Livres
Texts for developing schema and making connections
Activation des connaissances antérieures
Connecting prior knowledge to information in the text.
Pictures
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Title: Melrose et Croc à la plage
Aut: Clark, Emma
Ed : Gallimard
Hard cover album
Level 2
NEW 2007
Title: Shiro, le petit chat blanc
Aut : Mori, Sachiko
Ed : Bayard
Hard cover album
Level 1
NEW 2007
Title: Petite feuille et le grand
chêne
Aut :Pavlovsky, Sophie
Ed : Nathan
Hard cover book
Level 3
NEW 2007
Title: Le chien de Léopold
Aut: Soulières, Robert
Ed: 400 coups
Soft cover album
Level 4
NEW 2007
Croc is staring out the window... Melrose decides to play
a game with Croc. What is soft and has blue and white
stripes? Asks Melrose. Croc does not answer but Melrose
tosses a towel loosely on Croc’s shoulder’s. The objects
all relate to the beach where the two friends will go to
spend the day.
A cat has a litter of 4 kittens. 3 are black and Shiro is
white. He feels different than his brothers and sisters. To
feel accepted, he gets dirty all the time. One day Mom
announces the visit of their dad. To Shiro’s surprise, he
turns out to be white just like him. Shiro discovers that
he is indeed part of the family.
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Who has not seen a lonely leaf on a tree in the middle of
winter? Ever wonder why it would still be there? A
lovely story about loyalty and friendship.
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We have all heard and seen abandoned animals. An
errant dog adopts Léopold as his master. Léopold does
everything to rid himself of the dog. Yet, the dog always
returns. With few words, Robert Soulières creates a
powerful and poignant album.
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Title : Tyrannosaurus Minus
Aut : Donaldson, J.
Ed : Nathan
Hard cover album
Level 2
NEW 2008
Here is a switch. A T-Rex who is a vegetarian. This little
big book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by
David Roberts bring you the story of Minus the little
Duckbill who finds his way in a carnivore nest belonging
to a Tyrannosaurus Rex family Just because you are
different does not mean you cannot be counted on. This
story is a re-telling of the classic Ugly Duckling in
the Jurassic world.
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Title: Des bonbons pour Aicha
Aut: Van Der Linden, E
Ed : Mijade
Hard cover album
Level 1
NEW 2008
Today is the Ramadan celebrations. Aicha visits her
grandmother and grandfather where she receives a box of
candies. When uncle Ali arrives, he lifts Aicha and all
the candies fall everywhere. Luckily, uncle Ali has a
surprise for her.
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Title: Russell le mouton
Aut: Scotton, R
Ed: Nathan
Hard cover album
Level 1
NEW 2008
Russell the Sheep has a problem. Long after the rest of
the flock has fallen asleep at the end of another day,
Russell is lying on his back in his long striped nightcap,
wide-eyed and wide-awake.
He tries pulling his cap over his eyes to make it really
dark, taking off his wool in case he's too hot, and pulling
up an indignant frog for a pillow. He tries finding a better
place to sleep, but the trunk of a rusty car is too cramped,
a bat-filled hollow tree too creepy, a branch too crowded
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with owls. Then he has a brilliant idea: he'll try counting
things!
First he counts his feet, but after getting to four he's still
not tired. He counts the stars, all six hundred million
billion and ten - twice! But he is still wide awake. He
thinks very hard, and finally it comes to him: he should
be counting sheep.
One by one he counts the other sleeping sheep but comes
to the last of them still awake, until he remembers
himself. Just as the others are waking up to start a new
day, Russell finally, deservedly, falls to sleep.
Title: Scritch, scratch
Aut: Moss, M
Ed: Gauthier Languereau
Hard cover album
Level 2
NEW 2008
Taking a humorous approach to an embarrassing
problem, this book turns the (literally) nitty-gritty into
something witty. When a tiny head louse sneaks into the
classroom, it makes straight for Ms. Roussu, the teacher,
and her enormous red mane of "cascading curls." Soon
the whole class is scritching and scratching.
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Title: Et pourquoi?
Aut : Bielinsky, C.
Ed : Casterman
Hard cover album
Level 1
NEW 2008
Title: Scritch, Scratch, dip
clapote
Aut: Crowther, K
Ed: Pastel
Hard cover album
Level 2
NEW 2008
Here is Uki a young energetic dog who only does what he
wants to. Why? Is the questions and here are some of the
answers. Surprising answers, funny answers but also
answers which will make children understand why?
Though a book of why’s is often seen, this one is
particularly well made.
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Just like every evening, Jerome is scared of the night and
going to bed. Dad reads him a story and gives him a kiss.
Mom gives him a hug. Jerome is alone in his room. All
alone in his heart. Jerome hears a sound that makes
scritch, scratch dip clapote? What is it?
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Title: Mon chat le plus bête du
monde
Aut : Bachelet, G
Ed : Seuil
Hard cover album
Level 1
NEW 2008
Gilles Bachelet's cat behaves like any normal cat-sleeping, eating, getting in the way, making a mess--but
in this warm and funny picture book he happens to be . . .
a very large elephant. Whether he's keeping clean,
playing with yarn, or posing for a portrait, this cat has his
own unique way of doing things. Readers of all ages will
delight in the whimsical and fun illustrations that
accompany this "cat's" sweet and silly tale
$24.95
Title: Gigi la grenouille
Aut: Waddell, M
Ed : Grund
Hard cover album
Level 1
NEW 2008
Gigi, a young frog pretends to be a big dragon. She
announces this to her mother, father and grandmother but
they all seem preoccupied. She decides to jump far away
to a rock where she practices her dragon roar. Her
parents call for her “Gigi the dragon!” She waits until
they get very close and leaps beside them with a mighty
Coaa! They play her game and hop together home.
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Title : Et pourquoi?
Aut : Van Zeveren, M
Ed : Pastel
Hard cover album
Level 1
NEW 2008
Title: Probouditi!
Aut: Van Allsburg, C
Ed: Ecole des loisirs
Hard cover album
Level 3
NEW 2008
This morning, little Red Riding Hood goes to her
grandmother’s house, when the Big Bad Wolf jumps in
front of her. RRRRRRRRRRRRRR! I will eat you!
Why? Asks little red riding hood.
Why? Keeps asking
little Red riding Hood. Exasperated the Big Bad Wolf
simply gives himself up to the hunter. Very funny and
easy to understand.
For his birthday, Calvin’s mother gives him two tickets to
see Lomax the Magnificent (magician and hypnotist
extraordinaire!). Even though Mama hints that his little
sister, Trudy, would love to go, Calvin doesn’t hesitate to
invite his friend Rodney instead.
