Who we are

WHO WE ARE
Autrement was created in 1975 by Henry Dougier. Originally, it was a topical, multidisciplinary and unbiased magazine, dedicated to social change using meetings, events and support groups. From such beginnings, it gradually evolved into a publishing house which has been concerned with the following areas of interest since the 1990s: the human sciences, atlases, illustrated books and documentaries for young readers. More than 2,000 titles have been published so far; 1,000 of these are still available today.

NEW TITLES

Clotaire Disguises Himself
A long nose, dots for eyes, a small, round body – here is Clotaire, a funny, endearing character, who loves to dress up. A new Clotaire appears on each page: Moomin-Clotaire; Sherlock-clotaire, smoking a pipe in a cosy English living room; Shrek-Clotaire… over 40 disguises and settings presented by the protean Clotaire, who has a lot of fun with the attributes of famous heroes. The principle of this book is simple: a new Clotaire on every right-hand page, accompanied on the left by his name. Janik Coat has chosen characters from all fields: fairy-tales, cartoons, comic strips and children’s books. Thus she addresses readers of all ages. Here is an inter-generational book to have fun with and make fun of our mythical heroes, guessing at each new disguise and disguising Clotaire ourselves. A very original book and an ideal gift for all ages.

Monkey Boy Jo
Jo is a monkey boy. At least that is what he has believed ever since he was very, very little. As a baby, his mother would call him “my baby gorilla, my baboon, my little monkey”. Now Jo yelps and jumps about endlessly, swings from one lamp shade to another to cross rooms, eats with his hands, devours dozens of bananas a day, scratches his behind and stamps his feet laughing. His parents, distraught, take him to an elderly doctor to solve the problem, but he advises them to let Jo live his monkey-boy life, saying he will change in his own time. But one day Jo leaves his parents and climbs over the bars at the zoo to go and live with the monkeys, his real family. Is Jo a monkey-boy, or just a little boy? .

A Few of the Things I Really Should Get Round to Doing
If you had to make a list of the things you would like to do in your life, what would they be? In 1981, Georges Perec played this game and listed 37 “things”. These ranged from the very easy, such as “Go for a ride on a sight-seeing boat down the River Seine”, to more profound desires, like, “Go beyond the Polar Circle”, via unclassifiable whims like “Plant a tree (and watch it grow)”. Bruno Gibert has selected from this eclectic, poetic list the most universal hankerings, which can appeal as much to children as to adults, in order to present the wide variety of things to be experienced. This inventory triggers longing for travel and change. An invitation to enrich your existence with new experiences!