The Kite or Lalita’s School

A brilliant adaptation of The Kite (Le Cerf-volant) by Laetitia Colombani.

In South India, we meet Lalita, who continues her fight to go to school. And we discover the Red Brigades, women who fight and support each other… and who will also fight for their own education and that of the women in their village. A magnificent story of perseverance, hope and sisterhood, in this adaptation of the sequel to the novel The braid (La tresse) and the picture book The braid or Lalita’s journey (La tresse ou le voyage de Lalita).

Key Points

This new children’s book by Laetitia Colombani and Clémence Pollet follows on from their magnificent adaptation The braid or Lalita’s journey (La tresse ou le voyage de Lalita), which has already become a classic to share with the family or at school (43,000 copies sold since November 2018).

This publication accompanies the cinema release of the film The braid (La tresse), in cinemas on 29 November 2023.

The Author

Laetitia Colombani is a screenwriter, director and actress who also writes for the theatre. The success of her novel The Kite (Le Cerf-volant) follows in the footsteps of The braid (La tresse), which has sold over 2 million copies in France.

The Illustrator

A graduate of the École Estienne, Clémence Pollet continued her training at the Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, Italy. Alongside illustration, she also practises various engraving techniques, including etching, aquatint and linocut.