Dominique Maes is the author and illustrator of over eighty albums for young people, a short story writer for adults, a clarinettist and creator of the Grande Droguerie Poétique (a constantly expanding imaginary store). Above all, he is a storyteller who travels from drawings to words, from words to music, from music to performances, from performances to encounters, from encounters to books... in order to feel alive and to share that happiness.