Linette #2

The cover of Linette — Le Dragon Saucisse sets a perfectly playful tone: a blonde girl peeks cautiously around the trunk of a large tree while, on the other side, a cheerful teal dragon tail wags with unmistakable enthusiasm among the branches and blossoms. Catherine Romat and Jean-Philippe Peyraud frame the encounter with warm, softly colored garden details — pink flowers, dandelion puffs, leafy shrubs — that make the whimsy feel cozy rather than chaotic. This 2019 Éditions de la Gouttière album looks like exactly the kind of gentle, funny adventure young readers will want to return to again and again.