The boys return home greatly impressed by the
magician’s performance. When Calvin’s mother goes out,
she leaves him in charge of Trudy. It’s a job Calvin
dislikes because his sister does not want to be left out of
anything. So Calvin and Rodney include her—by making
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her the first subject for their own hypnotizing machine.
Much to the boys’ surprise, the machine works.
Unfortunately they cannot undo what they have done.
Trudy is stuck in her trance. The boys are worried and
decide to take Trudy to the one man they know can solve
their problem—but will Lomax help them? Mama is on
her way home . .
Title: Jour de neige
Aut: Aakai, K
Ed : Ecole des loisirs
Hard cover album
Level 1
NEW 2008
This morning, school is closed. There is a snowstorm out
there. The rabbit would love to go out and play but
enjoys the quietness of the day with his mom. A tender
story illustrating the emotions brought about by a perfect
snow day. Those feelings of joy, impatience, quiet and
magic.
$18.25
Title : Wittilda, drôle de
sorcière
Aut : Buehner, C
Ed : Bayard
Hard cover album
Level 2
NEW 2008
Wittilda the witch needs a job! Her forty-seven cats are
down to their last dried rat, and she needs to make some
money. Wittilda and her feline friends scour the want-ads
in the newspaper and find the perfect job - as a delivery
person at Joe's Dingaling Pizza.
With her trusty broom, Wittilda will be the fastest
delivery person in town! And her cats will get to enjoy a
delicious Dingaling special combo pizza!
A brilliant story and amazing drawings bring this tale to
life.
$21.50
Title: Chut chut Charlotte!
Aut: Wells, Rosemary
Ed: Gallimard
Soft cover Album
Level 1
Title: Jour de neige
Aut: Keats, Ezra Jack
Ed: Circonflexe
Hard cover Album
Level 1
Title: Chrysanthème
Aut: Henkes, Kevin
Ed: Gallimard
Soft cover Album
Level 1
Tittle: Amos et Boris
Aut: Steig, William
Ed: Gallimard
Soft cover Album
Level 2
A book about the troubles of being the middle child.
Discovering snow.
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What’s in a name? Chrysanthème is a very nice name.
However, at school, his friends tell him otherwise…
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Amos, the mouse, travels across the sea on his boat. One
day, Boris the whale saves his life.
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Title: Très, très fort!
Aut: Cooke, Irish
Ed: Flammarion
Hard cover album
Level 1
Nothing special is going on until the family arrives. Each
one takes their turn to hug this little man in their arms!
(family love)
Title: Agenda de papa
Aut Afano, Laurence
Ed: Grasset
Hard cover album
Level 1
What does a father do all day? In this album, a son
describes and imagines what his father could be up to, all
day.
Emilienne’s room is a mess. Whereas, her neighbour’s
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Title: Grand désordre
Aut: Crowther, Kitty
Ed: Seuil
Hard cover album
Level 3
room is spotless. Emilienne realizes she must do
something about her mess. She decides to visit other
friends to see how they manage to keep their rooms tidy.
Title: Vite! Dépèche-toi!
Aut:Guillaume,Marie Ange
Ed: Albin Michel
Hard cover album
Level 1
Hurry up! Wake up! Hurry up! Get dressed! Finish
eating! Brush your teeth! The morning routine expressed
lovingly.
Title: Toujours dans la lune
Aut: Schneider, Christine
Ed: Albin Michel
Hard cover album
Level 1
A young boy, Pierrot, remembers his dream and retells it
to his mother in his own words.
Title: Maman s’est perdue
Aut: Dubé, Pierrette
Ed: 400 coups
Soft cover album
Level 2
Mom got lost in the department store. Where is she
hiding? If we are not constantly watching our mom’s, we
risk looking for her for a very long time.
Title: Pourvu qu’il pleuve
Aut: Boucher Mativat, MarieAndrée
Ed: 400 Coups
Soft coveralbum
Level 2
How many children dream of choosing their own shoes at
the store? Well, this little girl thinks she has found a way
to get the shoes she dreams of.
Title: Tête dans le sac
Aut: Pourchet, Marjorie
Ed: Rouergue
Soft cover album
Level 4
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Adèle is so shy, she refuses to go outside unless she
wears a bag over her head. Impossible for her to see for
herself that everyone suffers from something (fear of
being late, narcissism, fear of what people say). One day
as she cries in her bag, flowers begin to grow. Adèle will
also grow and she begin a new life, a life with others.
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Texts for visualization
Imagerie mentale
Making sense of figurative language and deepen the understanding of poems and
stories through visualization.
Title: Le petit prince a dit
Aut: Patrice, Léo
Ed :Casterman
Hard cover album
Level 1
NEW 2007
Title: J’aime les poèmes
Aut: Major, Henriette
Ed: HMH
Hard cover album
Level 2
NEW 2007
Illustrated album of the children’s song: Le petit prince a
dit.
36 short poems for children age 5 to 9. Short texts that
propel the child to create mental pictures that will move
them to understand the text. The poems are grouped
according to four themes: playing with words, describing
emotions, praising nature, and celebrating the imaginary.
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Title: Jongleries
Aut: Major, Henriette
Ed : HMH
Hard cover album
Level 3
NEW 2007
Title : En sortant de l’école
Aut : Prevert, Jacques
Ed : Gallimard
Level 4
Hard cover album
NEW 2007
Title: Moi, Ming
Aut: Bernos, C
Ed: Rue du monde
Level 4
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
Title : La souris de M.Grimaud
Aus : Asch, F
Ed : Albin Michel
Level 3
Hard cover Album
NEW 2008
Title: Le cancre
Aut: Prévert, J
Ed : Gallimard
Level 2
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
Title: L’attrapeur de mots
Aut: Dumont, J.F.
Ed : Flammarion
Level 3
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
Title: Le cirque imaginaire
Aut : Ceccarelli, S
Ed : Gulf stream
Level 4
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
34 short poems for children 9 to 12. Short poems using
different expressions. A glossary of the expressions and
their meaning is included at the end.
$24.95
In celebration of Jacques Prévert’s life, Gallimard
editions have printed and illustrated some of his poems.
This poem is about the joy of life in a world of light and
friendship.
$21.95
This album is rich in text and ideas. Created in two parts.
In the first part Ming looks at what his life could have
been if he had been born...the queen of England, or an
emperor.... In the second part, Ming looks at his simple
peasant life. The album asks if happiness is a measure of
power, fame, wealth, the ability to dominate or is it a
measure of simpler things like friends and family.
