Club de lecture
1. Raconte-moi : Didier Drogba. NF Read up on Didier Drogba, who
became one of the best soccer players of his generation due to his
hard work and determination.
2. Les contes de la ferme. PB, 2 books Two fun stories where the child
reads the text on the top of the page, and the adult reads the text on
the bottom!
3. La momie trop petite. PB It’s Halloween! Marie might be the smallest
mummy in town, but she’s definitely the most adorable one!
19. Une amie pour licorne. PB Licorne truly believes that human girls
exist, even though the other unicorns laugh at her for it. She wishes
she could find a human girl with whom to share adventures. Will
Licorne find a new friend?
20. Gros gâté. PB Oiseau is out hiking with his friends when, overcome
with hunger, he collapses on the ground. No snack that his friends
offer him is good enough to eat. Is Oiseau too picky?
21. Trio Oiseau. PB, 3 books A laugh-out-loud trio starring Oiseau!
22. Ce n’est pas mon chapeau. PB A tiny little fish steals the beautiful blue
5. Pat le chat : Cinq petites citrouilles. PB Pat le chat rocks out in this fun
23. Un dinosaure à souper. PB Would you invite a dinosaur over for
6. National Geographic Kids : Les chauves-souris. NF I live in spooky
24. J’apprends à lire : L’histoire de Doris. PB Doris has short-term
7. Joyeuse Halloween! PB, 6 books These books are sure to put you in
25. Collection Si j’avais... Les animaux marins. PB, NF 4 books A lovely
8. Les méchants. IN, Volume 1 These bad guys have a daring plan for
26. Clifford : Soirée pyjama. PB It’s Clifford’s first time sleeping over at
Halloween story, adapted from the classic Five Little Monkeys song.
caves and sleep hanging upside down. Who am I?
the Halloween spirit! Titles may vary.
their first mission: free 200 dogs from the dog pound. Are these bad
guys really that bad?
BEGINNER READERS
9. Méchant Minou n’aime pas les bonbons. PB Minou is hungry. What
should he eat? Fish? No way! Beef? Yuck! Octopus? Absolutely not!
Méchant Minou wants CANDY. All of the candy in the world. And
nothing can get in his way, or can it?
10. Je veux un monstre! PB, H Winnie wants a pet monster really badly.
Will she be able to convince her dad?
11. LEGO® City : SOS Halloween! PB The LEGO® City fire station is having
a Halloween Party! But when a fire flares up in an abandoned house,
will the ghosts and ghouls help the fire department?
12. Sorcière et carabistouille. PB Something strange is happening at the
witch’s house... her pets have suddenly become nice! Merlin’s beard, it
is strange indeed!
13. Je suis capable! C’est l’Halloween! PB Celebrate Halloween with
Olivia and Gustave!
14. Journal Tsum Tsum. J + 2 keys + 1 lock Keep your secrets safe in this
lovely lockable diary!
15. Ma trousse de médecin. B, A with a handle + 6 press-out pieces
Everyone dreams of having their own doctor’s bag! This bag-shaped
book encourages imaginative play and can be easily carried by its
chunky handle.
16. Je suis un camion à incendie. B A wonderful truck-shaped book for
budding firefighters!
17. Touche à tout : Bébés animaux. B, PCO An adorable baby animal
book to introduce children to simple words, textures and hand-eye
coordination!
18. Moi aussi, j’ai peur. NF Did you feel scared on your first day of school?
Did your heart beat really fast? This new series will help children
understand and express their emotions.
LEGEND
PRESCHOOL TO GRADE 8
OCTOBER 2016
4. Zoélie l’allumette : Le fauteur de trouble. N, Volume 2 Zoélie
encourages Cléo the ghost to escape from the cemetery. Fascinated
by the wonders of the 21st century, Cléo soon becomes out of control.
BOOK NOTES
A: activity book
B: boardbook
C: craft
CD: audio CD
CDB: CD book
CDR: CD-ROM
CO: comic book
F: with flaps
G: game
GN: graphic novel
H: hardcover
IN: illustrated novel
hat off of a BIG, enormous fish. How will the little fish weasle his way
out of this one?
dinner? A goofy story perfect for bedtime!
memory loss. How will she remember her way home?
series to laugh and learn!
Émilie’s grandparents’ house! Beware of messes!
27. Munsch Les classiques : Le dodo de Mortimer. PB It’s Mortimer’s
bedtime but, instead of going to sleep, he prefers singing at the top of
his lungs. Not even his mother, his father, his brother, his sister, or even
the police can get him to stop, until...
28. Je lis! Maths. NF, 6 books Circles, squares, rectangles... These little
books are ideal for learning key math concepts!
