The Quarrel

Titles

The title of the collection is "Ip & Pai". The first volume is named "An Extraordinary Bunny" and the second volume "The Quarrel".



Genre

Illustrated Album



Thematic

The central theme of the collection is a subject of great topicality: the divorce, the separation of the parents and the impact of such an event on children. Another important topic of the books is that of imaginary friends. Children create their own universe (real or magic) to protect themselves.



Age

The collection is aimed at an audience of preschool and primary school age children (4-9 years), the texts are quite short and the vocabulary is reduced.



Illustrations and layout

Each volume of the collection includes  fully illustrated pages, with texts integrated in the illustrations. The illustrations are made in mixed media, using different techniques like ink drawings, colored pencils drawings, paper collage and digital effects.



Characters

The main characters are two sisters, Lali and Nica. The separation of their parents force them to live in different places: one lives in Napsville, the other in Poplarsville, obviously two fantastic names. The girls create imaginary friends, giving extraordinary powers to their stuffed bunnies, Ip and Pai.



Concept

Each volume of the series is a continuation of the previous volume, but at the same time, each volume is a stand-alone, and can be read even if one did not read the other volumes. Every story has an optimistic ending and a incentive invitation to read the following story.



Related Products

Each volume is accompanied by different games (puzzles, word search games, spot the difference games, etc.).





Specifications

The texts, illustrations, layout and covers are made by the author, Vera Bouchard. An important aid for the multimedia adaptation was given by Samyosam. Texts are translated to English by Lorena Munteanu.



The summer holidays have started and Lali arrives in Poplarsville. Nica wants to introduce Ip, her new friend, to Lali:

« Come, my sister! This is my friend! His name is Ip. »

Initially Lali mocks the stuffed bunny:

« Your friend? Who? This ugly stuffed bunny ? »



To her surprise, Ip stands up, yawns, rubs his eyes and speaks!

 Seeing the "talents" of Ip, Lali's surprise gave way to another feeling: jealousy.



The quarrel between the two sisters begins. The eternal subject of shared toys ...

The solution?

The destruction of Ip?

No.

The childhood wins the game, putting its greatest weapon on the battlefield: the kids’ imagination!