A poetic album
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At the restaurant, M. Grimaud, the cat, is celebrating his
promotion. He orders a live mouse, a special dish for a
special occasion. The mouse arrives well presented.
Lying down on a piece of bread, the mouse seems
perfectly at peace with his fate. Yet, not before
suggesting to the diner, that such a fare requires a touch
of salt, a meal time prayer, or perhaps a glass of wine.
The dialogue is spicy and refined. This tragic situation
becomes comical. The illustrations are sober and
realistic. An album of suspense and drama, the ending is
perfectly suited to this tale of the extreme politeness.
A cat and mouse game, where the cat becomes the victim
rather than the mouse. Delicious.
A beautifully illustrated poem about a dunce. A lazy,
good for nothing student is referred to as a dunce.
Jacques Prévert shows us another point of view, more
like a free thinking spirit trapped in the classroom
environment.
A good follow up book would be l’encyclopédie des
cancres by Gallimard which features men and women
once labelled as a dunce who changed the face of
literature, science etc...
After school, a young boy talks to his friends about the
latest soccer game, when he is suddenly stumped and
unable to finish his sentence because he forgot the
word…. He immediately fixes his gaze on a strange man
holding a bag. Intrigued he follows him. The stranger
stops to listen to other people’s conversations grabs
words out of the air and hides them in a bag. The young
man follows him home. Peering through the window, the
young boy sees the man empty the bag in a suitcase.
Words are escaping. The old man catches the word the
boy was missing earlier and glues it in a yellow book.
The old man sees the boy and invites him. He explains
that he is a poet and poets steal words. They play with
them until they fit just perfectly with other words.
Magic is here! A circus show of the likes you have never
seen before. Demonstrations of agility, strength and
beauty mixed with imagination, you will be transfixed by
this album. Each word, each illustration is a blend of
poetry, humour, and the surreal. The imaginary circus is
the most intense circus of all!
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Title: Le sorcier amoureux
Aut: Levert, M
Ed : Dominique et Co.
Level 2
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
Title: Ton histoire d’amour
Aut: Tremblay, C
Ed : Dominique et co.
Level 2
Soft cover album
NEW 2008
Title : Crocodile amoureux
Aut : Kulot, Daniela
Ed : Autrement
Level 1
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
By the forest, mister Berlu, a retired sorcerer, lives
quietly with his cat, Poison. Long ago he closed his
blinds and disconnected the phone. He watches TV and
eats cookies all day. One day during one of his many
naps, he is awakened by a strange, persistent noise.
Where could this horrible noise come from?
Opening his window he sees that his neighbor’s house
has been renovated and a woman lives there. A woman
who sings all the time.
Angry, he makes a troublesome cake that will rid him of
this pest. When he goes to deliver the cake, he quickly
becomes enamoured with the beauty of it all and falls in
love.
The association of Mother’s Bridge of Love received a
wonderful text from an anonymous adoptive mother.
This organisation maintains a link between Asia and the
Occident helping adoptive families discover the cultural
heritage of their children. The adapted text by Carole
Tremblay is full of sensitivity: simple touching words
create a parallel between the mothers. The child will
know he was loved twice rather than once. The
illustrations admirably complete the album.
For many days now, Crocodile cannot stand still.
Sometimes he is cold, sometimes he is hot, sometimes he
is blue, sometimes he is so happy he could kiss everyone.
It is clear Crocodile is in love. But often,very often,
when we are in love there are small problems...
Crocodile is trying to get the attention of Miss Girafe but
no matter how hard he tries he is not successful. Until....
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Title: Peurs, pleurs et petits
bonheurs
Aut: Brière, P
Ed : 400 coups
Level 2
Soft cover album
A poetic catalogue where the reader explores their
emotions. Putting words into feelings.
$10.95
Title: Rêve de glace et patins
blancs
Aut: Grindley, Sally
Ed: Homard
Soft cover album
Level 3
A young girl tries skating for her first time and imagines
skating among the animals of the great north.
$10.95
Title: 3 contes de Russie
Aut: Giraurd, Robert
Ed: Flammarion
Hard cover album
Level 2
3 stories from Russia. The first “La moufle” tells a story
of how different animals find shelter from a storm in a
lost mitten. The second “Gros navet” is how the family
members come and help pull out a stubborn turnip out of
the ground. The third “Brise cabane” is the story of a
mouse who discovers and moves into an empty cabin.
Title: Un arbre
Aut: Major, Henriette
Ed: 400 coups
Soft cover album
Level 1
Everyone knows what tree is. It is a perch, a nest, a
hiding place, a storage place, a parasol… and everyone
feels at home. For the little dog below a tree is…
A rhythmic story describing the many functions of the
tree.
Title: Bêtes à combines
Aut : Obscure, Claire
Ed : 400 coups
Soft cover
Poetry
Level 1
Title: Petit Canoë
Aut : Bletton, Marie
Ed : 400 coups
Soft cover album
Level 3
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A mixture of extraordinary animals to discover or invent
for what would make a very unusual zoo.
Cowleon, snailrafe, tortadary.
$9.95
With a bit of imagination and 2 bits of emotion follow the
adventure of the little canoë. An initiation to art by
exploring various parts of a painting by Paul Emile
Borduas. Finally, appreciate and see the work in its
entirety.
$10.95
Title: La couleur des oiseaux
Ed : Nathan
Book CD
Level 2
In the beginning, it was night and all the birds were
black. When the sun finally began to shine, the black
parrot met the black raven…. A story
from Australia.
$24.95
Title: Un don de la mer
Aut : Banks, Kate
Ed: Gallimard
Hard cover album
Level 2
The little boy who picks up a pebble from the beach does
not know that millions of years ago, this pebble was once
a large rock that spewed out of an active volcano… The
boy turns the pebble over. He does not know that
century’s of water and wind eroded the stone….
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Sacha, Stella’s little brother, wonders if fairies are
invisible. The two children go off into the deep forest,
full of giants, snakes and little white rabbits.
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Translated from the napping house. How quiet is it in this
bedroom where everyone is fast asleep. Everyone? Not
quite. In the peaceful shadow lurks a fly.
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The rain falls over the city creating chaos. The chicken’s
cackle, the dog barks, the truck driver gets
angry…hysteria has set in.
Soon, all will become peaceful once again.
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A father tells his son to close his eyes to sleep. He tells
him a story about the animals from each continent, the
sky and the sea.
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Title: Stella, fée des forêts
Aut : Gay, Marie-Louise
Ed : Dominique et Co.
