Jean-Jacques Sempé

1932–2022

1 series 3 books in order

Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932-2022), usually known as Sempé, was a French cartoonist. He is known for the Le Petit Nicolas series of children's books he created with René Goscinny, for his poster-like illustrations often drawn from a distant or high viewpoint, and for the covers he created for The New Yorker over several decades. NextBookInOrder credits him with Le Petit Nicolas titles including Le petit Nicolas and Les récrés du petit Nicolas. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

Born
1932
Known for
Le petit nicolas

Series by Jean-Jacques Sempé

Le petit nicolas

4 books in order · 1961–1994

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