussels, where she still lives and works for the press and for book publishing. She has wonderfully illustrated Le Feuilleton d’Artémis, by Murielle Szac, as well as Bestioles and Tadam! which she has also written.

Benoît Broyart is an author of novels and picture books for children and adults, as well as comics. In the past fifteen years, he has written around fifty books published by various publishing houses (Rouergue, Milan, Seuil, Thierry Magnier). He has co-written the documentary Vers un monde alternatif (Gulf Stream), which is just the tip of his daily ecological commitments. He lives in French region Bretagne.

After graduating from the Ecole Supérieure d’Art d’Epinal Margaux Grappe started illustrating children’s books in 2018. Her delicate and naive style can be seen in beautiful picture books Bonjour le monde! by Clémence Sabbagh (Maison Eliza) and Pour être un bon gros méchant loup by France Quatromme (Voce verso). She lives and works in Besançon, France.

Since the awarded and successful 14-14 (written with Paul Béorn) translated into 12 languages, Silène Edgar has shown her great talent in several striking novels: historical fiction, fantasty, sci-fi… both for children and adults. The Tree Bed is her first picture book!

A traveller at heart, and first a graphic designer, Gilles Freluche has turned to illustration recently. He has illustrated several covers of novels published by Oskar, a reference book at Milan, and La vie en vert fluo at Mango. Inspired by his love for nature, he draws both powerful and naive illustrations, with a bright colour palette.

Benoît Broyart is an author of novels and picture books for children and adults, as well as comics. In the past fifteen years, he has written around fifty books published by various publishing houses (Rouergue, Milan, Seuil, Thierry Magnier). He has co-written the documentary Vers un monde alternatif (Gulf Stream), which is just the tip of his daily ecological commitments. He lives in French region Bretagne.

After graduating and working in graphic design, Félix Rousseau decided to devote himself to illustration, and he was right! With his pure colours palette, he has a unique style. His first books have been published by Benjamins Médias, like the hilarious Ours qui ne rentrait plus dans son slip, written by Émilie Chazerand.

Benoît Broyart is an author of novels and picture books for children and adults, as well as comics. In the past fifteen years, he has written around fifty books published by various publishing houses (Rouergue, Milan, Seuil, Thierry Magnier). He has co-written the documentary Vers un monde alternatif (Gulf Stream), which is just the tip of his daily ecological commitments. He lives in French region Bretagne.

After graduating from L’école d’Estienne and Olivier de Serres, Évelyne Mary has illustrated several picture books, including beautiful Le loup et la petite fille, published by Rue du Monde. Her favourite technique is woodcut but she loves to play with shapes also using dry point, stamps, vector design…

Benoît Broyart is an author of novels and picture books for children and adults, as well as comics. In the past fifteen years, he has written around fifty books published by various publishing houses (Rouergue, Milan, Seuil, Thierry Magnier). He has co-written the documentary Vers un monde alternatif (Gulf Stream Éditeur), which is just the tip of his daily ecological commitments. He lives in French region Bretagne.

Marta Orzel has a degree in graphic design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Poland.
She has illustrated children’s books published by Rouergue, Actes Sud Junior, Gallimard Jeunesse, Milan, Hatier, Didier Jeunesse, and has also worked for the press (Télérama, La revue XXI, Le JDD, Georges…). She lives in Nantes, in the West of France.

Philippe Nessmann is a scientist and has written children’s books for twenty years History, art, sciences, animals … this Jack-of-all-trades has written around forty non-fiction titles and a round ten children’s novels. He lives close to Paris.

Camille Nicolazzi graduated in illustration five years ago. She has illustrated Toutes les larmes du Nil, written by Pog, as well as Le très grand lion et la toute petite souris, by France Quatromme, published by Bilboquet. She lives and works close to Nantes, in the West of France

Emmanuelle Grundmann is a renowned biologist, naturalist and journalist. She is devoted to the protection of endangered species and the preservation of biodiversity. She has written around fifty essays and reference books on the animal world. She lives in Burgundy, France.

Giulia Vetri is an illustrator and a graphic designer. She has illustrated covers for children’s novels (Didier Jeunesse, La Joie de lire…) and several press articles. She has written and illustrated Antarctique (La Martinière Jeunesse). Born in Italy, she now lives in Brussels.

Benoît Broyart is an author of novels and picture books for children and adults, as well as comics. In the past fifteen years, he has written around fifty books published by various publishing houses (Rouergue, Milan, Seuil, Thierry Magnier). He has co-written the documentary Vers un monde alternatif (Gulf Stream Éditeur), which is just the tip of his daily ecological commitments. He lives in French region Bretagne.

Suzy Vergez is an author and illustrator who works for children’s books publishers, the press, performing arts… She is the illustrator of Ballons and Anaïs (Kilowatt éditions), Petits contes du vaste monde and Le dragon du jour de l’an (Circonflexe). She lives in Strasbourg, in the East of France. She received the « Ananas » award at the 2019 Bejing Book Fair.