Books by Blexbolex

Seasons

by DK Publishing, Alain Gree, Blexbolex

Blending exotic seasonings with traditional dishes, this beautiful cookbook introduces 120 easy-to-prepare but innovative recipes--all emphasizing the finest in seasonal ingredients--for every season of the year.

Seasons

by DK Publishing, Alain Gree, Blexbolex

In this graphically stunning picture book, Blexbolex explores the cyclical nature of time by looking at the seasons. Using objects, landscapes, activities, and different types of people that are associated with each season (such as a skier, a swimmer, a roasted chestnut seller), Blexbolex evokes the sense of permanency given to life by its cyclical nature, despite the fact that time is always passing. The purpose of this book is to encourage observation of the world around us and lead the reader to form all sorts of logical and imaginative associations having to do with the seasons, the cycles of life, and time.
An illustrator of graphic genius, Blexbolex entered art school with the intention of becoming a painter, but left having discovered his talent as a silksceen artist. Since then, he has worked regularly with book publishers in France and Germany, as well as for the press. In 2009 he received the prestegious Golden Letter award for best book design throughout the world.

Seasons

by DK Publishing, Alain Gree, Blexbolex

Seasons is an exciting look at the world around us as it changes throughout the year. From seedlings growing in spring and showing how they are planted, to the flowers and insects you might find in the summer months followed by harvesting, and the arrival of Autumn and finally Winter and the fun to be had in the snow!

Ballad

by Blexbolex

Ballad is a story, and like all great stories it deepens with each retelling.
Ballad builds over seven sequences. The first has three images: school, path, home. The next builds upon the first, giving us: school, street, path, forest, home. The next five sequences take up this story, but with new words and images that nearly double the previous sequence. Here a child encounters the world as he returns home from school, and we see his small world become enormous. This story is as old as the world. It happens every day.
Blexbolex is a bold, highly talented graphic artist. In addition to creating comics, he's been internationally acclaimed for Seasons, selected as a 2012 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year; and People.

VACATION

by Blexbolex

Summer vacation is going great for a girl who has everything to herself―including Grandpa―until a gray patch arrives.
Recipient of the 2017 Montreuil Children's Book Salon Pépite D'Or Literary Award, Silver Medalist in the 2018 Society of Illustrators Original Art Exhibition, A USBBY Outstanding International Book of 2019, and named one of The Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children's Books of 2018 by 100 Scope Notes

In this wordless story from artist Blexbolex, a young girl's idyllic vacation is interrupted by the appearance of an unexpected houseguest, and she learns how hard it can be to invite another in on the fun.

On vacation at her grandfather's home in the countryside, a young girl has thoroughly been enjoying her summer. All this time, she has had the garden, the kitchen, forest paths, the lake, and even Grandpa all to herself. So when her grandfather brings an elephant home to stay, she is not pleased at all. How will she react to this intrusion into what she believes to be her own personal space and time?

Nostalgic and often dreamlike, this wordless story is about interrupted solitude, learning to be together with another, and how the choices we make deeply affect our lives. With beautifully textured pages inside a hardcover with cloth spine, this is silent visual storytelling at its best!

The Magicians

by Blexbolex

"An exploration of the magic and difficulty of childhood, the wonders of the imagination, and the unique properties of books themselves, The Magicians is another utterly surprising gift from the singular mind of Blexbolex. You'll want to read it again and again." --Brian Selznick, author & illustrator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Big Tree

It's a graphic novel! It's an art book! It's an action-packed fantasy adventure from French visionary Blexbolex, for readers young and old.

A Wall Street Journal Best Children's Book of 2023 - A Kirkus Best Book of 2023 - A Booklist Editors' Choice - Selected for the Wall Street Journal Holiday Books Gift Guide, Publishers Weekly's Holiday Gift Guide, and A Room of One's Own's Holiday Catalog - A Moonbow Best Children's Book of 2023 - A 100 Scope Notes Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children's Book of 2023 - A Publishers Weekly Big Indie Book of the Fall

In the corner of a quiet, long-abandoned house, something is bubbling up and protesting. Suddenly, out from their hiding spots burst three young shapeshifting magicians--an elephant, a blackbird, and a human girl--each of whom embarks on their own journey. But a fierce young Huntress and a mechanical lion-dragon named Clinker are hot on their trails... and won't rest until every last magician is vanquished.

Fans of Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's work or The Wizard of Oz will feel right at home in the pages of The Magicians, with its fabulously eclectic characters and entertaining, suspenseful, dreamlike story inspired by video games, science fiction, fantasy, and fairy tales. Magic is the beating heart of this multi-world universe--the magic of nature, the magic of childhood, the magic of creativity and imagination. Here, Blexbolex celebrates the mysterious, beautiful mess of life.

Every gorgeous page features a silkscreen-style illustration that brilliantly layers three Pantone spot colors, in a festive palette that suggests "vintage circus." From the heavy cardstock binding with French flaps, to the bronze metallic endpapers, to the book's paper evoking that of classic comic books, Blexbolex carefully selected the materials that would best realize his vision. The result? A visually stunning work of art.

Blexbolex is an award-winning French graphic artist living in Berlin. Enchanted Lion Books has previously published English translations of four of his picture books, including People, Vacation, and two New York Times Best Illustrated selections: Seasons and Ballad.

NOTE: Folding pages are part of the design.