RED JIM by Nathalie Jean-Bart (author-illustrator-translator)- Editions Tartamudo (publisher) - ISBN : 2910867196- Bilingual (French-English)

Hardback. 21cm x 30cm. Illustrations in colour. 86 pages. For readers from the age of 8 and beyond.

Yes, this book is bilingual; the story is told in French and English and fills a double function, as an entertaining and thought-provoking piece of literature, for both children and adults alike and, as a learning tool: to be able to communicate in more than one language is already highly desirable for any citizen of Europe and indeed, any citizen of the world. In other words, it is never too early to be acquainted with another language and to have fun in doing so.

As from now, I would like to make known that you can order copies of "Red Jim" directly from me, its author. I have a limited amount of copies available. The additional interest (and excitement!) of ordering the book directly from me is that you can have the book autographed/signed to your specifications, and buy it at the normal retail price: 12 Euros or £9.00, plus the postage costs (I will need to know where the book is going in order to calculate the delivery costs). I will send anywhere in the world and will accept payment preferably via Paypal: please note Paypal does accept credit card payment. Any other form of payment will need to be discussed first. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity: get in touch if you are interested and want to find out more at cheerfulmadness@gmail.com

La même chose en Français:
Vous pouvez maintenant commander le livre "Red Jim" directement chez son auteur!! J'ai en effet un nombre limité de copies en ma possession: l'intérêt et le bonus de commander le livre directement chez moi, réside dans le fait que vous pouvez l'obtenir dédicacé/signé selon vos propres spécifications. Le livre est vendu à son prix normal (12 Euros ou 9 livres Sterling), les frais de port y étant ajouté: notez bien que j'aurai besoin de savoir où va le livre pour calculer les frais d'envoi. "Red Jim" est livré partout dans le monde et j'accepte tout paiement préférablement par Paypal (notez que Paypal accepte aussi les paiements par cartes de credit); pour toute autre forme de paiement, s'il vous plait, parlez-en avec moi au préalable. Ne ratez pas cette opportunité: contactez-moi, si vous êtes intéressé, à l'adresse suivante:
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The story is set somewhere in the county of Kent, in England.

Harry and Henry are two big dogs, as heavy as they are stupid.

In order to keep themselves entertained, they terrorise and persecute on a daily basis, all the cute and fluffy little animals living around the cottage where they reside. Their little games are observed by Billy the cat, a mischievous stray who never misses an occasion to ridicule and tease the mutts, adding insult to injury in doing so by sitting on a wall beyond their reach.

One day however, their routine is disrupted by the arrival, in flying saucers, of little white rabbits from outer space! As cute and harmless as they seem, the little invaders are in fact powerfully armed, potentially very dangerous and merciless... the rabbits are looking for the fearsome "Red Jim", who stole their bible: a holy... Cookery book! Then, all sorts of gags and incidents follow on from each other non-stop!

"RED JIM belongs to the great tradition of nonsensical Anglo-Saxon stories permeated with distant humour: here is a clockwork mechanism engineered by a young author-illustrator of French origin, who lives near London and proves that story-telling the Lewis Carrol's way can be an exact science!"

You can see the synopsis in French, at Éditions Tartamudo's website:
Red Jim at Tartamudo's

Hello,

My children's book Red Jim has received its first review and a very positive one as well in the professional French magazine "L'Avis Des Bulles".

The review is quoted below (in French), to make it searchable (and findable by search engines)

RED JIM

ONE-SHOT

ÉDITEUR Tartamudo

SCÉNARISTE JEAN-BART Nathalie

DESSINATEUR JEAN-BART Nathalie

COLORISTE JEAN-BART Nathalie

GENRE Conte moderne

ÂGE 7 ans et +

PUBLIC Grand public

PRIX 12 Euros

Harry et Henry sont deux chiens de garde aussi gras que stupides. Comme ces cabots s'ennuient, ils jouent avec les autres animaux: ils arrachent la queue des renards, le fond du pantalon du facteur etc.
Un jour où leur ennui était à son comble, un lapin se présente à eux, avec, dans les mains, une pancarte sur laquelle est marqué « Attrapez-moi !!». Les chiens courent donc après le gibier aux longues oreilles, et sont alors attirés dans une soucoupe volante, d'où semble venir le lapin. Ils se retrouvent dès lors prisonniers des "Lapins de l'espace", craints dans tout l'univers, même des fourmis géantes de Betelgeuse. Nos deux chiens, devant choisir comment être mangés, vont faire enlever Billy le chat, qui va alors, avec ruse, les tirer d'une bien mauvaise situation.

