Life in Black with Philippe Katerine
A candy pink cover, because that’s exactly what this book is: a treat, signed by the Julien Baer / Philippe Katerine tandem (already authors of three CD-books). His poor hero, the Pirannosaurus, a creature that is half Barbapapa, half soft dinosaur, is terrified by life. Disheveled pessimism, disproportionate worry … At the start of a race with a snail, “I don’t have the shadow of a chance”, does he think. His glass of red is “Half empty, of course”. A micronuage passes in front of the sun? “Here, the weather is clouding over. “ In short, the Pirannosaurus is our grumpy grandmother and worse. But also for the better, because our grandmother wouldn’t sing, with Katerine’s voice, a song as deliciously lazy as The Song of the Pirannosaurus (QR Code to flash).
“Le Pirannosaure”, by Julien Baer and Philippe Katerine. Helium, 40 pages, € 15.90. From 4 years old.
Make way for the imagination with Dominique A
What is most precious in this beautiful musical work is what we do not see. Words, for example: the book that accompanies the album does not contain any. Throughout Pierre’s adventures, children can browse as they wish and immerse themselves in the beautiful illustrations of Lili the whale. In the album itself, words are rare too. Dominique A, after announcing which instrument will play each character (“The grandfather who grumbles under his breath, it will be the bassoon”), accompanies the music of Prokofiev, performed by the Orchester national des Pays de la Loire, at least. A few indications, an original song by the man with the melancholy voice, leave plenty of room for the imagination of the young listener.
“Peter and the Wolf”, by Serge Prokofiev. Performed by the Orchester national des Pays de la Loire (conducted by Pascal Rophé); told by Dominique A; illustrated by Lili the whale. Maison Eliza / ONPL, 32 pages, € 19. From 3 years old.
The history of the ukulele with Thomas Fersen
Thomas Fersen’s rocky and warm voice takes us on a long journey, from Madeira to Honolulu, in the footsteps of the ukulele (“jump-the-chip”, in Hawaiian, according to one of the possible etymologies). The story of this “Guitar runt that preserves the cockroach” is also that of the beginnings of globalization, and that of labor immigration: the Portuguese of Madeira who, at the end of the XIXe century, embarked to pick sugar cane on the other side of the world, rather than “To break the slab” at their home. A rich, popular and slang language and facetious designs feed this story as much as the songs, obviously accompanied by the star instrument of the book.
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