29. Mes 5 sens : La vue. NF How do our eyes help us to see? Included in
this book are fun facts and activities to help you discover one of the
five senses!
30. Quels drôles de pieds! NF Learn about the amazing variety of feet in
the animal kingdom. Just imagine if you had a cheetah’s fast feet –
you’d never miss the bus!
31. Trio Toujours parfait. PB, 3 books Ideal for beginner readers!
32. La vie de mon quartier : Un regard sur ma communauté. NF, PB Five
young friends explore their neighbourhood and learn about the
people and places that make up their community.
INDEPENDENT READERS
33. Mini jardin de fées. M with 1 mini dome terrarium, 1 seed-sprouter, 1
packet of seeds, stickers and multicoloured gravel Grow your own
flowers to attract fantasy fairies!
34. Mini Ketto : Klovis et les monstres. IN Monsters are bothering his
sister, so Klovis must go and face them! Good luck Super Klovis!
35. Les caprices de Pustule. IN A candy-loving monster lives under Jules’
bed. Every night, Jules gives Pustule a treat in exchange for surreal
stories about incredible adventures!
36. Maquillages en fête. A, H Everything you need to know to start face
painting! Vampires, zombies, witches, pirates... Create up to 30
different faces with clear, step-by-step instructions!
37. Hibou Hebdo : Le fantôme dans l’arbre. IN, Volume 2 + owl head-
lamp Ève and her best friend go on a ghost hunt! Boo!
J: journal
M: manipulative
N:novel
NF:non-fiction
P: with pen or pencil
PB: picture book
PC: picture clue book
PCO: padded cover
PU: puzzle
R: reference
S: with stickers
ST: short stories
BOOK NOTES • OCTOBER 2016
38. Nous conjuguons! Le verbe choisir au passé composé. NF The
60. Gangster : Risquer le tout pour le chou! IN, Volume 3 Gangster runs
39. Mots mystères. A, P, 3 books + zombie pen A fun way to improve
61. Soldat clandestin. N Luka escapes from an inhumane labour camp
perfect book to learn how to conjugate verbs in the past perfect
tense.
your French vocabulary!
40. Je sais tout : La Nouvelle-France. NF What drove Samuel de
Champlain to found the city of Quebec?
41. Mon gros livre de super machines. NF Rev up your engines and
fasten your seatbelts! Learn about some of the fastest and mightiest
machines in the world!
42. National Geographic Kids : Mon grand livre de dinosaures. NF, H
Travel back in time and discover these humongous creatures that
once inhabited the Earth. Ideal for budding paleontologists!
43. Shopkins : Guide Officiel - Saisons 1 à 4. A, R + poster Learn about
all of your favourite characters from the Shopkins’ ever growing
family!
44. Catastrophe! Ouragan. N On October 15th, 1954, Hurricane Hazel
hits the city of Toronto. Michael tries to latch onto something, but he
is swept up by the wind and plunges into the icy waters. Will he
survive the storm?
away only to find himself in the clutches of a businessman marketing
a special cat food : CABBAGE PURÉE! Yuck!
in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe. Once free, Luka joins a Ukrainian
resistance group. He hopes to find Lida... if she’s still alive.
62. Faire des bombes pour Hitler. N Featuring Lida from Soldat
clandestin, this is a touching and captivating story that teaches
lessons in courage, hope and hard work.
63. Ma vie de grand et parfait génie incompris. N Meet Arthur Bean, a
soon-to-be rich and famous author who, despite his bad luck,
doesn’t give up his love of writing.
64. Fashion Angels Portfolio : Styliste de mode. A, S 40 p. of sketches +
5 stencil sheets + stickers Choose a model, stencil out her style and
add the finishing touches with groovy stickers! For all fashion lovers!
65. Klutz : Mes dessins Star Wars® Rebels. A, a 74 p. book with 8 sheets
of tracing paper + 1 black marker + 3 double-ended metallic
colouring pencils + 1 mechanical pencil + 1 eraser Draw your
favourite Star Wars® Rebels characters with the help of this
handbook filled with easy-to-follow drawing steps and tips!
45. Princesse Blondine. IN Princesse Blondine escapes from her
66. À vos marques! Prêts? Hockey! PB This energetic and rhyming
46. Duo Le Petit Nicolas. IN, 2 books Two funny stories featuring none
67. Le plus beau numéro du monde. PB, H Gabrielle loves playing
kingdom and ventures into the woods where she stumbles upon a
group of children living like cavemen!
other than the intrepid Petit Nicolas!
47. Mon Big à moi : Mimi Moustache. IN Mimi doesn’t want to compete
in beauty pageants anymore, and she has a genius idea to get
herself out of them: grow a moustache! Written in large font.
