After the Waves

A big, beautiful album for looking, philosophizing, dreaming, believing in yourself… and finding yourself!

Sometimes, we go on adventures. We explore, we discover unknown places. Sometimes, we go through storms, and we have to stay hidden, huddled, warm and strong. Sometimes, too, we get lost. But fortunately, we find each other again. And we savor the pleasure of being together again, and savoring the important moments that make life beautiful…

In this large, gentle and poetic album, the characters discovered in Wonders (Émerveillements) set off on an adventure. The discovery of life and the world continues, without ever forgetting the importance of dreaming and believing in one’s dreams.

Rights sold: Catalan, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish languages

Bologna Ragazzi Award 2024 Special Mention in the comic book category

What the BRAW jury said:

“Kawaii characters dance through a floating world landscape as poetic language sensitively describes the bittersweet emotional experiences of the self-encountering the other and the family discovering the world. The oversized album makes full and dynamic use of the canvas of the page to render a rich and immersive environment through which delicate emotions can safely echo.”

Author
After studying book publishing, Sandrine Kao, of Taiwanese origin, turned to children’s writing and illustration. She is a graduate of the École Supérieure d’Art d’Épinal. For Grasset-Jeunesse, she illustrated the 7+ paperback Des Crêpes à l’eau, written by Sandrine Beau, and the novel Les Animaux de l’arche, written by Kochka (8+).