Non-fiction / Ages 6+ / 80 pages / 24 x 33.5 cm / 24.90 € / October 2024
Rights sold: Chinese (simplified)
Carnival!
Catherine Loizeau & Béatrice Veillon
Embark on an crazy journey and visit 10 carnivals to discover the subversion of this party that turns the world upside down!
This profuse non-fiction book takes the reader into the time of collective madness which is the carnival. This lively, vibrant party, which takes place around the world and generally coincides with the end of Winter, has many faces: traditional in Binche, spectacular in Rio de Janeiro, dancing in Cayenne… From Europe to America via the Caribbean, this book tells us about 10 carnivals still existing today. For each of them are presented 2 emblematic characters as well as the many details and specificities of these joyful events. Through the history of these masked parties, the book also addresses the history of colonization and the cultures that stemmed from it.
An enthralling book to celebrate the specificities of each carnival but also what makes the core of it: the music, dances, questioning of the rules…
Catherine Loizeau
The author
Catherine Loizeau is a historian and journalist, and she writes comic book scenarios. She is the author of several books in the collection Encyclopédie Image Doc. With Béatrice Veillon, she published 3, 2, 1… Je découvre Paris !.
Béatrice Veillon
The illustrator
Béatrice Veillon works as an author and illustrator of children’s books and press. For the magazine “Pomme d’Api”, she created the Oukilé family, a successful find-and-seek series.
