10 ptits pingouins autour du monde épisode 1 (11)

The man in white notices the strange behavior of a Chinese submarine.

He wonders: what really happened? What is the reason of this kidnapping?

No time to say “aiyou” (“phew” in Chinese)! the 10 Little Penguins have disappeared in the sea.

On their way to new extraordinary adventures?

10 ptits pingouins autour du monde épisode 1 (10)

- Hang on a minute! says a man in a white three-pieces suit sat in a launch. 

It wasn’t oil in this supertanker, but treacle! This is not a catastrophe. 

The sea will taste bittersweet for a while and that’s it.

10 ptits pingouins autour du monde épisode 1 (9)

Rescuers flock from everywhere. 

The first arriving at the scene discover a moving scene. 

The 10 Little Penguins who swim so much better than their snatchers saved the Saviors.

10 ptits pingouins autour du monde épisode 1 (8)

The crash is so heavy that even the giant squids living in the deep come to the surface to see what happened. 

They witness the catastrophe.

The hull of the supertanker pierced by the stem of the sailboat spills out floods of a dark and sticky liquid.

10 ptits pingouins autour du monde épisode 1 (7)

But the man at the helm is surprised by their shticks.

- Little Penguins straight ahead! worries this seasoned sailor.
He takes action when he discovers the obstacle hidden by the little jokers. 

Too late, unfortunately.

10 ptits pingouins autour du monde épisode 1 (6)

A hold, even though it is perfectly refrigerated, is very small compared to the ice-floe. 

The boisterous Penguins need to exercise.

They don’t fly, but they run, crawl, slide, squeeze like eels. 

So much so that you can find them anywhere, at the top and at the bottom of the sailboat, 

scattered from mast to keel.

10 ptits pingouins autour du monde épisode 1 (5)

The boss rants his troops in the wardroom.

- As soon as we are back in Melbourne, we’ll launch our worldwide campaign against global warming. And these little cuties will help us to touch people’s hearts…

But what is this one doing here?

10 ptits pingouins autour du monde épisode 1 (4)

At first, everything goes smoothly. In the refrigerated hold, kipper is fresh and profuse, 

the care is constant and watchful. The person who takes care of the Penguins is not bearded. 

Soft and smooth, she delights her patients. 

10 ptits pingouins autour du monde épisode 1 (3)

Three hours later, soaked and frozen, the bearded men pull out all the stops.

- Treat them gently, says the boss as he guides the prisoners into a refrigerated hold. 
They are our own little ambassadors, the Saviors of the Planet.

10 ptits pingouins autour du monde épisode 1 (2)

The men of the sailboat seem very informal.

The 10 Little Penguins, who have never seen any bearded men before, think they just want to play. 

10 ptits pingouins autour du monde épisode 1 (1)

En avant-première mondiale, le premier épisode des 10 ptits pingouins autour du monde.

Ca commence comme ça.

1- Panic in Antarctic

Rule n°1: never shut in the 10 Little Penguins

South Pole.

A great sailboat comes alongside the ice-floe called Ross Ice shelf.

Six men come off. Six tall bearded men in orange overalls.

- I need ten of them, shouts the boss. No more, no less.

Intrigued, the 10 Little Penguins come closer.

retour de Francfort

sans le prix... tant pis ! merci à l'équipe de Carlsen pour leur accueil...

vue de la fenêtre de l'hôtel

retour en ICE quasiment dans la cabine de pilotage...

Jugendliteraturpreis 2011

Jean-Luc Fromental et moi sommes nominés
pour le Jugendliteraturpreis 2011 pour Oups !
version allemande chez Carlsen Verlag
(traduction de Leonie Jacobson) 
Résultats vendredi soir à Francfort, 
où nous partons demain. 
La plupart de mes livres publiés en Allemagne 
le sont chez Carlsen.


Jean-Luc Fromental and I are nominees 
for the Jugendliteraturpreis 2011 for Oups 
(german version) by Carlsen Verlag 
(translation by Leonie Jacobson).
The award will be given on Friday evening in Frankfurt 
(where we'll be tomorrow until Saturday). 
Most of my books are published in Germany by Carlsen.

di Giusto y camerata Romeu

Une couverture de CD en popup réalisée avec Gerard Lo Monaco et les associés réunis pour le label Mañana