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      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        November 2010

        Barbouillette!

        by Michèle Marineau, Manon Gauthier

        Pétronille, the Guille’s youngest child, has a very special power. When she says “Barbouillette !” out loud, colors splash all over the bathroom, the house, the neighbourhood, the whole planet! What sort of illness is it? Is that a good reason for missing school?

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        August 2014

        Le géant qui sentait les petits pieds

        by Alain M. Bergeron, Pierre-Yves Cezard

        Having smelly feet is a problem, especially when you’re a giant! Imagine giant-size feet smelling up the neighbourhood! This is the unhappy situation facing the inhabitants of Talc Valley. They absolutely have to get rid of the foul odour! It won’t be easy, but there is a solution to every problem.

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        August 2014

        Les Trois Grands Cauchon

        by Sonia Sarfati, Jared Karnas

        The Cauchon family’s home is spotless and orderly, with one exception: Marco, Polo and Marco Polo’s bedroom. The Cauchon triplets are real pigs! When their parents insist that they clean their room, the boys decide to leave home rather than tackle the mess. They find new homes made of cardboard, wood and brick. But there is a wicked man roaming the streets of the town. Wait a minute! This story reminds me of something!

      • Children's & young adult: general non-fiction
        March 2014

        Comment se faire des millions d'amis

        by François Gravel, Katy Lemay

        Looking for a friend who will be by your side day and night? Want an invincible companion who never gets old or dies? Like to travel in time and space with your friend and go as far as your imagination can carry you? Then why not discover the story behind great books? The authors are often more surprising than the characters they create! You’ll never be alone again in their company.

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        February 2014

        Ensemble 1

        by Tania Boulet

        Alissa is looking forward to spend quiet days with her boyfriend Benjamin. But once back in school, she faces the disapproving glances of other students who see a popular girl on the arm of a very ordinary guy. Judgmental friends, the upcoming graduation ball, the choice of careers to make and tense relations with her parents all add up to myriad worries. Will they drive them apart? Or will something else happen to change everything?

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        September 2014

        Ensemble 2

        by Tania Boulet

        The last year of high school isn’t anything like Alissa imagined it would be. Her graduation ball, her dress, her hairdo, everything becomes a secondary concern when she realizes that her choices regarding her unplanned pregnancy will have repercussions on other people. Disappointed by Benjamin’s attitude, shaken by her mother’s resolutions and the reaction of her step-parents, Alissa has the sensation that love and friendship are eroding the further she goes along. The decision she makes is hard to bear, but it may be beautiful as well.

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        August 2004

        Klonk contre Klonk

        by François Gravel

        From the depths of the sea, where he is in a close retreat, Klonk launches a distress call to his long-time friends Fred and Agathe to help him safeguard his new invention. It's imperative that they prevent ill-intentioned people from stealing it. The fate of humankind depends on it. Klonk finds a worthy adversary: himself! Who is the real Klonk? More importantly, what can be done to prevent this gentle spirit from rushing headlong into disaster?

      • Nature, the natural world (Children's/YA)
        August 2010

        Living Earth

        Understanding and Conserving Biodiversity

        by QA International

        An amazing journey across the variety of landscapes of our planet, Living Earth is an invitation to discover hundreds of species of plants and animals, pictured in their natural surroundings. Awareness of our role in the protection of the environment is also promoted via overwhelming images showing the impact of human activity on biodiversity. Ecology experts have validated all the facts, activities and ecological tips in this encyclopedia.

      • Children's & young adult reference material
        May 2004

        My scrapbook of knowledge

        by QA International

        In My Scrapbook of Knowledge, Professor Genius takes readers on a voyage of discovery into a number of captivating subjects. Passionate about science, he introduces us to the mysteries of the universe, goes on to tell the story of life on Earth and then delves into the secrets of the human body and the pure sciences (physics, chemistry and mathematics). This learned professor also walks us through the extraordinary world of discoveries and inventions and explores the magic of music. By assembling his thoughts and memories gathered over the years into a scrapbook, Professor Genius creates a dynamic book that unveils the diverse richness of the world around us to children age 10 and up.

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories

        Noémie 24

        Le Livre des records

        by Gilles Tibo, Louise-Andrée Laliberté

        Noémie has already broken more than 300 records and the number is steadily growing every day: the speed record for dressing, undressing, brushing her teeth, getting to the kitchen, going to school and to the park! But when she starts choking while hurrying to eat her cereal, her parents have had enough. Will they have to confiscate her stopwatch to stop this record-breaking frenzy? Will she have to start breaking records for slowness like Grandma Lumbago? You don’t know Noémie. She’ll use her vivid imagination to beat other records!

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