English book
| Image | Nom | Prix | |
| Akela’s Teeth Selection of Communication-Jeunesse 1999-2000 Author Francine Bélair Illustrations Romi Caron Translator Lyn Joncas, 2005 Amy feels all alone as she decides to confront the scout chief, Akela. How can she do it? Why do adults always think they’re right? Thomas Edison, Lord Baden-Powell, and Merlin the wizard all come to Amy’s aid, and maybe you can too. Because of his experience, his education, his knowledge, the adult often thinks he has the mora… |
$8.95 | ||
| Julian Cæsar French version: Julien César Short-listed for the Hackmatack Award 2003 Author Jocelyne Ouellet Illustrations Marc-Étienne Paquin Translator Lyn Joncas, 2005 Julian, 12 years old, is like a lot of children of his age, and likes violence. The school psychologist, his teacher and his parents all say that Julian has “behaviour problems”. Adorable, but difficult, little Julian explains his behaviour problems with irresistible humour. During … |
$8.95 | ||
| Ludo’s Booboos French version: “Les Bobos de Ludo” Spanish version: “Los Rasponcitos de Ludo” Author Fabienne Caron Illustrations Jean-Guy Bégin Ludovic is a little daredevil with a lot of imagination. His adventurous games often leave their mark in the form of some interesting scrapes and bruises. For his official entry at school, he explores his fourteen “booboos,” because he also learned to count w… |
$8.95 | ||
| The Fresh Smell of Soap Author Kees Vanderheyden In March 1948, barely three years after the end of the war, we answered a knock on our door in Holland. A tiny, pale-faced girl stood before us, her name inscribed on a piece of cardboard hung around her neck, a brown suitcase hanging from one hand. She was accompanied by a nurse from the Red Cross. The little girl’s name was Traudi, and she came from the land of our enemies, the Germans, who occupied Holland for five years. Our ears still rang with the crashing sounds of their hobnailed boots and their screams of "Heil Hitler" and "Sieg Heil". More than 300,000 of our … |
$9.95 | ||
| The Owl and the Hawk French version: "Le Chant de Kaalak" Author Alix Whitfield Illustration by Doug Penhale Translator Lyn Joncas, 2002 The Owl and the Hawk, by Alix Whitfield, lets us see into the joys and tragedies of life for the adolescent Inuits of today. In this story, you will glimpse a truly Northern culture of cold winds and glacial terrain that many of us would find uninhabitable. Yet, there are people who have adapt… |
$12.95 | ||
| War and Peace in My Backyard Author Kees Vanderheyden Translator Lyn Joncas, 2005 One afternoon in June of 1944, a German officer knocked loudly at the door of the Vanderheyden family home. “Open up! Open this door immediately!” Suddenly, the war invaded my house and my backyard. At eleven years old, I began my own private “war games” against our occupiers, games of troubling discoveries that continue to shape me today. But my family and I found the road to peace four years later when Traudi, a little German girl, knocked softly at our door. Guide based on this book Author Kees Vanderheyden was born in Tilburg,… |
$8.95 | ||
| www.under-16.com French version: "www.moins-de-16.com" On the Best-seller list in Switzerland, Germany and Austria “In Canada, and in a very great majority of countries, it is still possible, in a few minutes, to download images of children’s rape.” Michel Vincent, journalist – CBC, Enjeux, “Pedophilia on the Internet” January 11 th 2005 “Our belief is that boys are brought to Canada for the purpose of having sex with men.” Canadian Press, Det. Sgt. P… |
$19.95 |