Nothing at all

“Nothing” or “everything”, in this story it’s all a question of point of view. 

An ecological and poetic fable to make young people think about nature and the quest for what is essential. At the beginning, there were only a few trees, two or three animals, a river and a pond in this green area. 

Mr. C found that it was almost nothing. 

So little that he began to build walls, a house, then two, then three... Then came roads, buildings, factories, pylons, antennas and department stores. 

A project so grandiose that Mr. C built again and again, always more... Always more until it was no longer possible to add anything, until a little titmouse turned everything upside down... THEMES: Sustainable development / Ecology / Respect for nature / Urbanization / Quest for happiness / Happy sobriety / Wisdom BONUS: A new enriched edition + BEHIND THE BOOK: discovering the illustration technique used by Julien Billaudeau, using wooden shapes engraved in relief. +A STENCIL WORKSHOP: Young and old are invited to create their own city or forest by assembling shapes together. 

A nice way to learn the author-illustrator's technique while having fun with graphics and colors. •From 4 years old • Format: 19 x 26 cm - 48 pages • Printed on Munken Print White Paper "A beautiful story to learn to look at the world and be satisfied with what exists. 

Everything is here !" Denis Cheissoux - France Inter (CO2 my love) "A refined and musical text, a bold graphic approach (simple shapes juxtaposed endlessly) and here is an extraordinary album to gently reflect on sobriety (or even decline!).” Bookstore Birds books “When Mr. C. 

constructed, Julien Billaudeau inks the page, shape after shape, color after color so that this nothing at all becomes almost too much, so that from page to page, the essential gains reason for the benefit of a very sufficient whole. 

Nothing, too much or just enough, everything is there and it's already a lot!" Fireflies Witch Bookstore "A fun and engaging way to talk to children about ecology, without moralism, as evidence of common sense." Danielle Bertrand - Ricochet