Charlotte et son cheval #1

From writer Nathalie Dargent and illustrator Colonel Moutarde comes this charming BD Kids opener, La Saison des Pommes, splashed across a vivid yellow-green cover. Red-haired Charlotte clings wide-eyed to the reins as her spirited brown horse rears up dramatically, a pair of unimpressed white geese looking on from below. It's a delightfully chaotic snapshot of a girl-and-her-horse friendship that promises plenty of laughs for young readers in 2014 and beyond.