Olivier Tallec
Author of Who Done It?
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Works by Olivier Tallec
Les trois petits cochons: 16 animations musicales (Mes petits contes sonores) (French Edition) (2016) 4 copies
Bonne Continuation 2 copies
Els tres porquets. Llibre musical 2 copies
Est-ce qu'il dort ? 1 copy
Die drei Steine 1 copy
Associated Works
Big Wolf and Little Wolf: The Little Leaf That Wouldn't Fall (2007) — Illustrator — 84 copies, 6 reviews
Five Minutes: (That's a Lot of Time) (No, It's Not) (Yes, It Is) (2019) — Illustrator — 53 copies, 4 reviews
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- Canonical name
- Tallec, Olivier
- Legal name
- Tallec, Olivier
- Birthdate
- 1970-08-28
- Gender
- male
- Education
- École supérieure des arts appliqués Duperré
- Occupations
- Illustrator
- Short biography
- Olivier Tallec est un illustrateur français.
Il fait ses études à l’École supérieure d‘arts appliqués Duperré. Après son diplôme il voyage en Asie, puis au Brésil, à Madagascar et au Chili, avant de travailler comme graphiste dans la publicité.
Dès 1997 il travaille pour l'édition jeunesse, il est l'illustrateur d'une centaine d'albums notamment la série Rita et Machin, écrite par Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod et adaptée en dessin animé pour la chaine japonaise NHK.
Il a également signé de nombreux dessins de presse (Libération, Elle, Les Inrockuptibles) et quelques bandes-dessinées. En 2013, La Poste fait appel à lui pour la création de quatre timbres.
Il se lance aussi dans le dessin d'humour avec Bonne journée (2014) et Bonne continuation"(2016) aux éditions Rue de Sèvres.
Il reçoit le prix Landerneau Jeunesse pour Louis Ier, Roi des moutons en 2014 et le Prix jeunesse des libraires du Québec en 2016 pour Moi devant (2015), qu'il a illustré, sur un texte de Nadine Brun-Cosme. - Nationality
- France
- Birthplace
- Morlaix, Finistère, France
- Places of residence
- Paris, France
- Map Location
- France
- Associated Place (for map)
- France
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Hm. I don't think I get it. Does power create racism? Or did Louis I's new-found power just allow him to finally act on his racist tendencies? Presumably, before the crown, he was just fine grazing alongside the black and brown sheep. I guess the message is that power corrupts? That all the sheep would be happier with their anarchic society, with no ruler? Or is the message that we, the people, should not act like Louis I's fellow sheep by doing whatever the guy with the crown says? Because show more I guess it's implied at the end that all the sheep are just going to blindly follow the wolf's orders to march right into his mouth. So maybe it's an argument for democracy - don't just follow the person with the crown. But it's not implied that some other sheep might have been a better ruler, so it still seems like an argument for having no ruler. But I'm also not sure that we learned that racism is bad, necessarily. Louis I wasn't really punished for his racist policies, and the sheep didn't appear to be suffering under the racist rule, except maybe in the one picture where all the sheep are running away from Louis I (but that includes the white sheep). All that happened was that Louis I by accident lost his crown and became a regular sheep again. Which doesn't really seem like fated comeuppance. And now the sheep are left with the strife of segregation and no ruler but it doesn't seem to bother the sheep too much. Louis just looks kind of sad without his crown and everyone goes back to grazing. Was the racist part only in there to really bring home that Louis I was using his power for evil? There are other ways to show that, especially in a kids book. Not that I'm against kids books tackling issues like racism, I think it's really important actually...but Louis I's progression of things his did didn't seem all that bad until the racism part, and there was no explicit punishment for it. I'm curious to hear what kids would say is the point of this story because I'm clearly baffled.
Especially since Tallec also wrote [b:Waterloo & Trafalgar|13592379|Waterloo & Trafalgar|Olivier Tallec|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1350960127s/13592379.jpg|19180463] which is a great book.