48. Les histoires de Zak et Zoé : Donjons et trognons. IN Zak and Zoé
are transported back into the Middle Ages. But instead of
transforming into a knight and a princess, they turn into beggars
and, later on, frogs!
49. Super coffre-fort. M, A 10cm x 10cm x 17cm safe Perfect for hiding
all of your secrets!
50. Qu’est-ce que la paix? PB, H Wallace Edwards invites you to think
about what peace means to you. Both simple and complex, the
concept of peace is explored in thoughtful and engaging ways.
51. Les mille oiseaux d’Hiroshima. IN, NF Sadako was born in
Hiroshima, a city ravaged by the atomic bomb. Sadako is very sick,
but learns that, according to a legend, if she creates a thousand
origami cranes, she will be healed.
52. Comment ça va? Dessinons nos émotions. A This activity book
helps kids get in touch with their emotions as they express them
visually. Featuring fun doodling activities, kids will start thinking
about what they experience when they are feeling an emotion.
53. Garfield n°70. CO Your favourite orange cat is back!
54. Super Chien. CO From the creator of Capitaine Bobette, Super Chien
is a crime-biting canine who is part dog, part man, but ALL COP!
EXCELLENT READERS
55. Malicia Peps : Concours à Canal sorcière. IN, Volume 1 In the span
of only a few hours, Malicia Peps learns that: she’s a witch, she’s
headed to the witch realm Royaume Goutteterre, and she has to win
the War of the Witches to continue living in this magical world. Will
she adapt and succeed?
56. Trio Lieux hantés. N, 2 books + a skeleton stationery For those who
like REAL ghost stories!
57. Le BGG. N A beautiful story about a friendship shared between a
gentle giant and an imaginative young girl. A true classic!
58. Les Super Sisters : Super Sisters contre Super Clones. CO, H The
Super Sisters jump into their superhero costumes to confront their
clones! What a mission!
picture book will have kids calling out hockey terms! A great way to
learn hockey lingo and get introduced to the sport. 1 2 3, hockey!
hockey. 22 is her lucky number, so when her coach gives her jersey
number 9, she is very disappointed. How will she be able to play
without her lucky number?
68. Bienvenue à Rocketville. N Passed down from father to son for
generations, Zach’s magical hockey equipment makes his
teammates jealous.
69. Geronimo Stilton : Un sorbet aux mouches pour Monsieur le comte.
IN Geronimo wonders how in the world he ended up in Count Vlad’s
castle. The fog is very thick and the tenants smell like garlic.
Apparently garlic helps to keep the vampires away...
70. Ma première BD : Noé le nuage. B, CO Noé the cloud is always
grumpy. Well, almost always!
71. Comment ne pas se faire manger par les ours. PB, NF This
delightful beginner’s guide to bear spotting will teach kids
everything there is to know about bears... and how not to get eaten
by them!
72. Les Dragouilles : Les Jaunes de Londres. CO, NF Join the Dragouilles
on an adventure through the city of London and see the famous
double-decker buses, Buckingham Palace, and much more!
73. Plus noir que la nuit. PB, H + poster In July of 1969, young Chris
Hadfield witnesses the groundbreaking moon landing on TV.
Realizing that space is the darkest dark there is – and that the dark is
wonderful and exiting – he no longer fears it and decides to become
an astronaut.
74. Canada à colorier. A, P 30 p. to colour + 5 double-ended colouring
pencils Colour 30 pages of iconic Canadian images from maple leaf
patterns and inukshuk, to the CN Tower and Château Frontenac!
75. Archie le paresseux hyperactif. PB Archie is an energetic sloth who
can never stand still. So much so that the other sloths grow tired of
his antics and ask him to leave. Will he ever find a place where he
belongs?
76. Miss Peregrine et les enfants particuliers. N Since his childhood,
Jacob’s grandfather has been telling him stories about a group of
peculiar children with strange powers. Could these stories be true?
And more than peculiar, were these children dangerous?
77. Merci d’être ici! PB A lovely book on Thanksgiving, the special day
where we give thanks for our friends and family. Celebrate
Thanksgiving on October 10th!
59. Avengers : Le pied dans la fourmilière. CO It’s endless action with
the Avengers team! Join Captain America, Antman, Spiderman and
their teammates as they face dangerous villains.
LEGEND
A: activity book
B: boardbook
C: craft
CD: audio CD
CDB: CD book
CDR: CD-ROM
CO: comic book
F: with flaps
G: game
GN: graphic novel
H: hardcover
IN: illustrated novel
J: journal
M: manipulative
N:novel
NF:non-fiction
P: with pen or pencil
PB: picture book
PC: picture clue book
PCO: padded cover
PU: puzzle
R: reference
S: with stickers
ST: short stories