The yellow butterfly
Oleksandr Shatokhin
The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army, initiated on February 24, 2022, forces the Ukrainian population to deal daily with the insecurity, danger and distress caused by unprecedented violence. Oleksandr Shatokhin, Ukrainian artist and illustrator, first fled with his family to Poland, before returning to the west of the country where he continues to work. His album, without words, carries a resounding cry, and depicts a young child confronted with the horror of war. In the opacity of a universe riddled with bombs, a yellow glow appears, taking the form of a butterfly which carries unexpected hope. An ode to resilience, this poetic and optimistic charge combines with military resistance to bring color to a threatened future.
Like giants, in bookstores
I will never be afraid of migration again
Sarah Bertrand-Savard
The first collection of poetry Sarah Bertrand-Savard, The vital forces (La Mèche, 2021), constructed verses using a visual collage, the words cut out and glued back one by one on the page, testifying to the difficult patching of a being forced into significant mourning. His first children’s collection takes up the process, this time questioning a friendship confronted with exile. A teenager must leave her native village and, in her new environment, she “questions this friendship left behind and the changes taking place within her”. Despite the physical distance imposed on this friendship, the narrator carves out a space where love can exist.
The short scale, in bookstore
Mitis salmon
Christine Beaulieu
In spring 2021, architect Pierre Thibault invited Christine Beaulieu to carte blanche in the heart of the Jardins de Métis. Upon her arrival in Grand-Métis, the creator of I like Hydro was inspired by salmon and their journey up the Mitis River, choosing to devote carte blanche to their story. The show, presented in 2021 and 2022, has been adapted into an album, magnificently illustrated by Caroline Lavergne. Between poetry, history and science, Mitis salmon summons the beauty, as well as the fragility of ecosystems, and invites us to follow the journey of the salmon as if we were one of them.
The car, September 21
The faces of ecoanxiety
Inês Lopes
Is the climate catastrophe keeping you from sleeping? The future is a mystery, but its beauty now seems to us encapsulated in a slump where life is in danger. The test ofInês Lopes, its first title, looks at a disorder that increasingly affects humanity, particularly affecting adolescents: “Ecological upheavals not only harm the climate, they also affect our mental and physical health. This is what is commonly called ecoanxiety. » In order to reduce the effects of ecoanxiety, the educational psychologist and active member of Mères au front offers recognized tools which, without embodying magical solutions, can bring appeasement, or even arouse a desire to engage in the environmental cause.
Ecosociety, “Radar”, 1er november
Léa Olivier: the last
Catherine Girard-Audet
Every good thing must come to an end, they say. Thus, the literary phenomenon of Léa Olivier is at its last bouquet of emotions. In 12 years, the series of Catherine Girard-Audet will have been translated into 12 languages, distributed in 25 countries and sold 1.7 million copies, in addition to being adapted on various media. After the release of The penultimatereleased on July 27, the final episode of the series, The last, takes a two-year time-skip, where Léa, now an adult, is faced with important decisions that could affect the rest of her life. A final volume which promises to be intense in twists and turns, offering fans of the series a farewell worthy of their love for its characters.
The smart ones, November 15