Soft cover album
Level 1
Title: La maison à dormir debout.
Aut : Wood, Audrey
Ed : Mijade
Hard cover album
Level 1
Title: Après la pluie
Aut : Shannon, David
Ed : 400 coups
Soft cover album
Level 1
Title: Tous les soirs du monde
Aut : Demers, Dominique
Ed : Imagine
Hard cover album
Level 2
Title: Autour du soleil
Aut : Tilbo, Gilles
Ed : Dominique et Co.
Hard cover album
Poetry
Level 2
In the author’s world, the sun can make a balloon dance,
jump over clouds, and caress a sleeping child.
The author shares a selection of short stories full of
poetry and fantasy.
Title: Écoute les voix de la Terre
Aut: Wood, Douglas Lynch
Ed: Gründ
Hard cover album
Level 3
A grand father and his grand-son hike through the forest.
The child asks: “What is a prayer?” and the grand-father
shows him nature. Patiently, he teaches him to listen to
the whispers of the wind, and the sounds of the babbling
brook, the voices of the earth.
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Title: Auberge de Nulle Part
Aut: Innocenti, Roberto
Ed: Gallimard
Hard cover album
Level 4
Roberto, a painter, has lost his greatest tool, his
imagination. He prepares his luggage, leaves in his car
and travels until he runs out of gas. He finds himself in
front of the Auberge de Nulle part. He is greeted with a
phrase: “ Here where the answers dance with the question
marks you will find a cure.”
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Texts for making inferences
Inférence
Use prior knowledge and information in text to create meanings not explicitly stated,
moving to a deeper understanding of texts.
Title: C’est moi le plus fort
Aut : Ramos, Mario
Ed : Ecole des loisirs
Hard cover album
Level 1
New 2007
After eating a hefty meal the wolf takes a walk in the
woods to help digestion. He meets up with different
fictional characters. To each, he stops and asks, “Who is
the strongest?” Of course, each of our fairy tale figures
say that the wolf is the strongest. He finally sees what he
believes is a little toad and asks the same question. The
reply is not at all what the wolf wanted to hear!!
$18.25
Title: Toi, vole!
Aut: Bunting, Eve
Ed: Syros
Hard cover album
Level 2
New 2007
Dad and I live at the airport. We have no home and the
airport is better than living on the street. We have to be
careful not to get caught.
$24.95
Title: Les trios voeux de Barbara
Aut: Hohler, Franz
Ed : Joie de lire
Level 3
NEW 2007
Barbara is not doing well at school. She is visited by a
fairy who gives her three wishes. Barbara wishes for a
pair of blue shoes, a red pen and a parrot. How will they
help Barbara with school? A story which shows that even
small things can make a big difference.
$18.95
Title: Petit photographe de
Bamba
Aut: Epanya, Christian
Ed : Sorbier
Hard Cover album
Level 4
NEW 2007
In Bamba, a little town in Africa, the boys learn to fish
like their fathers and grand-fathers. Amoudou is
captivated by photography. With time he becomes the
famous photographer in town.
$24.95
Title: Loup gouloup
Aut: Nadaus, Roland
Ed: Bayard
Hard cover album
Level 1
NEW 2008
Title: La petite oie qui ne voulait
pas marcher au pas
Aut : Dumont, JF
Ed : Père Castor
Level 2
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
A wolf makes several attempts to steal a pancake from
the baker. The first time he gets nothing at all and the
baker throws the pancake up in the sky. The pancake
climbs and climbs in the sky to become the moon. The
wolf howls all night. Seven days later the wolf tries
again to grab a pancake. This time he is able to snap half
of it off before it reaches the top of the night sky. The
wolf howls again. Seven days later, the wolf tries once
more time to grab the pancake . The baker decides to
simply let him have it. No moon tonight and no howling.
An introduction to the phases of the moon.
Zita is a little gosling who cannot get the beat! All the
other geese go to the pond in rythm but somehow Zita
gets distracted. The head goose sends her off and tells
her she will not be able to join everyone to the pond and
she will have to wait their return. So, finally Zita goes
off to the pond playing a different beat and the animals
all around seem to like this new rythm and follow her to
the pond (the donkey, the cow, the pigs, the sheep, and
even the frog.
From now on everyone wants to follow Zita’s beat to the
pond!!
Great album you can even go to the web site on the final
page and pick up the beat yourself
$9.25
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Title: Ma grand-mère Alza..quoi?
Aut : Van Den Abeele, V
Ed : Mijade
Level 1
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
Title: Colin Coton
Aut: Ross, T
Ed: Seuil
Level 2
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
Title: La brouille
Aut: Boujon, C
Ed : Ecole des loisirs
Level 1
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
Title : Attention SSSerpent
Aut : De Greef, S
Ed : Pastel
Level 1
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
Title: C’est moi qui commande
Aut: Church, C.
Ed : Milan
Level 1
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
Title : Oscar et Arabella et
Ormsby
Aut : Layton, N
Ed : Courte échelle
Level 1
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
Title: Nasreddine
Aut: Weulersse, O
Ed: Père Castor
Level 2
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
Title: Kimono de Suki
Aut: Vegaki, Chieri
Ed: Scholastic
Soft cover album
Level 1
Camille remembers fondly the days she spent with her
grandmother. However, one day grandmother does not
recognize her. It is Camille’s turn to take care of her
grand-mother. She tells her stories, shows her pictures,
and gives her big kisses. Grand-mother now needs her.
This album is sensitive, informative and takes away the
stigma of mental illness that exist. It is also a form of
reassurance that a child’s grand-mother is not nuts but
has a common disease.
Colin is small, even for a mouse. His mother refuses to
let him play outside with his brothers and sisters unless
he is wrapped in a big fluffy ball of cotton wool. Instead
of keeping him safe, the cotton wool attracts the attention
of every fierce creature imaginable — little boys, ducks,
even foxes!
After a day of being flung, pecked and chased, Colin
returns home without his cotton wool, but feeling much
BIGGER — and ready to tell his mother that he can look
after himself
La brouille is the story of two rabbits, one brown and
one grey. They got along great but like in any
relationship good feelings don’t always last forever.
Each day a new fight emerges. A hungry fox sees these
two rabbits fight and decides either of them would likely
make a very good meal. Seizing the opportunity he dives
but both rabbits escape because they cooperated.
$17.95
$19.95
$15.95
Cow is reading a story to his friends. Slowly snake
slithers closer and attacks! Gross! Disgusting! Who did
you swallow mean snake? Snake repeats again and again
his same move.