Ce livre est un véritable enchantement! Il est construit comme suit: du texte sur la page de gauche, des dessins sur la page de droite. L'histoire est très drôle, supportée par des dessins très expressifs qui font véritablement rire. Nathalie JEAN-BART joue avec maîtrise avec la typographie du texte, la mise en page des dessins et la couleur de ces derniers. L'auteur écrit aussi en deux langues; en effet sur une même page, le texte est rédigé en français et en anglais. Nathalie JEAN-BART étant française et habitant à Londres, une partie n'est pas la traduction de l'autre. Ainsi l'auteur glisse des jeux de mot dans les textes français qui ne peuvent apparaître dans le texte anglais, et vice versa. Lire le texte dans les deux langues n'apparaît plus fastidieux (enfin%u2026 ça l'est moins). Un livre divertissant, qui promet un bon moment de lecture!

JCA

L'AVIS DES BULLES NOVEMBRE 2007 N° 100 PAGE 31

And the approximative translation of the review in English, by yours truly :

Harry and Henry are two guard dogs as fat as they are stupid. But they are also very bored, so bored in fact, they only find some enjoyment by playing with other animals: they tear foxes' tails off and the bottom of the postman's trousers, etc.
One day, as the two dogs are bored to the extreme, a rabbit turns up in front of them, with a sign in his paws saying "Catch me!!". The dogs are only too happy to oblige and chase the rabbit, until they are all sucked up inside a flying saucer.
From now on, Harry and Henry are held prisoners by the Space Rabbits, feared across the all universe by everybody even the Giant Ants from Betelgeuse. The two dogs, forced to choose how they are going to be eaten, make the Space Rabbits kidnap Billy the cat, who will ultimately trick their way out of trouble.

This book is a pure delight! It is built as follow: the text is on the left page and the drawings on the right page. The story is very funny and supported by very expressive cartoons that cause genuine hilarity. Nathalie Jean-Bart shows skill in playing with the typography of the text, the layout and colours of the drawings. The author's also written the story in two languages: the text is shown in French and English on the same page. Nathalie is French and lives in London: some parts of the text aren't the literal translation of the others. The author inserts puns in the text in French that cannot appear in English and vice versa. Consequently, reading the text in both languages doesn't seem tedious anymore (at least, not as much...).
An entertaining book that promises enjoyable reading!

JCA

L'AVIS DES BULLES NOVEMBRE 2007 N° 100 PAGE 31

Thank you

"Red Jim" is available from any good bookshop, across the world and online, where it is already listed on online retailers' catalogues, like Amazon.
Institutions like schools and libraries can also order it directly from the publisher himself, who offers very interesting discounts on wholesale orders.

Red Jim chez Attica, la librairie des langues
Tous aux abris ! Les lapins mutants de l'espace débarquent en bilingue dans notre rayon BD ! Et ils sont vraiment pas contents ! En effet, le livre de cuisine sacré a été dérobé par un certain Red Jim ! Mais ne vous inquiétez pas : ils ont choisi de s'en prendre aux deux pires chiens du quartier : Harry et Henry ! Une bande dessinée bilingue complètement décalée et hilarante.

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Tartamudo Éditions is a independent publishing company based in France and Red Jim's house so to speak. Owned and lead by José Jover, the company publishes comics, graphic novels and children books and strives to be original, innovative and instrumental in opening new fields of experiment for comics and story telling.
The website speaks for itself:
Tartamudo Éditions