A little town

A highly graphic board book for very young children, introducing shapes and colours, how they can be arranged, and encouraging the imagination — all within an urban environment.

In this highly graphic board book, a little neighbourhood first appears: a group of colourful geometric houses. Little by little, the coloured shapes disappear, leaving behind only simple white cubes… but before long, the colours return, taking on an entirely new form to (re)create a little corner of paradise!

The book uses a limited number of shapes and colours — the same ones featured in A Little Garden, published simultaneously — to encourage imaginative play and an interest in architecture. Through the medium of the book, it revisits classic childhood games and activities such as building blocks, LEGO bricks, stickers and tangrams.

Exploring the themes of destruction and construction, the book is also an ode to diversity and to the power of creativity when we imagine new possibilities and build together, in a spirit of freedom, complementarity and harmony.

Publication: 27 October 2026

Author & Illustrator

Alice de Nussy, a graphic designer and art director, has written and illustrated several picture books published by Grasset-Jeunesse, including La Malédiction des flamants roses, illustrated by Janik Coat; Monsieur Nourse et la vie (mode d’emploi), written by Christian Demilly; Chasser le chat, illustrated by Jean-François Martin; and Nuit noire, nuit blanche, illustrated by Stéphane Kiehl.

Christian Demilly, a series editor, children’s author and translator, has written a number of books for Grasset-Jeunesse, including Mon oiseau…, illustrated by Marlène Astrié; Le Grand voyage en Abécédaire, illustrated by Alain Pilon; Bulle dans sa bulle, illustrated by Audrey Calleja; and De 0 à dix, illustrated by Alice de Nussy. He has also recently published Christine de Pizan, une dame dans la cité : une autrice féministe au Moyen Âge? with Éditions Talents hauts.