author/illustrator: Sophie Guerrive
ages: 6+
60 pages
17 x 23 cm
hardback
French
4048
The Friends Club 5, The Monster Party
From hazelnut to chestnut, from rosehip to chanterelle, the Friends’ Club is stocking up for the winter… But this forest is a strange one, and soon, Tulip and friends are lost! When a storm rolls in, they take shelter in a dark, isolated tower — and those crumbling old walls might just be hiding a few frightening residents…
Menacing ghosts, gloomy spectres, and monsters of every kind take centre stage in this new adventure! But if Tulip’s mum and Violette’s granny are joining in the party, then perhaps these creatures aren’t so terrible after all… With her signature warmth and humour, Sophie Guerrive fearlessly delves into the world of the Dead and the legends of Halloween! She playfully sends shivers down our spine, while Tulip, Violette, and Crocus learn to look beyond appearances — and welcome a surprising visitor into their home…
Other volumes available in the series:
- The Friends Club 1 (Winner of the 2021 Angoulême FIBD award, 8-12 years category)
- The Friends Club 2
- The Friends Club 3
- The Friends Club 4
IN THE MEDIA
★ "Each volume of The Friends Club is a gem of sweetness and intelligence, warming the hearts of young and old alike" — Télérama
★ "Children over four (and their parents) delight in these collections of short, endearing, and tender stories about discovering life and friendship." — La Croix
THE AUTHOR
Sophie Guerrive was born in 1983 in Marseille (France) and studied art in Aix-en-Provence then illustration in Strasbourg. She took part in various newspapers, magazines, fanzines. Since 2007, she has published several comic and illustration books. Besides her short and minimalistic stories influenced by comic strips like Peanuts or Mafalda, she also works on larger and very detailed drawings inspired by medieval illumination, oriental miniatures or Japanese prints. Her stories are often tinged with adventure and absurd humour, and feature her favourite themes: the marine world, initiatory journeys, the ancient and medieval periods, and visual and narrative symbolism.
"Absurd humour, a great delicacy tinged with melancholy, mixed with philosophical and existential thoughts [...] a unique talent for observing details - about things, about people" - Le Monde, about Sophie Guerrive's exhibition.
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