$18.95
Digby le chien de berger a une mission : faire rentrer six
moutons stupides dans un enclos.
Mais ces moutons n'en font qu'à leur tête. Digby est
proche du désespoir, jusqu'à ce que vaches et cochons lui
révèlent l'art et la manière de demander quelque chose...
Un « schéma » narratif qui joue sur le comique de
répétition : plus Digby demande aux moutons de rentrer
dans leur enclos, plus la réaction des moutons est passive.
Une histoire drôle aux illustrations très colorées.
L'auteur révèle ici le secret de la politesse : le mot
magique « S'il te plaît » !
$17.95
Oscar is a woolly mammoth, just like Arabella. They are
best of friends, at least until the arrival of Ormsby. Oscar
does not appreciate Ormsby very much. But, Arabella
finds him very very funny!
$24.95
A young boy goes to market with his dad and the donkey
to sell their goods. Each time they are the object of
ridicule from the villagers. Each time the young boy is
mortified until he learns that there is no point in worrying
about what other’s think. The story is delicious and easy
to read. Situated in the orient.
$26.95
Suki decides to wear a blue cotton kimono she received
from her grandmother, on the first day of school. Despite
snickers from her sisters and classmates, she is proud of
and pleased with her outfit. When Suki tells her class
about the Japanese street festival she attended in the
summer, the hecklers change their tune.
$8.95
Title: On se retrouvera
Aut: Bunting, Eve
Ed: Syros
Soft cover album
Level 3
War is approaching. Bags must be packed and mother
and daughter must leave their home. When will they see
father again?
Based on a true story.
$9.95
Title: Combat des cerfs volants
Aut: Mélano, Olivier
Ed: École des loisirs
Hard cover album
Level 3
At Katmandou in Nepal, Nan dreams of beating his
enemy Chakku in a game of kite chasing. First, you must
build your kite.
$22.50
Title: Roland Garros et la petite
aviatrice.
Aut: Vincent,François
Ed: Archimède
Hard cover album
Level 3
On a summer’s night in 1913, Louise watches as Roland
Garros land his plane. She climbs in the pilot seat and
declares “One day, I will have my own plane. I will fly to
far off lands, make loops and climb 5000 feet in the sky”.
Title: La rédaction
Aut: Skarmer, A.
Ed: Syros
Hard cover album
Level 2
During the military dictatorship, a soldier enters Pedro’s
class and asks the students to write an essay that describe
life at home with an emphasis on subjects of
conversations, and visitors? What will Pedro write?
$24.95
Rubis loves learning with her brothers and cousins
teacher. Tradition, however, dictates that she learns to
keep house. What will Rubi’s future be?
$23.95
Dad gave me a journal to capture all my adventures. Our
family (dad, mom, Peter, Louisa and our dog Rufus) are
all going west to find good land.
$19.95
Title: Bonne chance petite
Aut: Bridges, Yim
Ed: Syros
Hard cover album
Level 3
Title: Vers l’ouest
Aut: Waddell, Martin
Ed: Gallimard
Hard cover album
Level 1
$21.95
Texts for wondering/ questioning
Prédiction et questionnement
Encourage questions about a text to focus on reading, clarify meaning, and delve deeper into the text.
Title: Bêêêtes!
Aut: Voltz, Christian
Ed: Rouergue
Hard cover album
Level 3
NEW 2007
A hunter is resting in a field surrounded by the different
animals. He wakes up in a foul mood, yelling and
threatening the animals. One by one, the animals leave.
The man finds himself alone. He feels lonely, sad, and
feels beastly (bêtes).
Who is the most sensible, man or beast? It is left to the
reader to see and question.
Introduces new meaning to the word beast (bêtes).
$20.95
Title: Lili Coquelicot ou la
fabrique de du bonheur.
Aut: Palluy, Christine
Ed : Lito
Hard cover album
Level 2
NEW 2007
Lili is a fairy who serves happiness to her restaurant
customers. Not all the customer’s are ready to have a taste
of happiness but with a little sprinkle of this or that Lili
works her magic. Do you know the recipe to creating
happiness?
$15.95
Title: Ahmed sans abri
Aut: Barroux
Ed: Mango
Hard cover album
Level 4
NEW 2008
Ahmed is a homeless person (referred to in France as
SDF’S or Sans Domicile Fixe). A young boy walks by him
every day. What if this man is a king from a far off land?
The reality is not as pretty. He is transparent, few people
talk to him. One day the boy no longer sees him at his usual
spot. Has he has left for his country? The true story is that
Ahmed died in February 2006 from the cold. This book is
written in his memory, as well as, all the homeless people
of the world who die unnoticed around the world every
day. Intensely human, we see the naive portrayal from a
child’s point of view versus the harsh reality.
$23.95
Title: La petite bibliothèque
Imaginaire
Aut: Serres, A
Ed : Rue du monde
Level 3
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
A very unusual book, 20 imaginary covers are featured
along with a short resume and critique.
A book where on each double page is narrative and a
picture cover for the reader to create his own outcome. A
great book to stimulate the imagination and creative
writing.
$21.95
Title: Lettres d’un chien obeisant
Aut: Teague, M
Ed : Milan
Level 3
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
When Ike LaRue is "imprisoned" at the Igor Brotweiler
Canine Academy, he tries everything to get sent home -weepy letters to his owner, even illness. In reality,
Brotweiler is more like camp than prison, but still, Ike''s not
cut out for life without Mrs. LaRue and his creature
comforts. Finally, he runs away only to find himself back in
Snort City -- just in time to save Mrs. LaRue''s life.
Teague is at the top of his fetching form in this madcap
comedy where the real world of Brotweiler and the one Ike
imagines are brilliantly depicted through split-screen
visuals, the former in color and the latter in black and
white.
Good book for point of view, letter and newspaper writing
and distinguishing between narrator and author. The black
and white pictures versus the color pictures are two
interpretive drawings of the dogs situation. It is up to the
reader to choose which one is probably more like what
Kim is actually living through.
$19.95
Title : Madame Meuh!
Aut : Willis, J
Ed: Gautier-Languereau
Level 2
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
There was once a cow who was always miserable, and a
lamb who was always trying to cheer her up. But she was
impossible to cheer up! The poor lamb burst into tears and
wallowed in misery himself. Finally the cow started to miss
him, and gave him the best birthday present ever -- a great
big grin!
$19.95
Title: Loup Vert
Aut: Gouichoux, R
Ed : Bayard
Level 2
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
Being a green wolf in a world where all the wolves are gray
is not the least bit fun. Raoul has only one wish and that is
to become gray so he can play with all the other wolves.
