Grain-d'Aile

Paul Eluard Frech version

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Grain-d'Aile. She was so light that it was easy for her to jump into the trees and join her bird friends: sparrows, nightingales and finches, who were always teaching her new games.
But what she wanted most of all was to fly with them.
One day, the squirrel offered to replace her arms with wings....

A tale written in 1951 by Paul Eluard, whose real name was Eugène Grindel.
Author: Paul Eluard (1895-1952) is considered one of the greatest French poets of the 20th century. He was part of the avant-garde of his time, participating in the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. His friends included Picasso, Dali, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Breton, Aragon, Char...
Author of magnificent love poems, Éluard also defended the ideas of peace, freedom and justice throughout his life, through personal involvement. His best-known poems, such as Liberté and La Terre est bleue comme une orange, are studied by all French schoolchildren.
Towards the end of his life, he wrote two children's stories: Grain-d'Aile and L'Enfant qui ne voulait pas grandir. The first, Grain-d'Aile - a reference to his real name, Eugène Grindel - was first published in 1951.
Illustrator: Chloé Poizat, a graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans, is the author of several illustrated books for children (Rouergue, Seuil, Flammarion).
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