Sophie Lewis
Sophie Lewis has translated works from French and Portuguese by Stendhal, Jules Verne, Marcel Aymé, Violette Leduc, Leïla Slimani, Mona Chollet and Annie Ernaux, as well as Natalia Borges Polesso, João Gilberto Noll, Sheyla Smanioto, Victor Heringer and Patrícia Melo, among others. With Gitanjali Patel, she co-founded the Shadow Heroes workshops enterprise. Lewis’s translations have been shortlisted for the Scott Moncrieff and Republic of Consciousness prizes, and longlisted for the International Booker Prize. She was joint winner of the 2022 French-American Foundation prize for non-fiction translation, for Nastassja Martin’s In the Eye of the Wild.
Her translations of Noémi Lefebvre’s Blue Self-Portrait and Poetics of Work are published by Transit Books.
Claire Lebourg
Translated from the French by Sophie Lewis
Finalist for the 2026 Prix Albertine Jeunesse
“An unmitigated delight.”—The New York Times
What exactly is a piece of art meant to capture? And how do we find the courage to believe in our work?
It’s the week of her gallery opening and none of Paty’s paintings are ready. She asks her friends to pose in her studio, and the outcome is . . . just dreadful. After seeing the way Paty has portrayed them, one after the other, they leave in a huff. Paty wonders whether she should cancel the whole thing. Fortunately, Michou, the gallery owner, forbids it. And Paty is in for a surprise on opening day . . .
What exactly is a piece of art meant to capture? How do we find the courage to believe in our work? Claire Lebourg’s watercolor illustrations convey all the worry and self-doubt that comes with any creative practice and show us that maybe the secret lies in believing in yourself.
Ages 3+ | Hardcover | 40 pages | ISBN: 9781945492785
February 13, 2024
Claire Lebourg
Translated from the French by Sophie Lewis
In this charmingly illustrated book by one of France’s rising stars, a mother bird recalls the arrival of her new baby and the months that follow.
The day you were born was a sunny day . . . like this.
I hugged you in my arms and our life together began . . . like this.
A mother bird recalls the arrival of her new baby and the months that follow. She is an artist, and sits before a blank sketchbook, brushes at the ready. What was it like the first time she held her baby in her arms? What did it feel like when they were apart? And when they flew off together in her dreams? It was like this . . . and like this . . . and like this . . . With warmth and tenderness, across a minimal palette of watercolor and ink, Claire Lebourg depicts the joys, worries, and wonders of the early days of parenthood.
Ages 3+ | Hardcover | 40 pages | ISBN: 9798893389029
November 12, 2024
Claire Lebourg
Translated from the French by Sophie Lewis
A New York Times Best Book of the Year
In a new series for early readers, Mousse receives an unexpected visit—and forms an unlikely friendship.
Mousse loves his solitary life by the sea. In the mornings, he strolls on the beach to take in the fresh air. He swims in the cool water. And he waits for the tide to bring him the day’s small treasures. Today, however, a visitor comes ashore in his living room, a truly unexpected visitor. A creature named Barnacle...
In this delightfully illustrated picture book for early readers, Claire Lebourg depicts the unexpected pleasures in helping others and finding friendship in unexpected places.
Ages 5+ | Hardcover | 88 pages | ISBN: 9798893389067
October 8, 2024