He tries all different ways, even the help of a fairy...
$18.50
Title: Emily et Alligator
Aut: Ramos, Mario
Ed: Pastel
Level 1
Hara cover album
NEW 2008
Emily and her alligator are inseparable and share some
tender moments. When Emily leaves to see her grandmother she forgets Alligator. Having waited two days for
her return, alligator hungry and sad leaves the house to live
a life alone.
This album starts on a very happy note and is very
endearing and takes an unexpected turn when the girl
forgets to brIng her alligator with her. The ending leaves
readers interpret the departure of alligator.
$18.25
Title: Brundibar
Aut: Kushner, Tony
Ed:École des loisirs
Hard cover album
Level 3
Based on an opera, the story takes place in a ghetto in
Varsovie. Two children must go to town and get milk for
their mother who is ill. Neither child has any money. How
will they earn the money when they are just children? A
story about solidarity among children.
$29.50
Title: Un dîner chez Magritte
Aut: Garland, Michael
Ed: Metagram
Soft cover album
Level 2
Pierre thinks life at home is boring. He much prefers
visiting their neighbour, René Magritte in his studio. With
René a walk through the forest is a magical adventure.
$7.95
Title: Le petit soldat qui cherchait
la guerre.
Aut: Ramos, Mario
Ed: Pastel
Hard cover album
Level 3
Eustache, a soldier, is lost and needs to rejoin his unit! On
the way he meets a blind man, a homeless family, and a
mutilated man. All are victims of the war. Eustache begins
to wonder about war. He finds refuge in a house in ruins,
lights a small fire and then decides to burn his uniform.
Without a uniform what is left of this soldier? This book
invites young readers to question the value of war.
$18.95
Title: Le printemps des Ocarinas
Aut: Imanishi, Sukeyuki
Ed: Bayard
Hard cover album
Level 2
The themes of this album are war, hope and peace. The
people living in the north always hated the people of the
south. Never meeting one another, they accused each other
of the worst deeds. One day, they declared war on each
other. Both sides waited for the other to attack. Winter,
spring pass by and then one day, both a farmer from the
north and a Sheppard from the south meet by chance. They
both start playing the ocarina. Eventually, they will play
music together. Following the sounds of the music, the two
camps come upon one another and rather than fight they
communicate and fraternize.
$21.50
Title: La mer et lui
Aut: Lejonc, Régis
Ed: Rouergue
Hard cover album
Level 4
A poetic and wonderfully illustrated text about a retired
captain who asks the ocean to follow him. Romantic and
naive the ocean accepts and enters a glass. The old man
brings the ocean back to his apartment. Little by little they
share their mysteries. Their perfect world is in jeopardy
when villagers, fishermen and birds cry for the return of the
ocean to the ocean.
$23.95
Luciole is a little girl who is especially curious. She will
discover with Anna how plants and flowers grow. “The
secret, insists Anna, is patience”.
$10.95
Title: Secret de Luciole
Aut: Levert, Mireille
Ed: Dominique et Co.
Soft cover album
Level 2
Texts for synthesizing
Synthèse
Is a complex process that involves the use of making connections, visualization, questioning and
inferring and sumarizing.
Title: Chloé la copieuse
Aut: Rathmann, Peggy
Ed: Scholastic
Soft cover
Level 1
NEW 2007
One day Julie wears a red ribbon, Chloé arrives with a red
ribbon as well. When Julie wears a sweater full of daisies,
Chloé wears an identical sweater. Chloé even copies the
teacher! Will Chloé aver stop copying everyone?
$8.99
Title : Lola
Aut : Dunrea, Olivier
Ed; Ecole des loisirs
Hard cover album
Level 1
New 2007
Title : La promesse
Aut : Willis, Jeanne
Ed : Gallimard
Hard cover album
Level 2
NEW 2007
Title: C’est moi le plus beau
Aut : Ramos, M
Ed : Pastel
Hard cover album
Level 1
NEW 2008
Title: Lulu Vroumette
Aut: Picouly, D
Ed : Magnard
Hard cover album
Level 3
NEW 2008
Title: Belfegor et l’orage
Aut: Bourguignon, L
Ed: Mijade
Level 1
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
Title: Ma maman a besoin de moi
Aut : Walter, M
Ed : Bayard
Level 2
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
Title: La petite rapporteuse de
mots
Aut : Simard, D
Ed : 400 coups
Soft cover album
NEW 2008
Title: Une maman pour Kadhir
Aut: Poulin, A
Ed : Imagine
Soft cover album
NEW 2008
Lola lost her favorite red boots. Where are they?
As Lola searches for her boots, she takes you to several
places. She looks over, under, and behind. She finally
finds her favorite boots on someone else. What will she
do?
$12.25
A caterpillar and a tad pole fall in love. The caterpillar asks
the tad pole to never change because she loves him as he is.
Everyone knows that caterpillars change into butterflies
and tad poles into frogs. So what will happen to this
couple?
$23.50
After a big meal the mean wolf dressed in his finest walks
through the forest. As he meets up with little red riding
hood, the three little pigs, and other fictional characters
from various fairy tales he asks who is the handsomest.
Why is it at the end of the story a baby dragon stands up to
this mythical character?
In our society how much value do we place on physical
strength?
We could read this story as an adaptation of the fable, le
corbeau et le renard. Where the crow’s vanity costs him his
cheese.
Lulu Vroumette running back from school decides to cool
off by taking a dip in the pond. When it is time to go
home, she rolls in the grass and goes to find her shell. But
where did it go? She starts her search, but no one has seen
her shell. As night progresses she has no choice but to
head home. As she comes through the door, she realizes no
one is home!! Surprise!! It is Lulu’s birthday. There is her
present a new shell!! Mom had taken her shell so she could
outfit her with a larger one. Lulu is very happy!!
In this book there are a lot of expressions, and sounds.
The pictures are incredibly colourful and beautiful.
Belfegor is a young dragon of five hundred and five years
old. It is time for him to get his flame to become an adult.
During a storm his father encourages him to catch his first
lightning bolt which will forever become his flame. His
father shows him how. Belfegor, tries but he is terrified.
He is thrown off balance and falls into the forest below. In
the forest he meets a group of rabbits that are going to the
edge of the forest to see a fireworks display. Belfegor
follows. He overcomes his fear and suddenly leaps in the
air and catches a spark. It will define his flame forever.
Returning home he explains to his father that he caught a
star. Proud father and son go share the news to mom.
