Volatilium is the international picture books offshoot of Nefeli Publishing, an established Greek publisher specializing in literary fiction, theatre, history, and art theory since 1979.
Volatilium is also the younger sibling of Tsalapeteinos, Nefeli’s acclaimed picture books imprint launched in 2009. Tsalapeteinos has published works by renowned authors and illustrators like Wolf Erlbruch, Hervé Tullet, Marianne Dubuc, Erin E. Stead, Christoph Niemann, Greg Pizzoli, Célia Chauffrey and Émile Jadoul among others.
Volatilium is committed to presenting high quality picture books to a wide international audience.
On puppy's nose, a grasshopper
HAIKU ON THE FOUR SEASONS
Rodoula Pappa, Seng Soun Ratanavanh
What a deep sleep!
On puppy’s nose
a grasshopper.
Published in Greece: October 2017
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About the authors:
RODOULA PAPPA is a writer and translator of children’s books. Her first book The boy with the tree (2012) was awarded the Greek National Prize for Children’s Literature. She is co-founder of the Volatilium and Tsalapeteinos children’s books imprints.
SENG SOUN RATANAVANH is a French illustrator and painter. Born in 1974, Seng Soun Ratanavanh graduated from the Paris School of Fine Art (ENSBA Paris). She regularly exhibits her paintings and drawings in France and abroad. She illustrated her first children's book in 2015 and has already published three books in France.
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Volatilium is the international picture books offshoot of Nefeli Publishing, an established Greek publisher specializing in literary fiction, theatre, history, and art theory since 1979.
Volatilium is also the younger sibling of Tsalapeteinos, Nefeli’s acclaimed picture books imprint launched in 2009. Tsalapeteinos has published works by renowned authors and illustrators like Wolf Erlbruch, Hervé Tullet, Marianne Dubuc, Erin E. Stead, Christoph Niemann, Greg Pizzoli, Célia Chauffrey and Émile Jadoul among others.
Volatilium is committed to presenting high quality picture books to a wide international audience.