Reaching for the stars

Non-final cover and inner pages

From the moment his son is born, with his feet on the ground, the father looks up at the sky. A wonderful life is possible for his child, and he already imagines him reaching great heights, moving mountains, becoming an astronaut! But will his son see the world and the stars through the same eyes as him?

Strong points

– A picture book imbued with tenderness about a father’s ambition for his son’s future, but also about the importance of the symbolic legacy parents leave their child(ren).

– Arnaud Nebbache’s poetic and powerful writing, which, with few words, skillfully depicts the relationship between this father and his son.

– The vivid, graphic illustrations transport readers into a colorful, dreamlike world.

Author & Illustrator

Arnaud Nebbache is a graduate of the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels. He creates illustrations for children’s literature, as well as for the press and the communications sector. He has already published several children’s books with various publishing houses. At the same time, he teaches applied arts in Rouen. Décrocher les étoiles is his second album to be published by L’Étagère du bas, following La Tournée de Gaspard in 2022.