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Mousse receives an unexpected visit—and forms an unlikely friendship—in a new series for early readers.
About the author
After studying at the School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg,
Claire Lebourg now lives and works in Rennes. Since then, she has published several picture books, including
How Dreadful!, and an early reading series. In addition to her work as an author-illustrator, she creates maps and posters and organizes talks and workshops for children and adults.
Sophie Lewis has translated works from French and Portuguese by Stendhal, Jules Verne, Marcel Aymé, Violette Leduc, Leïla Slimani, Mona Chollet and Annie Ernaux, as well as Natalia Borges Polesso, João Gilberto Noll, Sheyla Smanioto, Victor Heringer and Patrícia Melo, among others. With Gitanjali Patel, she co-founded the Shadow Heroes workshops enterprise. Lewis’s translations have been shortlisted for the Scott Moncrieff and Republic of Consciousness prizes, and longlisted for the International Booker Prize. She was joint winner of the 2022 French-American Foundation prize for non-fiction translation, for Nastassja Martin’s
In the Eye of the Wild.
Summary
In a new series for early readers, Mousse receives an unexpected visit—and forms an unlikely friendship.
Mousse loves his solitary life by the sea. Every morning, he strolls by the shore, drinks his freshly-brewed coffee, and takes a long, serene bath. But when an uninvited walrus named J.P. Barnacle appears in his armchair one day, Mousse’s scrupulous routine is ruined. It isn’t long before J.P. Barnacle has made himself comfortable in just about every part of Mousse’s home: his bed, his dining room, his bathtub . . . What’s Mousse to do?
In this delightfully illustrated picture book for early readers, Claire Lebourg depicts the unexpected pleasures in helping others and accommodating needs beyond our own.
Foreword
- 300 early copies targeting key media outlets and independent booksellers in Oakland, San Francisco, New York, Minneapolis, Seattle, Chicago, and Houston
- Virtual events
- Social media promotion on Transit Children's Editions newsletter, website, and social media channels
- Giveaways on Twitter, Instagram & Goodreads
- Simultaneous print and e-book release, with ebook ISBN to be included on all press materials, author and publisher websites, and whenever print ISBN is listed