$18.25
$19.95
$17.95
Simon wants to help, but isn't sure that his mother needs
him at all after she brings home a new baby from the
hospital. Jason's troubled feelings about the newborn are
quieted after he gives his sister a bath and his mother a hug.
$9.95
For a while now, Grand ma has lost her words. Elise finds
them, but Grand ma cannot remember. Why? Do words
wear off like dresses? Do they fly away so they do not get
old and used.
$14.95
Silence falls on the beach ravaged by the Tsunami. Lying
on the beach a woman cries. In behind a shipwrecked boat
a child cries. Even in the worst disasters good things
happen. The story of Kadhir an orphan is one of these
good things.
$11.95
Title: Où va Trompétard?
Aut: Sjostrand, C
Ed : Bayard
Level 1
Hard cover album
NEW 2008
Title: Renard et renard
Aut: Bolliger, M
Ed : Joie de lire
Level 2
Hard cover album
New 2008
Title : L’épouvantail qui voulait
voyager
Aut : Kamoun, H.
Ed : Flammarion
Level 3
NEW 2008
Title: Les trois notes d’Hyppolite
Isocèle
Aut : Moncomble, G
Ed : Nathan
Level 3
NEW 2008
Title: Frédéric et co.
Aut; Lionni, Leo
Ed: École des loisirs
Hard cover
Level 3
Where is Trompetard the fireman racing to? Why does he
go so quickly? Is it to save Misses Panthers caramel that
she left burning on the stove? Is it to save the kitty from the
tree? Or is it to save mister Nacisse the bear from the wasp
nest? To all, he says .be more careful, I have more
important things to do! But what? To pick up his son from
school.
A tender story with a rhythmic title, and rhythmic verses.
A classic. Two friends, one adventurous the other shy, live
together. One goes off to find adventure and the other stays
at home to live adventures of his own. We follow a week
in each of their lives. The more adventurous one returns
home to retell his close call with a hunter and the timid one
recounts his week of enjoying butterfly’s and fixing the
home. Both appreciate each other’s tales. Off the
adventurous one goes to relive another adventure, however,
remembering fondly the adventures told by the more timid
one.
Excellent presentation, we need not be the same to
appreciate each other. That each person has something to
contribute and neither being shy or adventurous is better or
worse.
Days referred to as premier, deuxième, troisième....
Poetic story. A lonely scarecrow in a middle of a long
abandoned field is but a shadow of his former self. He does
not scare anyone anymore, not even the birds. He pleads
with the birds to take him elsewhere. The birds confer and
lift the scarecrow to the air. His happiness is complete
when the birds join him to another scarecrow just as worn
as he.
A beautiful piece about time, serene, this album touches
many aspects of life. The need to be purposeful, the need
to feel loved and needed.
$17.50
$27.95
$24.95
Three little notes that is all Hyppolite plays. Hyppolite
decides to try other instruments but all have a problem. He
feels unimportant, dispensable until the orchestra leader
finds him and explains that his three little notes are very
important.
$19.95
Sixteen unabridged stories, including the Caldecott Honor
Books, "Frederick, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse",
and "Swimmy", are featured with Lionni's inimitable fullcolour artwork and a new Introduction by the author.
$37.95
Title: Grand rêve de Passepoil
Aut: Arsenault, Elaine
Ed : Dominique et co.
Hard cover album
Level 2
Passepoil, the dog, has a big dream. He would like to be
adopted by Miss Madeleine, the seamstress with the multi
coloured ribbons. An album that says perseverance can
make dreams come true.
$19.95
Title: Émile Pantalon
Aut: Levert, Mireille
Ed: Dominique et co.
Soft cover album
Level 1
Emile is a very tall boy. To tall for his school locker, to tall
for the stairs, to tall for the chairs. At recess, no one wants
to play with him. However, one morning…
An album about acceptance, easy to visualize and make
connections.
$19.95
Title: Mes petites fesses
Aut: Godbout, Jacques
Ed: 400 coups
Soft cover album
Level 2
The hero of this story does nothing like anyone else. It all
started when he was born bum first. As a consequence, any
object placed on his bum changes into all kinds of things.
He causes his parents grief.
$9.95
Title: Noir, blanc ou poil de
carotte
Aut: Collectif
Ed: 400 coups
Soft cover album
Level 4
On behalf of 300 students wishing to express their views on
racism, 16 students put together this album. Children have
a different reality from ours. Hence, it is important to listen
to their story and pay attention to their message.
$12.95
Texts for deciding importance
Recherche d’idées importantes
Reading a text and finding the key facts inside the texts.
Title : Une mouche passe
Aut : Boutinot, Veronique
Ed : Archimede
Hard cover album
Level 1
NEW 2007
A fly, an insect always on its toes. Its sight, flight, agility,
and incredible feats. A story urging us to take a second
look at mother nature’s incredible triumphs.
$19.75
Title : Bébé animaux en danger.
Aut : Grant, Donald
Ed : Gallimard
Hard cover album
Level 2
NEW 2007
Through the perils of a lemur, whale and eagle, Donald
Grant, explores the effect humans have on the animal
kingdom. After each story is a two page documentary
reflecting the issues at hand.
$27.95
Title : Menace sur notre planète.
Aut : Grant, Donald
Ed : Gallimard
Hard cover album
Level 2
NEW 2007
Through the eyes of Nanook the little polar bear, Toco the
toucan and Sathu the daughter of a fisherman in the
Maldives, Donald Grant alerts the young public to the
consequences of global warming. After each story a two
page documentary reflects the issues at hand
$27.95
Title: Le dernier trappeur
Aut: Vanier, N
Ed : Nathan
Hard cover album
Level 2
NEW 2008
Title: Sophie et le relieur
Aut: Hideko, Ise
Ed : Seuil
Level 2
NEW 2008
A story about a trapper’s survival in the great north. Also
available in movie format, it teaches us a lot about the great
north and gives us an idea of the harshness, and beauty of
our country. A beautiful story highlights the delicate
balance between man, nature and animals. A chapter text,
that reads extremely well with little language difficulties.
Passé simple is used by the narrator but the conversations
are in present tense. I found the use of passé simple in this
text not to be a hindrance to the understanding of the text
nor the story. A man who loves living simply with nature,
the trapper leaves his last house to build another further
north away from human encroachment. There with his
Indian wife, they build a new home. He continues his
simple life of trapper, and recounts his near encounter with
death.
At the end is a section which tells us more about the life of
a trapper.
Sophie’s favorite book is about trees. The cover is very
worn the bookseller suggests she sees a binder at the end of
the street. With the help of the artisan she will learn about
a world unknown to her full of paper, colors and odors.
