Our children are faced with a multitude of situations to deal with and choices to make. How do you deal with the loss of bearings, whether it’s going on a trip to a distant destination or welcoming a new little brother? How do you look at the schoolmate in exile who is looking for his place in a class? What to do with overflowing feelings, such as sadness or anxiety? And how do you learn to say “no”?

Le Point has selected five albums to accompany them through life’s not always easy adventure… and its surprises.

Rain rhymes with Léonie. It is through this element that the sadness of the little blond girl is embodied. What will stop his sorrow? Will she be able to tame this new feeling? An album to teach children to tame this unknown feeling, which suddenly falls on them, like rain from the sky. The beautiful illustrations by Amélie Dubois, which use shades of blue and gray, soothe the eye. Céline Person’s allegorical phrases place the subject of the text within everyone’s reach. Enlightening!

La Rivière de Léonie, by Céline Person and Amélie Dubois (Glénat jeunesse, 32 p., €13.00). From 3 years old.

A stone and a chewing gum become friends. You do not believe in it ? It is possible though! After finding themselves in the belly of the same vacuum cleaner in a supermarket, the two friends manage to escape, and form the project to go to the Taj Mahal. Their mode of transport: flying animals. Who will help them achieve their dream: Milly, the hen who can’t fly, or Raoul, the long-beaked swan? A journey signed by the great Agnès Desarthe, punctuated by the unexpected and animated by humorous songs. Whether the unlikely friends will reach their final destination remains to be seen…

Cœur de pierre, by Agnès Desarthe and Marc Boutavant with music written by Léonard Desarthe (Gallimard Jeunesse, 61p., €24.90). From 6 years old

A simple album, which nevertheless deals with a hot topic in our current society. This beautiful album follows the journey of a child and his mother who leave their country, which has become “too dangerous”. From the preparation of the bag to the arrival in the host country, it also tells us, in a simple and touching way, the goodbyes to the city, the waiting, the hope, the boredom and the discomfort. Translated by the delicate pen of Olivier Adam, Refugee is not my name tactfully tackles the theme of migration, from the point of view of the exiled child as well as that of the one who welcomes him. In our world plagued by conflict, it also allows our little ones to soothe their anxieties in the face of the fear of uprooting.

Refugee is not my name, by Kate Milner translated by Oliver Adam (La Martinière jeunesse, 32p., €14.50). From 4 years old

Eight children learn to say no in all kinds of circumstances. On each page, a new situation. Without forgetting to have fun, you have to learn to say no to strangers, no to cheating, no to humiliation… At school, at home or on vacation, these little ones aged three to six gain confidence in page thread. The perfect album to explore consent through colorful illustrations and light and dynamic paintings, signed by the legendary Agnès Rosenstiehl, creator of Mimi Cracra.

You have to know how to say no, by Agnès Rosenstiehl (Albin Michel youth, 48p., €12.90). From 3 years old

He has siblings, and he’s sick of them. But what is this new feeling? Your child discovers jealousy. In this hilarious book, he will find ten schemes to get rid of his siblings. But beware of the parents: they are always ready to enrich the siblings with a new little nightmare, very lively, noisy and drooling… Between bewitchment, sharing lice and the Tom Thumb technique, the little ones have the choice of methods to have finally peace. But rest assured: what they will eventually eliminate is…jealousy.

How to detyran tyrannical brothers and sisters in 10 lessons from Marine Paris and Pauline Duhamel (Glénat jeunesse, €12.50). From 4 years old