Our suggestions for children’s books

Some suggestions for children’s books for toddlers, children and teenagers

Veronique Larocque
The Press

For the little ones: happiness at the post office

Celestine sparkles with joy. She received a letter from her cousin. His friend Octave would also like to receive mail. Equipped with a brand new mailbox, he begins an astonishing correspondence with Winifred, the cousin of his hardware store.

What are they written? Young readers are invited to discover it by opening the envelopes reproduced in the book. A very well thought out process. We bet that the children will in turn want to take out the writing paper and the pencils to sow happiness by post.

The mailbox

Text by Pierrette Dubé, illustrations by Aurélien Galvan

Editions The short scale

From 4 years old

For children: a big brother in paradise

Victim of a serious bicycle accident, Mélodie’s older brother is taken to the hospital. ” He will die ? asks the 8-year-old girl. Her mother’s nod reassures her a little, “but not much.” ” [Mon] brother sleeps like a prince who has been cast a bad spell”, she describes, shortly before David joins “the paradise of nice brothers”.

With children’s words, this novel addresses mourning, but also love, family and the strength of memories. Touching and luminous, despite death.

Warm in my heart

Text by Edith Bourget, illustrations by Anne-Marie Bourgeois

Editions Quebec America

From 6 years old

For teenagers: the last year

Rose is in fifth grade. She has a loving family and a completely crazy boyfriend. As her classmates enroll in CEGEP and go to prom, she battles a cancer so ferocious that doctors give her only a year to live. To put an end to “physical suffering, psychological suffering, the suffering of others”, the young woman chooses medical assistance in dying, a decision that shakes her loved ones.

This novel written in “I” is overwhelming and leaves your eyes reddened.

Issued

Roxane Jerome

Editions de Mortagne

From 14 years old

Comic: Psychologists of the Beyond

After dark, Alex and Julie love to explore the city. Abandoned house or disused factory, they take pleasure in visiting these forbidden places… until the day they enter a mysterious villa. How come they are the only ones to see the imposing residence? Who are the little girls they saw inside? What if these supernatural apparitions had a meaning?

Flirting with horror, the Urbex series offers “psychological investigations” that keep the reader spellbound.

Urbex, volume 1 – Villa Pandora

Screenplay by Vincent Dugomier, illustrations by Clarke

Editions Le Lombard

From 12 years old

Documentary: astonishing ordeals

The Beijing 2022 Games are upon us. To immerse yourself in the Olympic atmosphere, why not reminisce about some past editions and the sports that have been presented there?

From ski ballet to croquet via dog sledding or even tug of war, this documentary, signed by the sports journalist of The Press Simon Drouin, traces strange (and sometimes forgotten) sports that had their heyday under the Olympic flame. Amazing and instructive.

Funny sports — Olympic curiosities

Text by Simon Drouin, illustrations by Cécile Gariépy

Editions La Watermelon

From 8 years old