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Children's Fiction Bears

Lorsque j’etais un ours...

illustrated by Irene Luxbacher

Publisher
Scholastic Canada Ltd
Initial publish date
Mar 2021
Category
Bears, Emotions & Feelings, New Experience
Recommended Age
4 to 8
Recommended Grade
p to 3
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781443185189
    Publish Date
    Mar 2021
    List Price
    $19.99

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Description

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Franchir des rivieres tumultueuses, gravir des montagnes imposantes et traverser des forets pleines d’arbres gigantesques : Oh! Vivre la vie d’un ours! Mais quand cet ours est transporte dans un autre monde, il realise qu’on ne tombe pas toujours au bon endroit. Pourtant, parfois, la vie est exaltante, palpitante et mouvementee comme un vol de papillon, plus rapide que l’imagination. Cet ours reussira-t-il a trouver son chemin?

Preparez-vous a bondir d’une vie a l’autre en accompagnant cet ami a fourrure dans son parcours etonnant. Cette histoire delicate met en lumiere les changements de la vie auxquels nous faisons face et la facon dont nous pouvons nous en accommoder.

 

Traversing through rushing rivers, mighty mountains, and forests full of tall trees: oh, to live the life of a bear! But when this bear is catapulted from one world into another, he realizes that we don’t always tumble and land in perfect places. We may feel that life is soaring, skipping, and fluttering like a butterfly, faster than we can imagine. Will this bear manage to find his way? Get ready to tumble from one life to another as you accompany this furry friend on his special journey through life.

This delicately imagined story beautifully highlights the changes we go through in life, and our innate powers of adaptation. A lyrical book, describing universal feelings with unique details and elements.

Original title: Once I Was a Bear

About the author

IRENE LUXBACHER est à la fois auteure, illustratrice et artiste. Elle a publié de nombreux livres d’activités artistiques et albums jeunesse dont Le jardin imaginaire de grand-papa, d’Andrew Larsen, mis en nomination pour le Prix du Gouverneur général dans la catégorie illustrations. Irene habite à Toronto où elle travaille actuellement à la création de nouveaux tableaux et albums.

 

IRENE LUXBACHER was nominated for the Governor General’s Award for her illustrations in Andrew Larsen’sThe Imaginary Garden (Le jardin imaginaire de grand-papa). She has illustrated several other picture books, including Mittens to Share (Une mitaine pour deux), The Heart’s Song (Le grand cœur de madame Lili), as well as her own picture books Once I Was a Bear (Lorsque j’étais un ours…) and Mattoo, Let’s Play! (Viens jouer, Matou!). She lives in Toronto, Ontario with her husband and young son. You can learn more about her work at www.ireneluxbacher.com.

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Awards

  • Commended, Sélection Communication-Jeunesse

Editorial Reviews

[Encourage] l’acceptation de soi en reconnaissant les differentes experiences du deuil et du changement. Imaginatif et d’une poesie resonnante. ~ Kirkus Reviews

 

[Encourages] the appreciation of one’s own story and recognizing different experiences of loss and change. Imaginative and poetically resonant.

~ Kirkus Reviews

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