She will discover a profession and another way to love
books. The pictures are beautiful and delicate just like the
meeting of these two, young and old. So happy is she to
rediscover her book that she offers the artisan a small plant
that she planted herself.
$29.95
$27.95
Title: Jusqu’ici. tout va bien
Aut: Gréban,C
Ed : Mijade
Level 2
NEW 2008
An orange triggered a set of events that set the town
upsidown. The sultan must find the culprit and give the
proper punishment. This amusing tale of intrigue and
suspense is a must to follow. The ups and its downs.
$17.95
Title : Les enfants de l’eau
Aut : Delaunois, Angèle
Ed : Tourne Pierre
Level 2
NEW 2008
Children from here, children from there, water children.
Tell me about the water you see, taste and swim in. Words
and colours around the world describe what water
represents.
$12.95
Title: 21 Éléphants sur le pont de
Brooklyn
Aut : Prince, A
Ed : Albin Michel
Level 3
NEW 2008
Will the bridge hold?
How many tons can it support?
In 1883, a new bridge was built linking New York to
Brooklyn. A triumph to modern technology, the bridge took
14 years to build. Even though Inaugural celebrations were
lavish, people were sceptical... In came Phineas T.Barnum
with his 21 elephants, they showed the world that the
bridge was indeed safe.
$19.95
Title: La statue de la liberté
Aut: Hochain, Serge
Ed: Archimede
Hard cover album
Level 3
Leo, Fanch, Ben and Angus all contributed to the
construction of the statue of liberty. Started in 1875, the
project took 11 years to complete. A story, documentary to
know more about the building of the statue through the
eyes of these 4 men.
$22.50
Title: Rémi répare un vélo
Aut: Weinzaepflen, Nathalie
Ed: Archimede
Hard cover album
Level 2
A flat tire, a broken chain… Will Rémi be able to compete
in the bicycle race? Good thing Dad is there, he will know
just what to do.
$21.95
Title: Les pépins ont disparu!
Aut: Winzaepflen, Nathalie
Ed: Archimede
Hard cover album
Level 1
The apple has no seeds! Who is the guilty party? Is it the
bee, or the caterpillar? All are suspects. An investigation on
a strange event. A story about polinization and the science
behind this strange event.
$21.95
Title: La nuit de Lila
Aut: Boutinot, Véronique
Ed: Archimede
Hard cover album
Level 2
Lila is a bat. Her love to explore will place her in mortal
danger. However, Mother Nature has provided Lila with
ingenious systems which will guide her. Throughout this
night, Lila will learn many things and so will the reader.
$20.95
Title: Le jour de la tornade
Aut: Graham, Georgia
Ed: Archimede
Hard cover album
Level 1
Mathieu has gone with his father to repair the broken fence.
His father is very strong. In fact, he is the strongest man in
the world! Suddenly, in the middle of the black clouds a
tornado appears. It sweeps away everything in its way. Will
Mathieu’s father be strong enough?
$22.50
Title: George Catlin, peintre des
indiens
Aut: Cerisier, Emmanuel
Ed: Archimede
Hard cover album
Level 3
In 1830, George Catlin, American citizen and painter, left
for Indian territory. George Caitlin lived with the Sioux
Indians. He painted the chiefs and the warriors, the customs
and the annual bison hunt. He met a young and courageous
Sioux by the name of Takoda. Illustrated with George
Catlin’s drawings and paintings, this book is a documentary
of the painter and the Sioux Indians.
$22.50
Title: Force 10!
Aut: Dressier, Sophie
Ed: Archimede
Hard cover album
Level 3
Patrick, Lisa and Arthur go fishing on the beach. It is high
tide. The fishing will be good. Time flies when you are
having fun. So much so, that the children fail to notice the
ominous clouds or the growing ocean waves. A real level
10 storm! Lighting streaks the sky, rain and branches fall,
trees are uprooted and night is fast approaching. Where to
hide?
$23.50
Title: Rencontre
Aut: Yolen, Jane
Ed: 400 coups
Hard cover album
Level 2
On October 12 1492, Christopher Columbus reaches the
new world for the first time and settles on an island now
called San Salvador. A culture already resides on these
lands. This is the story of a meeting of two cultures.
$12.95
Title: Le courage de Terry Fox
Aut: Trotter
Ed: Scholastic
Soft cover album
Level 2
On the occasion of 25th anniversary of the marathon of
hope Scholastics publishes a first biography of Terry Fox.
$16.99
Title: Owen et Mzee
Aut: Hatkoff
Ed: Scholastic
Soft cover album
Level 1
On December 26 2004, an underwater earthquake creates a
destructive tsumani. In Kenya, villagers find a baby hippo.
A man, Owen Sobien rescues the orphan and entrusts its
care into the hands of Paula Kahumbu director of Haller
national park, a wildlife reserve. Freed into the park, the
frightened hippo approaches a 130-year-old turtle. From
then on, they become inseparable.
$12.99
Title: Enfants de la mine
Aut: Fabian, Grégoire
Ed: Archimede
Hard cover album
Level 4
In the middle of the 19th century, the demand for coal was
great. Louis et Tournet, children of the mines, face death
daily. A story documentary to inform us about coal mining
and the children working in those mines
$23.50
Title: Champollion
Aut: Rumford, James
Ed: Archimede
Hard cover album
Level 1
Lives are sometimes short but full. They can leave glorious
traces. This was the life of Jean-François Champollion who
lived in the early 19th century and died at the young age of
42. Passionate about Ancient Egypt, he was the first to
untangle the mystery behind the inscriptions found on the
ancient temples and monuments of the ancient pharaohs.
$23.50
Title: Un brave soldat
Aut: Debon, Nicolas
Ed: 400 coups
Soft cover album
Level 2
August 1914, the world is at war. In Canada the volunteers
are numerous. A brave soldier, Franck, is enthusiastic to
join the effort but his enthusiasm transforms itself
progressively. This book tells about the brutal conditions of
the First World War.
$10.95
Title: Malédiction des maths
Aut: Scieszka, Jon
Ed: Seuil
Hard cover album
Level 4
A tale of a girl in the relentless grip of math mania. What if
you think of everything as a math problem and you spend
your morning tabulating your teeth and calculating your
corn flakes? You have got the math curse, that’s what!
Title: Et puis on est partis
Aut : Brochard, Philippe
Ed : Archimede
Hard cover album
Level 4
Michel Igaliev, remembers when he was an adolescent,
how he escaped the Russian civil war with his family and
started a new life in the United States.
$25.95
$23.50