Fonfon holds its talented authors and illustrators in high regard and embraces a vision of sustainability, releasing only a limited number of new publications each year to ensure a focus on carefully curated and beautifully crafted stories that will keep appealing to children’s imaginations for years to come.
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With 86 years publishing books covering a broad range of subject areas, Fondo de Cultura Económica is one of the leading publishing houses in Latin America. Over the course of the last twenty-nine years, the ten series of books for children and young adults published by our Children’s book division have included titles of the highest literary and visual quality, aimed at a critical and demanding readership. Our most innovative books have received important awards such as the New Horizons Award, and some of our titles have been listed in the White Ravens Catalogue and in the AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) 50 Books/50 Covers. Several of our books for children and young adults have been translated into Chinese, Dutch, English, French, Galician, Czech, Slovenian, German, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Swedish, Romanian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Japanese, Arabic, Greek and Turkish.
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Lawrence is a boy who knows a lot about plants, excels at mathematics and loves to call a spade a spade. But his classmates sometimes give him a hard time because of his odd behaviour. Will the class trip to the botanical gardens at the end of the year help them to see Lawrence in a different light? This picture book delves with honesty and understanding into the daily challenges of life for a boy with autism.
Thomas is a prince whose full-time job is to save princesses from untold dangers. After years of doing it, he has developed some very unusual methods. Follow Thomas on his daring escapades and find out why the princesses never fall in love with him in the end. You’ve never seen a rescue mission like this before, but the charming Prince Thomas is sure to win your heart!
It’s a harsh landing, and it’s left me shaken, but I still have to walk up to the blackboard. Everyone is looking at me. I open my mouth. Nothing comes out. Nothing at all. The story I could recite from memory barely an hour ago is gone. There’s not a single syllable left. I’m looking all around the classroom, trying to find the beginning of a sentence. But there are so many students, so much furniture and so many things. So many things spinning all around me. It’s chaos in here. When he gets back from the movie theatre, Vincent can tell his mom exactly what happened in the film, right down to the tiniest detail. But when he has to get up in front of the class and recite a story he has learned by heart, his mind goes blank. The house in his head is just so big, he tends to get lost in there! The House in My Head takes a good look at attention deficit disorder from an original and accessible angle.
Thea has her own bike with two wheels, a pair of red shoes with stars on them and a super-soft stuffed lion. And she has thorns: lots of spiky branches that grow in her tummy and stop her from doing anything when she’s worried or scared. Thea is desperate to tame her thorns, but how can she go about it? This picture book explores the topic of anxiety in a gentle, understanding way.
A little calf who lives on a farm in the country is upset. His mother is nowhere to be found. Whatever will he do until she comes back? The other barnyard animals come up with some riddles to put a smile back on his face. This quirky story is guaranteed to put you in a good mooooood! Almost 10,000 copies sold since its release!
Gus the gull is king of the car park, where he guzzles his guts full of crispy chips morning, noon and night. Alone by the riverside, his cousin Gullina gobbles fish down her gullet all day long. Gus is desperate to go away on holiday, and Gullina can’t stand to be alone a second longer. Together they set off on an adventure, but will they find what they’re looking for?
Lil-Louis is a likeable little boy, only sometimes he loses his temper and does things without thinking them through first. Sometimes this can get him into a lot of trouble. As he tries to come up with ways to overcome his emotional outbursts, he imagines himself in a boxing ring. Will he come out on top and learn how to control his reactions and his feelings?
Pete and Repeat went out in a boat. Pete fell out, so who was left? Repeat . . . Pete and Repeat went out in a boat. Pete fell out, so who was left? Repeat . . . Aren’t you fed up of that childhood riddle that keeps going round and round in circles? At last, here’s the story of what really happened! Penned with author Katia Canciani’s sharp wit and illustrator’s Guillaume Perreault’s keen eye for detail, the pages of this remarkably funny picture book turn themselves absurdly well.
I only have one arm: the right one. I like to tell my friends I was in a terrible car crash and lived to tell the tale, but they had to cut my arm off. Ha, ha! That’s not true, though. I was born this way. I’ve been special since the day I came into the world! This picture book paints a portrait of 14 beautiful and perfectly atypical children. They may be young, but they’re not afraid to show their true colours and be proud of who they are. Our True Colours is a celebration of childhood and being unique. You’ll love these poetic texts, endearing characters and stunning illustrations!
Set sail with Queen Quick-Quick and her dillydallying deckhands as they hit the high seas for a rollicking rescue. Along the way, our hot-tempered heroine encounters a scary sea monster, pokey pirates, mesmerising mermaids and whacks of wonderful words that are guaranteed to get grins, giggles and guffaws galore! A picture book that masterfully combines the rich language of Caroline Allard and the modern illustrations of Guillaume Perreault!
Something quite out of the ordinary is happening to Juliette this morning. It’s as though her fringe has taken on a life of its own! No matter how many times she combs or sticks each hair in the right place, they simply will not stay put. Will she ever tame that unruly mane? Find out how Juliette attempts to untangle one of life’s greatest mysteries: the BAD HAIR DAY.
Lolo looks like a very ordinary boy. But he’s on a very important mission: to save the WHOLE world. And then he meets a dragon who’s lost his fire! Lolo is going to help his new friend catch his breath, and he won’t let anything stand in his way.
Tim often feels lonely, but he’s not afraid of anything! High up in his hot air balloon, he sees the world a different way. In his world, he’s the hero of his own adventure. At last, he’s found a place where anything is possible!
À la fois livre de recettes et recueil d’histoires, Dans ma cuisine est une porte d’entrée vers le monde culinaire pour toute la famille. Josée Bisaillon partage ses meilleures recettes et souvenirs familiaux, accompagnés d’anecdotes amusantes. Dans ce livre, on laisse place à l’erreur et on invite tout le monde à mettre la main à la pâte dans une ambiance festive. Entrez dans la cuisine de Josée, un univers où les seules règles sont de goûter et de s’amuser !
While she’s rooting around in her grandmother’s attic, Alexe finds a strange-looking telephone. She makes sure nobody else is around and then presses one of the buttons. But who’s on the other end of the line? Pick up this book to find out more about the fun characters Alexe meets as she searches for the answer!
