Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to search

Children's Fiction Death & Dying

Bon voyage, monsieur Rodriguez

by (author) Christiane Duchesne

illustrated by François Thisdale

Publisher
Scholastic Canada Ltd
Initial publish date
Apr 2020
Category
Death & Dying, Emotions & Feelings, Fantasy & Magic
Recommended Age
4 to 7
Recommended Grade
k to 1
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781443180696
    Publish Date
    Apr 2020
    List Price
    $19.99

Classroom Resources

Where to buy it

Description

See below for English description.

Chaque après-midi, à seize heures, monsieur Rodriguez marche dans les rues du village. Les enfants l’observent, intrigués par cet homme énigmatique à la moustache blanche. Certains disent avoir vu monsieur Rodriguez flotter. D’autres prétendent l’avoir vu jouer du piano sans toucher l’instrument. La vérité est plus encore plus merveilleuse que tout ce que les enfants auraient pu imaginer.

L’auteure de renom Christiane Duchesne et l’illustrateur primé François Thisdale ont créé une véritable ode à l’imagination.

 

Every afternoon at four o’clock, Mister Rodriguez steps out of a narrow laneway and strolls through the street. The village children watch him go, ever more curious about the enigmatic old man with the bushy white mustache. Some say they’ve seen him float above the ground. Others say he played a piano without touching a single key. The truth, though, is more beautiful than any of the children could have imagined.

Renown author Christiane Duchesne and award-winning illustrator François Thisdale bring a touching story about the passing of a beloved member of the community to life with delicacy and heart.

Original title: Bon voyage, Mister Rodriguez

About the authors

 

Christiane Duschesne est originaire de Montréal. Elle a écrit pour la télévision, le cinéma et la radio en plus de mener une carrière d’écrivaine pour la jeunesse. Elle a remporté le prix du Gouverneur général en 1990 et en 1992 pour les livres La Vraie histoire du chien de Clara Vic et Victor. Christiane a également traduit plus de 500 livres, dont les albums tant appréciés de Robert Munsch.

 

Christiane Duchesne hails from Montreal. She has written for television, film, and radio in addition to her work in children’s publishing. Her works La vraie histoire du chien de Clara Vic and Victor won the Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature in 1990 and 1992, respectively. Christiane has also translated over 500 titles, including the beloved Robert Munsch picture books.

 

Christiane Duchesne's profile page

 

L’œuvre de François Thisdale mélange les techniques traditionnelles et l’imagerie numérique. Il est l’illustrateur de The Stamp Collector, qui a été sur la liste d’honneur IBBY, That Squeak, un livre qui s’est mérité une mention d’honneur pour le prix IBBY Canada Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver et Missing Nimama, lauréat du prix TD de littérature pour l’enfance et la jeunesse. François vit à Montréal, au Québec.

 

François Thisdale's work blends traditional drawing and painting with digital imagery. He is the illustrator of The Stamp Collector, which is on IBBY Honor List, That Squeak, an honour book for the IBBY Canada Elizabeth Mrazik- Cleaver Picture Book Award, and Missing Nimama, winner of the TD Canadian Children’s Book Award. François lives in Montreal, Quebec.

 

François Thisdale's profile page

Other titles by

A Feast Beneath the Moon

Bertie and Friends Hit the Road

by (author) Christiane Duchesne & Jérôme Minière
illustrated by Marianne Ferrer

A Picnic in the Sun (Enhanced Edition)

Bertie and Friends Hit the Road

by (author) Christiane Duchesne
illustrated by Marianne Ferrer
narrator Mischa Cheeseman
performed by Clerel & Geneviève Toupin

Une fête sous la lune

L'extraordinaire voyage de la bande à Bébert

illustrated by Marianne Ferrer
other primary creator Jérôme Minière
by (author) Christiane Duchesne

A Picnic in the Sun

Bertie and Friends Hit the Road

illustrated by Marianne Ferrer
other primary creator Clerel & Geneviève Toupin
by (author) Christiane Duchesne & Jérôme Minière

Cyrus 2

L'encyclopédie qui raconte

by (author) Christiane Duchesne & Carmen Marois

Cyrus 1

L'encyclopédie qui raconte

by (author) Christiane Duchesne
illustrated by Carmen Marois

Un pique-nique au soleil

L'extraordinaire voyage de la bande à Bébert

by (author) Christiane Duchesne
illustrated by Marianne Ferrer
other primary creator Jérôme Minière

Bon Voyage, Mister Rodriguez

by (author) Christiane Duchesne
illustrated by François Thisdale

Cyrus 9

L'encyclopédie qui raconte

by (author) Christiane Duchesne & Carmen Marois

Cyrus 11

L'encyclopédie qui raconte

by (author) Christiane Duchesne & Carmen Marois

Other titles by