author/illustrator: Jérôme Dubois / Laurie Agusti
ages: 6+
96 pages
29 x 21 cm
hardcover
La Partie
sold: Korean
One Morning
About this book
A dreamlike and utterly original “choose your own adventure book” following a child trying to bring colours back to the world.
A child wakes up one morning and doesn’t recognize the world
surrounding him/her : it’s all black and white! The colours have disappeared not only from the house, but from the whole town. Yet, in the streets, the bystanders don’t seem to notice this peculiar change.Hoping to find the lost colours, the child goes to familiar places: the park, the cinema, the pizza truck… There, he meets mischievous coloured balls that explain they are his memories: every time he finds one, another recollection comes to his mind and new colours reappear around him.
The balls will take the child on a funny and unsettling quest: several paths are possible and it’s up to the reader to decide which way the child will go!
- “Every aspect of this book is designed to support a surprising, effective and ultimately unique reading experience that is both visually and narrative exciting” Bologna Ragazzi Award jury
- A coming-of-age expedition through a urban scenery teeming with a multitude of clues and details, gently evolving from black and white to colour.
AWARDS
★ 2023 Bologna Ragazzi Awards Winner (Comics Middle Grade)
- A gender-neutral hero.