Our five senses
Séraphine Menu & Delphine Chedru

An original book reflecting on the part our senses play in how we connect with others and build societies.

Over almost 100 pages, this book goes beyond the scientific aspect of the five senses to offer a social approach. Indeed, far from being individual objects, our senses allow us to connect with our environment and with other living beings. A friendly gesture is sometimes more comforting than words; songs unite and give the strength to fight; other people’s smell can provoke disgust, while a good-smelling meal is often the chance for a moment of sharing. But our relation to our senses varies depending on the group we belong to: our clothes, food, music, words differ from one culture or time to another!

Séraphine Menu’s easy-to-read texts, full of concrete examples, are enlightened by Delphine Chedru’s playful design mixing drawings and photographs with vivid colours.

Séraphine Menu
The author

Séraphine Menu was born in Normandy in 1990, in a small town near the sea. She works as an editor for Møtus and also writes children’s books. She writes novels, non-fiction books, theatre plays and comic books. At La Partie, she published Chasseur de glace, the idea of which came to her during a Trans-Siberian journey, a few years ago, along the frozen shores of the lake Baikal; and Our Five Senses, a non-fiction book illustrated by Delphine Chedru.

Delphine Chedru
The illustrator

After graduating from the École des Arts Décoratifs of Strasbourg, Delphine Chedru started to work as a graphic designer and then to write and illustrate children’s books. She has published around several books at Seuil Jeunesse, Albin Michel Jeunesse, Dargaud, Didier Jeunesse, Hélium and Milan. Her works include La Petite bête qui monte et Paul a dit ! (Prix Sorcières Award 2017), Ma Fabrique à images and Bonjour Au revoir. She lives in Paris.