For the little ones: lesson in courage
“Can you be a pirate if you’re afraid of water?” “, a little boy dares to ask the fellows he met on board the black Dragon. The captain’s surprising response will lead the entire crew to the municipal swimming pool where buoys, armbands and floats will replace swords. A funny album which shows that even the strongest are sometimes afraid.
Off to the water, pirates!
Editions La Courte Escale
From 4 years old
Album for elementary school children: The best place on Earth
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Book’s extract The village in the sea. Text and illustrations by Félix Girard.
Discouraged to see his island village repeatedly flooded, Philibert decides to move. However, there is no question of allowing the house built by his grandparents to be destroyed by bad weather. The solution ? Ask the giant living on the neighboring island to transport his house to the mainland. Will Philibert find the best place to live on Earth? What if location didn’t really matter? A touching and beautifully illustrated album that talks about family values and the environment.
The village in the sea
Éditions de l’Isatis
From 4 years old
Novel for primary school children: African wisdom
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Excerpt fromAdventures and Wisdom of Zamboki Village. Text by Boucar Diouf, illustrations by François Thisdale.
Star soccer player, Lameki is welcomed as a hero in Zamboki, his native village. Before becoming a world football star, the “big Lameki” was, however, small. So small that people made fun of him. “Being the biggest does not necessarily mean being the strongest,” his grandmother explained to him one day. Imbued with wisdom, this new children’s novel by Boucar Diouf tells three exotic stories that make you think.
Adventures and wisdom from the village of Zamboki
Editions La Presse
From 9 years old
For adolescents: quest for identity
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Excerpt fromFly away, Mikunby Moira-Uashteskun Bacon
At the seminar, Mikun calls himself Mika, in order to conceal his origins. The only native to attend the establishment since her older sister left for CEGEP and the dismissal of her youngest daughter, the teenager feels isolated, and above all, so different from her classmates. However, she has “the desire to be like everyone else”. Should she deny her origins or rather embrace them? A quest for identity (and love) that transports the reader to an Innu community in the North.
Fly away, Mikun
Hannenorak Editions
From 12 years old
Comic strip: in search of lost stockings
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Book’s extract The drawer of stockings all by themselves. Text and illustrations by Orbie.
After discovering that their father keeps the “single stockings” collected from loads of loads in a drawer, Madeleine and Louis give themselves a mission: find where the lost socks disappear. Is it an elf who collects the most beautiful ones for his collection? A monster living in the dryer that swallows them? We love the crazy hypotheses of the two “super investigators”, their friends and their teachers. After all, who hasn’t already wondered why there are always lonely socks left in the clean laundry basket?
The drawer of stockings all by themselves
Éditions Les 400 coups
From 5 years old
Documentary: screens, drugs and vaping
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Extract of What is it like to be addicted? – Addiction explained to teenagers. Text by Marine Corniou, illustrations by Cathy Karsenty.
How do you develop an addiction? What could be the consequences? From drugs to vaping, social networks, video games and food, science journalist Marine Corniou explains in short texts why these elements can create dependence and what are the risks associated with them. Advice and resources complete this book to offer to adolescents and pre-teens around them.
What is it like to be addicted? – Addiction explained to teenagers
Editions Auzou Quebec
From 10 years old