Children’s literature | Our Suggestions

Some suggestions for youth books for toddlers, children and teenagers.

For the little ones: be part of the club

Inside

Text and illustrations by Jean-Baptiste Drouot

Little Urban Editions

From 4 years old

Curious and creative children, the author and illustrator Jean-Baptiste Drouot invites you to join the very select club of “those who know what is really inside things”. What’s Hiding in an Italian Volcano? Magma? In the world of Drouot, there is rather a dish of spaghetti. The secret of the clouds? They are filled with whipped cream. And what do you find inside a pig? A family of wolves, let’s see. A very funny album that will feed the imagination of children.

For children: an inn and its secrets

Room number 7

Text by Martine Latulippe, illustrations by Isabelle Malenfant

Editions The short scale

From 7 years old

Benjamin and his parents have just moved into a small inn that they will be renovating all summer. “The inn is pretty, yes, but there is something between these walls that makes me shiver…”, observes the boy as he visits the premises for the first time. A bedroom, the only one not numbered, intrigues her. And for good reason ! In the village, a host of rumors are circulating about this room that has been unused for years. Young people aged 7 and over who like to be scared will be delighted by this novel whose twists and turns could even give chills to older readers.

For teenagers: trip to the North Shore

The wandering ghost

Camille Bouchard

Editions Quebec America

From 14 years old

Don’t be fooled by its title. The wandering ghost is not a horror novel, but rather an adventure book “nourished with historical truths and magical realism”. The reader is transported to the Côte-Nord, near the Sault aux Cochons River. Through eight stories, we go back in time, from 1533 to 1974, following the same family line. From the first Aboriginal camps to the official founding of Forestville, through the golden age of the log drive, the journey is captivating and very rewarding.

Comic strip: an astonishing verbal contest

I don’t like your dress

Text by Danielle Chaperon, illustrations by Samuel Cantin

Editions Monsieur Ed

From 5 years old

“I don’t like your dress,” a boy says to a girl. That’s one way to approach people! Stung to the quick, the young girl retorts that she does not like her assailant’s shoes. What could have been a succession of insults then becomes a comical and astonishing verbal jousting. The two adversaries with fertile imagination use delicious arguments to demonstrate their superiority. If one has adopted an Olympian dog, the other has for companion a platypus winner of the “Nobel Prize for everything”. And if this rivalry rather hid the birth of a beautiful friendship?

Documentary: rethinking the world

The 34 words of evil

Text by Manon Plouffe, illustrations by Christine Delezenne

Editions of Isatis

From 12 years old

From ageism and xenophobia, to fascism, feminicides and terrorism, this book tackles 34 evils that plague the modern world. Using statistics and historical facts, the author offers short descriptions of the various concepts that will allow young people to familiarize themselves with them. A documentary with a claiming tone that encourages reflection and debate.