I think it's time to end this review because I've thought too much about this book by now. show less
Especially since Tallec also wrote [b:Waterloo & Trafalgar|13592379|Waterloo & Trafalgar|Olivier Tallec|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1350960127s/13592379.jpg|19180463] which is a great book.
I think it's time to end this review because I've thought too much about this book by now. show less
Flip and mix, flap and match—this is a book full of tons of possibility and silly fun.
This is a long, solid and ready to use book, which invites to flipping through again and again. Twenty-eight different characters are divided into three sections: hats/tops of heads, faces and arms, and waist down. Each of these sections can be flipped through like it's own separate book, which means that the top, middle and bottom combinations change at will and invite many giggles and matching fun. Both show more sides match up as the backs are as fun as the front sides.
These creatures are quite original as well as the three parts they are divided into. And no matter how they are mixed or matched, they fit together nicely in the quirkiest ways. There is a short sentence or partial sentence on each section, front and back. These mix and match as smoothly as the creatures and create a vast variety of possibilities, many quite silly. The last of the three statements/sections ends with a question which draws kids into thought or could even lead into a discussion. For example: Everywhere we go, Loud brings his blue googles. What do you do when it's hot outside?
While I found the book entertaining, I noticed that sometimes the sentences didn't really match up with the questions below...in my adult mind. My kids saw this laying on the table and flipped through it saying, "Wow! This is neat!" They spent quite a bit of time flipping through the different possibilities and didn't find anything odd in some of the sentence combinations and their logic. They're reasoning—it's silly. Why does it have to make complete sense?
So, I'm giving this one a solid two-thumbs up because my kids love it, and they're the ones who should.
I received a complimentary copy and enjoyed it enough to leave my honest thoughts. show less
This is a long, solid and ready to use book, which invites to flipping through again and again. Twenty-eight different characters are divided into three sections: hats/tops of heads, faces and arms, and waist down. Each of these sections can be flipped through like it's own separate book, which means that the top, middle and bottom combinations change at will and invite many giggles and matching fun. Both show more sides match up as the backs are as fun as the front sides.
These creatures are quite original as well as the three parts they are divided into. And no matter how they are mixed or matched, they fit together nicely in the quirkiest ways. There is a short sentence or partial sentence on each section, front and back. These mix and match as smoothly as the creatures and create a vast variety of possibilities, many quite silly. The last of the three statements/sections ends with a question which draws kids into thought or could even lead into a discussion. For example: Everywhere we go, Loud brings his blue googles. What do you do when it's hot outside?
While I found the book entertaining, I noticed that sometimes the sentences didn't really match up with the questions below...in my adult mind. My kids saw this laying on the table and flipped through it saying, "Wow! This is neat!" They spent quite a bit of time flipping through the different possibilities and didn't find anything odd in some of the sentence combinations and their logic. They're reasoning—it's silly. Why does it have to make complete sense?
So, I'm giving this one a solid two-thumbs up because my kids love it, and they're the ones who should.
I received a complimentary copy and enjoyed it enough to leave my honest thoughts. show less
Louis I, King of the Sheep - Olivier Tallec With great accessories comes great stupidity. Or perhaps, Some sheep are more equal than others. Something about sheeple blindly following the edicts of a madman? And whether or not it was intentional, I like the wind bringing the crown as it brought Mary Poppins, and then, one day, it blows the other direction.
Also, I wonder if I have retained enough French to be able to read this in the original?
Library copy
Also, I wonder if I have retained enough French to be able to read this in the original?
Library copy
Woodland friends encounter their friend blackbird, who sings so beautifully and has blue-black feathers, on the ground, apparently asleep. But is it asleep? No...the possibility dawns on them that the blackbird is dead, and the question then becomes what to do and how to honor and remember their friend. An autumn-hued, gentle story about grief/grieving.
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