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Une mitaine pour deux

by (author) Emil Sher

illustrated by Irene Luxbacher

Publisher
Scholastic Canada Ltd
Initial publish date
Oct 2016
Category
General, General
Recommended Age
0
Recommended Grade
p to 12
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781443142977
    Publish Date
    Oct 2016
    List Price
    $19.99

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Par une belle journée d'hiver, une petite fille et son papa jouent dehors. Mais elle perd sa mitaine et il faut rentrer à la maison pour la remplacer. De retour à l'extérieur, ils découvrent qu'un oiseau a trouvé la mitaine perdue et y a prélevé quelques brins de laine afin de construire son nid. Quelle joie de partager avec autrui!

 

The wonder of the winter season is brought to vivid life in this deceptively simple tale of a young girl who loses her mitten on a cool, snowy day. Her disappointment is soon swept away when she's back indoors looking for a new pair, exploring the colours and textures of an overstuffed box of family mittens. Outside again with Dad, she makes an even more endearing discovery that will warm the hearts of all readers.

The spare, poetic text allows the gorgeous mixed-media artwork by award-winning illustrator Irene Luxbacher to tell a deeper story about warmth, sharing and discovery on a crisp winter day.

Original title: Mittens to Share

About the authors

 

Emil Sher
a grandi à Montréal. Il a enseigné dans une école secondaire au Botswana et
aujourd'hui, il écrit des livres pour enfants, des scénarios, des pièces de
théâtre et des livres documentaires. Son premier roman, Young Man With Camera, a été mis en nomination pour le Prix du
Gouverneur général. Il a adapté au théâtre l'oeuvre à succès de Karen
Levine, La valise d'Hana. Cette pièce a été jouée dans toute
l'Amérique du Nord et en Israël. Emil vit à Toronto avec sa famille.

 

EMIL SHER writes prose and plays for the young and the once-were-young. His first novel, Young Man with Camera, was published by Scholastic in Fall 2015 and has received numerous awards and honours. Emil is a laureate of the 2014 K.M. Hunter Artist Award in Literature. His picture book Mittens to Share, illustrated by Irene Luxbacher, was published in 2016. Emil has written the stage play adaptations of Hana’s Suitcase by Karen Levine and The Boy in the Moon by Ian Brown, and the script and lyrics for a stage musical of Roch Carrier’s The Hockey Sweater. He was also the writer for The Book of Ashes, inspired by the true story of an Iraqi librarian who saved tens of thousands of books in the midst of war, which premiered at the International Children’s Festival in St. Albert, Alberta, in spring 2016. Emil lives in Toronto, Ontario. Visit him at www.emilsher.com.

 

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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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