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Daniel qui n'avait pas de maison

Marabotto, Paolo.


La vie d'un vagabond de quartier. Un texte simple, narratif, aux jolies illustrations faites de morceaux de papier découpés ou déchirés.
Date Published:1995

Le coeur des gorilles

Blanchet, Philippe, 1954-


Mrithi le jeune gorille a été mis en garde par sa maman contre les braconniers. Mais aujourd'hui, les hommes ne chassent pas les gorilles: ils se font la guerre entre eux, au grand étonnement du jeune animal, qui ne peut envisager que des êtres d'une même espèce puissent s'entretuer. Lorsqu'il découvre une fillette perdue au coeur de la forêt, il convainc sa tribu de la reconduire à sa famille, au péril de leur vie...
Date Published:2006

Mrithi le jeune gorille a été mis en garde par sa maman contre les braconniers. Mais aujourd'hui, les hommes ne chassent pas les gorilles: ils se font la guerre entre eux, au grand étonnement du jeune animal, qui ne peut envisager que des êtres d'une même espèce puissent s'entretuer. Lorsqu'il découvre une fillette perdue au coeur de la forêt, il convainc sa tribu de la reconduire à sa famille, au péril de leur vie...

Date Published:2006

Loin de mon pays

Francotte, Pascale


Une fillette, habitant quelque part au milieu de l'Afrique, raconte le départ de son père pour l'étranger et le déménagement de sa famille chez une tante, dont le village sera bientôt le théâtre d'une guerre.
Date Published:2007

Bird child

Forler, Nan.


When bullies pick on the new student, Lainey, gradually robbing her of her smile and ability to paint beautiful pictures, Eliza wants to help, and she does, by finding a way to show Lainey all that she can be.
Date Published:2009

A child's garden : a story of hope

Foreman, Michael, 1938-


Living in ruin and rubble with a wire fence and soldiers separating him from the cool hills where his father used to take him as a small child, a boy's tiny, green plant shoot gives him hope in a bleak landscape.
Date Published:2009

Wings

Myers, Christopher A.


Young Ikarus Jackson finds that having wings and being able to fly are resented and mocked by conventional people around him.
Date Published:2000

Thank you, Mr. Falker

Polacco, Patricia


Reprint. Originally published: 1998. At first, Trisha loves school, but her difficulty learning to read makes her feel dumb, until, in the fifth grade, a new teacher helps her understand and overcome her problem.
Date Published:2012

Just kidding

Ludwig, Trudy.


With help from his father, older brother, and teacher, D.J. learns how to handle a classmate who claims that his mean-spirited "teasing" is just a joke.
Date Published:2006

The flower

Light, John, 1943-


Brigg lives in a large gray city and works at the library, where he finds a forbidden book that mentions a beautiful thing called a flower, which he is determined to grow for himself.
Date Published:2006

Fly away home

Bunting, Eve, 1928-


A homeless boy who lives in an airport with his father, moving from terminal to terminal and trying not to be noticed, is given hope when he sees a trapped bird find its freedom. Useful for teaching the inferring strategy.
Date Published:1991

The best part of me : children talk about their bodies in pictures and words


"Megan Tingley books."
Date Published:2002

The boy who harnessed the wind

Kamkwamba, William, 1987-


When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy, but William persevered and managed to create a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps. Several years later, he figured out how to use the windmill for irrigation purposes.
Date Published:2012

When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy, but William persevered and managed to create a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps. Several years later, he figured out how to use the windmill for irrigation purposes.

Date Published:2012

Jack the bear

Leist, Christina.



Date Published:2009

The Lorax

Seuss,


The Once-ler describes the results of the local pollution problem.
Date Published:1971

The can man

Williams, Laura E.


After watching a homeless man collect empty soft drink cans for the redemption money, a young boy decides to collect cans himself to earn money for a skateboard until he has a change of heart.
Date Published:2010

One

Otoshi, Kathryn


A number/color book reminding us that it just takes one to make everyone count.
Date Published:2008

Zero

Otoshi, Kathryn


Zero watches all the other numbers count and wants to count too.
Date Published:2010

Swimmy

Lionni, Leo, 1910-1999.


"Dragonfly books." A little black fish in a school of red fish figures out a way of protecting them all from their natural enemies.
Date Published:1991

Wangari's trees of peace : a true story from Africa

Winter, Jeanette


This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change.
Date Published:2008

The other side

Woodson, Jacqueline


Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town.
Date Published:2001