Alexandrine #2

A classroom comes alive on this charming 2015 Casterman cover, where Alexandrine triumphantly holds up a paper — presumably her poem — while classmates, a kindly teacher, and an adorable dog look on with delightful reactions. Thomas Priou and Michel-Yves Schmitt bring a warm, lively energy to this second volume, subtitled Poésie 10/10, suggesting that poetry and grade-school adventure go hand in hand. It's an inviting slice of everyday childhood magic that should appeal to young readers and anyone who's ever sweated over a school assignment.