After studying design in Paris at the Duperré School and illustration in Strasbourg at the Arts Déco School, Julie Gueyfier began creating children's books. Over the past 15 years, she has produced no less than 30 picture books for several well-established publishing houses in France, including Rue du Monde, Le Seuil, Sarbacane, Milan, and Nathan. In 2014, Barefoot Books published Chandra's Magic Light in the US. Recently, she illustrated the award-winning picture book Songs in the Shade of the Cashew and Coconut Trees, published by The Secret Mountain. Hélène Ducharme is a playwright, director, actress, and puppeteer, and has been Artistic Director of her company, Théâtre Motus, for 25 years. She also served on the selection committee of the International Performing Arts for Youth (IPAY) from 2012 to 2016 and the organization's board of directors from 2014 to 2016.

Un vibrant plaidoyer pour l'écologie et la solidarité, inspiré d'une légende africaine. En Afrique de l'Ouest, un baobab gigantesque s'élève au centre d'un village aux prises avec une terrible sécheresse. Il y a très longtemps, au commencement du monde, il était tombé amoureux de la terre. En y enfouissant profondément ses racines, il donna naissance à une histoire magique qui prit toutefois une tournure dramatique pour la nature, les hommes et les animaux. Au coeur de cette histoire apparaît Amondo, fils du baobab, dit ' le rassembleur '. Lui seul peut redonner espoir aux habitants du village en libérant la source d'eau du mauvais sort que lui avait jeté le soleil. Mais la quête de l'enfant ne pourra être complétée qu'en réussissant quatre difficiles épreuves. Cette pièce de théâtre, suivie de sept chansons, nous plonge dans le merveilleux monde des récits originels africains, à une époque où la lune, les arbres et les animaux parlaient aux hommes. En plus du disque, un code unique pour le téléchargement des enregistrements est inclus. In West Africa, a baobab tree reigns over a village that is struggling with a terrible drought. A very long time ago, at the beginning of the world, the gigantic tree had fallen in love with the earth. With its deep roots, it gave birth to a magical story that unfortunately took a dramatic turn for the worst. At the heart of this tale appears Amondo, son of the baobab, known as "the unifier." Only he can give hope to the inhabitants of the village by freeing the water source from the bad fate that the sun had cast on his people. But the child's quest can only be completed by taking on four difficult tasks. The accompanying recorded story in French is presented as a play followed by seven songs.