Ernest & Rebecca Series by Guillaume Bianco, Antonello Dalena, Cecilia Giumento

Rebecca is a six and a half year-old girl who is out of luck – her parents are on the verge of divorce and she is always getting sick due to a weak immune system. One rainy day Rebecca’s luck changes when she meets a magical microbe named Ernest, who becomes her best friend! Ernest is no regular germ—he’s about the same height as Rebecca and he can talk. Can Rebecca keep her parents together with the help of her new friend? And can anyone really have a friend who belongs in a Petri dish?

Life isn't easy for Rebecca. Between parents at each other's throats, a big sister with her own worries, and an uncle intent on her taking her medicine, it's hard for Rebecca to keep smiling. Complicating things further, her health isn't good and her parents would prefer she be cloistered all the time... moreLife isn't easy for Rebecca. Between parents at each other's throats, a big sister with her own worries, and an uncle intent on her taking her medicine, it's hard for Rebecca to keep smiling. Complicating things further, her health isn't good and her parents would prefer she be cloistered all the time. But Rebecca has a solution to her Ernest the bacterium who's become her sworn pal and is out to reconcile her parents and fight off a new virus named Sam who threatens to make Rebecca's health take a turn for the worst! less

Rebecca and her older sister Coralie are sent to spend the summer in the countryside with their grandparents, away from their mother and father, without Ernest. Rebecca is lost and scared without her friend, but things begin to change when she meets a dog named Missile and her "Grandpa Bug," both of whom want nothing more than to be her friend.

Rebecca’s cold is gone and along with it, Ernest, her microbial best buddy. Rebecca wants him to come back so much. But at school, there’s another virus threatening the children, a zombie virus: the flu! Will Ernest return to save Rebecca and her classmates?

Pépé Bestiole est malade et il doit passer quelques jours à l'hôpital. Pour Rebecca, la question ne se pose pas : elle ira rendre visite à son grand-père, même s'il faut manquer l'école.

«Ça y est, Rebecca a 7 ans ! Et sa première journée de grande fille qui n'est plus une petite puce commence en fanfare... Entre son copain François qui est malade, le petit chat abandonné et l'énorme chien qui les attaque, Rebecca n'a même plus le temps d'aller à l'école ! En plus, la situation se complique avec Ernest... Que se passerait-il si elle ne pouvait plus compter sur lui ?»