Didier Lévy – författare

A little boy has a problem with his dragon: he’s no longer able to breathe fire. What to do? How on earth do you rekindle a despondent dragon’s flame? The little boy tries shaking him by his tail, and jumping on his belly, and tickling his legs… No joy. How about goading him somehow? – make him angry, fuel his jealousy… Still no luck. Maybe sticking false flames on the side of his face would work – but, no, that makes it all worse. Much, much worse. Now the dragon’s downright depressed. Oh no! He decides that he’ll just have to tell him that he loves him just the way he is, even though he can’t breathe fire, and that he will always be his dragon – and plants a big fat kiss on his cheek. What do you think happens next?

A little boy has a problem with his dragon: he’s no longer able to breathe fire. What to do? How on earth do you rekindle a despondent dragon’s flame? The little boy tries shaking him by his tail, and jumping on his belly, and tickling his legs… No joy. How about goading him somehow? – make him angry, fuel his jealousy… Still no luck. Maybe sticking false flames on the side of his face would work – but, no, that makes it all worse. Much, much worse. Now the dragon’s downright depressed. Oh no! He decides that he’ll just have to tell him that he loves him just the way he is, even though he can’t breathe fire, and that he will always be his dragon – and plants a big fat kiss on his cheek. What do you think happens next?

In this delightful follow-up to How to Light Your Dragon, readers see how fun life with a pet dragon can be. In five short, amusing stories full of colourful illustrations, the child and dragon playact as firefighters, doctors, and even Christmas trees! But living with a dragon is anything but normal; when they get tired and need to nap, dragons snore and little sparks come out of their nose that attract fireflies. Pure magic and wonder!

A beautifully illustrated ode to reading, and in particular to reading aloud. Morris is a cat with a clever plan. Instead of chasing mice, he’s going to make them come to him. And how will he do that? By reading them STORIES. But little does Morris realise that his brilliant scheme won’t work out quite the way he expects...

A witty and anarchic tale from master storyteller Didier Lévy. The hippopotamus is feeling worried. Is his bottom too big? All the other animals have an opinion, but nobody can agree and things soon start to get out of hand. Is there a way to sort out the mess? Didier Lévy’s subversive story is accompanied by Marc Boutavant’s glorious illustrations, which perfectly capture the characters’ idiosyncrasies, mannerisms and hilarious reactions. Hippobottomus will reassure all young readers beset by body insecurity, and remind them above all that in life, keeping a sense of proportion is key.

A beautifully illustrated ode to the power of music. Wolfgang the Wolf dreams of starting a band. Without a second thought he places an advert, and to his great surprise Rex the Rabbit appears, a rocker with a fabulous voice. The Big Bads group was born. They are an immediate hit, and their fans come to listen from all over the forest. But Wolfgang’s wolfish taste for rabbits is never far away… Wolfgang and the Magic of Music is a sweet tale of an unlikely friendship, and the power of singing to bring everyone together.

A beautifully illustrated ode to the power of music. Wolfgang the Wolf dreams of starting a band. Without a second thought he places an advert, and to his great surprise Rex the Rabbit appears, a rocker with a fabulous voice. The Big Bads group was born. They are an immediate hit, and their fans come to listen from all over the forest. But Wolfgang’s wolfish taste for rabbits is never far away… Wolfgang and the Magic of Music is a sweet tale of an unlikely friendship, and the power of singing to bring everyone together.

Gaelic translation of funny, heartwarming French bestseller Le Super Pouvoir des Histoires by Didier Levy and illustrated by Lorenzo Sangio about a cat with a clever plan to 'catch' mice. He's a bit lazy and doesn't want to spend all his time chasing after them. So he comes up with a way he thinks will encourage them to come to him - reading them books out loud, and enticing them with lots of interesting stories. The mice start coming to him to hear him read the next story. The cat tries all sorts of different stories - funny ones, sad ones, even slightly boring ones but he can't quite find what works best to help him 'catch' the mice and things don't quite work out the way he expects. And then he decides to write his own story to see if that works. The cat discovers he is a great storyteller and through the experience of reading all the different books to the cats, he ultimately finds happiness. And even the cats are contented. A delightfully illustrated book celebrating books and the power of stories. Spot the references to a number of classic stories sometimes with a twist - Puss in Boots, The Little Prince, Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio.The central character of Maurice the cat.He's lazy and can't be bothered running around to catch mice.He decides on a cunning plan to draw the mice to him.He reads stories out loud and they come closer.But he can't find the right story.Sometimes they all end up laughing (including Maurice)Sometimes they all get bored and fall asleep.He decides to write his own story.He becomes friends with the mice.They bring him gifts - other tasty things to eat.As the book ends Maurice has become a writer, he's surrounded by his little mice friends listening to him tell them his stories and presumably they all live happily ever after.It's a story that rightly deserves its place at the top of the French children's charts. Bound to be a favourite with booksellers for highlighting the magic of stories and books.The illustrations are adorable, endearing, sweet and it's fun to spot the classic book titles and clever cat references on almost every page.