For the little ones: do you know how to plant cabbage?
“Children who eat lots of vegetables do better at school,” says Angèle, the nurse who came to meet Gloria and her classmates. In the head of the bubbly little girl germinates an idea: “I’m going to grow vegetables and make my friends smart!” In this second album featuring Gloria, a character she created in the image of the child she was, author and host Guylaine Guay introduces children to the joys (and challenges) of gardening.
Gloria sows joy
Text by Guylaine Guay, illustrations by Bach
Editions La Bagnole
From 4 years old
For children: in Madame Anne’s shoes
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Extract of The heroes of my classvolume 25 – Madame Anne’s mad class. Text by Jocelyn Boisvert, illustrations by Philippe Germain.
How will Mrs. Anne live the last day of school in the company of her 24 endearing but rather annoying students? It’s up to the reader to decide. Whereas in the previous volumes of the series The heroes of my classwe slipped into the skin of a child, for this 25e and last title, we embody the teacher. On the verge of giving birth, Madame Anne must avoid strong emotions. However, incredible and wacky situations follow one another during this last day of class. A very entertaining novel that ends the series in a beautiful way.
The heroes of my classvolume 25 – Madame Anne’s mad class
Text by Jocelyn Boisvert, illustrations by Philippe Germain
Editions Foulire
From 8 years old
For Teens: A Spider Named Anxiety
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Extract of The Silk Trapby Marie-Andrée Arsenault
While being taught to “mime a life in weightlessness” at ballet school, a little girl fears that she will not be up to it. Over the course of this poetic novel with an exploded layout, the heroine wavers. Under the pen of Marie-Andrée Arsenault, the anxiety she experiences becomes a spider that weaves its web. “In all naivety, I allow myself to be captured. Fragile puppet, here I am trapped in its stretching trap”, expresses the young girl. From this darker moment, however, will come light. A reading likely to put a balm on the heart of the readers.
The Silk Trap
Marie-Andree Arsenault
Youth Heritage Editions
From 12 years old
Comic strip: a worm on a mission
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Extract of Super Earthwormvolume 1 – To the rescue. Text and illustrations by Weng Pixin.
When he wakes up, in front of the mirror, Monsieur Bonjambon notices something unusual. “Where did my one and only left eye go?! exclaims the pig. The solution ? Call Super Earthworm. Helped by his friends, the superhero who crawls extremely slowly will do as fast as possible to find the culprit. An absurd, hilarious, but also rewarding investigation. It’s not in all comics that the action makes a “mandatory little stop” to present an artist…
Super Earthwormvolume 1 – To the rescue
Text and illustrations by Weng Pixin
Editions Monsieur Ed
From 8 years old
Documentary: at the edge of the universe
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Extract of A guided tour of the universe. Text by Pierre Chastenay, illustrations by Thom.
How is a star born? What is a black hole? Will the universe still exist? To find answers to these questions, budding astronomers are invited to board Stella’s spacecraft for a guided tour of space. Surrounded by funny and very curious extraterrestrials, the pilot reveals dozens of surprising information during the journey through the nebulae. A documentary very well popularized and punctuated by spectacular NASA photos, like its predecessor A guided tour of the solar system.
A guided tour of the universe
Text by Pierre Chastenay, illustrations by Thom
Editions The short scale
From 8 years old