Joëlle Jolivet – illustratör

The second instalment in the new series featuring a private eye with ears on her hat and a nose for mystery! When an unusual visitor asks Miss Cat to stop a terrible dream from coming true, she has a whale of a mystery on her hands. Soon she's on the trail of a secretive author, meeting a mysterious mayor and chasing a pack of peculiar pirates. But with a little help from her friends, no case is too tough for Miss Cat to crack! Book 2 in a splendidly silly series!

A private eye with ears on her hat and a nose for mystery, Miss Cat is back to solve another wild and wacky whodunnit about a ski resort where the snow melts at night and magically reappears in the morning. Miss Cat is not your typical private detective. Whether it’s her unique fashion sense or her uncanny ability to crack mind-bending mysteries, Miss Cat never turns down a chance to solve a crime and unmask the perpetrators. In this new Miss Cat adventure, strange things are happening in the ski resort of Snoboll. Why does all the snow melt away at night and magically reappear the next morning? Who is Ulf Rozenupp the Snow King and why has his sweetheart Snowella gone missing? And what is pizza chef Don Deville cooking up in secret? Join Miss Cat and her friends for a Christmas case full of fire and ice! Featuring unforgettable characters and riddles galore, Miss Cat: The Mystery of the Melting Snow will captivate readers and win new fans to this page-turning series featuring the intrepid girl detective.

In a distinctive oversize package and illustrated with Joëlle Jolivet’s signature retro, eye-catching style, Oops! follows a family through the streets of Paris as they try to get to the airport for their holiday. Back at their apartment, their house-sitting aunt slips on some soap, setting off a chain reaction of events that create some extreme roadblocks for the family’s trip. A movie shoot, a parade, policemen, rampaging bears, aliens, and much more collide in this remarkable new picture book adventure.The book includes a gatefold page at the end that explains in detail the train of chaos on the previous pages.

Bear can’t tell time and it’s causing chaos for the human family he lives with. He botches breakfast, he’s late for school, he swaps music with gym class and he misses lunch too. When his time-management skills land him in a sticky situation, the family decides enough is enough. Using a 12-piece pizza pie, they teach Bear how to read a clock. Suddenly, time is on Bear’s side: he’s punctual, aces his classes, and fills his schedule with volunteer work and sports practices. But it isn’t long before this bear begins to burn out ...Jean-Luc Fromental’s engaging writing and Joëlle Jolivet’s signature retro design combine in this lighthearted and accessible book on the importance and how-tos of telling time.

The penguins are back, in a new format and with a fresh new cover! The family in 365 Penguins finds a penguin mysteriously delivered to their door every day for a year. At first they’re cute, but with every passing day, the penguins pile up—along with the family’s problems. Feeding, cleaning, and housing the penguins becomes a monumental task. They’re noisy and smelly, and they always hog the bathroom! And who on earth is sending these kwak-ing critters? Bright, striking illustrations with lots of opportunity for counting (and lots of laughs), 365 Penguins has become a perennial wintertime favorite since it first came out in 2006.

Karuppu Raja dearly loves his small village of Pothakudi. He takes great pride in being responsible for its only source of light, switching the circuit breaker on every night to power the streetlamps.But one evening, he discovers a bird’s nest buried deep inside the box. He’s faced with a terrible dilemma: to turn the switch on and destroy the nest or to leave the village in darkness until the fledgelings are born.