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The first quarter of the moon
Par Michel Tremblay. 1994
Marcel and his cousin experience the mystical arrival of summer on the final day of exams at Ecole Saint-Stanislas. While…
Marcel is in the class for "slow learners," his cousin is part of the "gifted" program. It is only towards the end of exams that Marcel's cousin recognizes Marcel's own special type of genius. Sequel to "The fat woman next door is pregnant." 1994. Uniform title: Premier quartier de la lune.The Christmas pearl
Par Dorothea Benton Frank. 2007
Charleston, South Carolina. Ninety-three-year-old matriarch Theodora lives in her ancestral house, where her malcontented family gathers for the holidays. Theodora…
longs for a peaceful celebration similar to the events in her 1920s childhood that the family's Gullah housekeeper Pearl created. But then Pearl's ghost returns and restores harmony. 2007.Next episode (New Canadian library)
Par Sheila Fischman, Hubert Aquin. 2001
As he awaits trial, a young separatist writes an espionage story in the psychiatric ward of the Montreal prison where…
he has been detained. He also reflects on his dissent and distress, and on the political realities of Quebec of the 1960's. First published in 1965. Winner of Canada Reads 2003. 2001. Uniform title: Prochain épisode.Gambler's fallacy
Par Judith Elaine Cowan. 2001
A collection of seven stories set in Trois-Rivières, Québec. They feature an erratic cast of ordinarily forgotten folks who have…
fallen through the cracks. These include a woman called Raymonde, who is anxiously awaiting guests to her lover's book launching, and Jacques, a man of simplicity, observing the often unnoticed and underappreciated aspects of daily life. 2001.Dancing through the snow
Par Jean Little. 2007
Min has nothing - no mother, no birth certificate, no baby pictures, not even a real birthday. After four different…
foster families, she's not surprised to be dumped back with Children's Aid the week before Christmas. Still, a small part of her can't help aching for a miracle - and now she's found an injured dog that needs one too. Some strong language. Grades 4-7. 2007.Black bird: a novel
Par Michel Basilières. 2003
Holed up in a shambling house at the base of Mount Royal is the family Desouche: three generations of English-…
and French-Canadians caught in the gears of a national crisis. When one of the eldest, an Anglo Montrealer, dies at the hand of one of the youngest, a militant separatist, so begins a transformative year of misfortune. 2003.Alone in an untamed land: the filles du Roi diary of Hélène St. Onge (Dear Canada)
Par Maxine Trottier. 2002
Hélène St. Onge is a recently orphaned thirteen-year-old girl from France, who sets off for Quebec, or Nouvelle France, in…
1666 as a companion to her older sister Catherine. When Catherine dies on the way, Hélène goes to live at her aunt's tavern, where she learns important skills like how to skin a muskrat, while meeting many of the famous people of the new colony. She hopes the friendships she has made, like with her half-Mohawk friend Kateri, will help her to survive the harsh life and bitter winters of seventeenth century Montreal. Grades 5-8. 2003.A pioneer Thanksgiving: a story of harvest celebrations in 1841
Par Heather Collins, Barbara Greenwood. 1999
With a mix of fiction and non-fiction, interesting facts, and hands-on activities, you can follow the Robertsons, a Canadian pioneer…
family, as they prepare for a special Thanksgiving in 1841. Grades 2-4. 1999.Premlata and the Festival of Lights
Par Rumer Godden, Ian Andrew. 1996
Tonight is the most magical night of the year. Premlata loves Diwali, the Festival of Lights, when everyone decorates the…
village with thousands of tiny lamps for the great goddess Kali. But this year Premlata is desolate - her family is too poor to have lamps. Their house will be the only one left in darkness. Grades 3-6.Chocolat
Par Joanne Harris. 2000
An exotic stranger opens a chocolate boutique in a French village at the beginning of Lent, the traditional season for…
self-denial, dividing the community and causing a conflict that escalates into a "Church not Chocolate" battle. 2000.The mysterious mummer
Par L. M Falcone. 2003
Thirteen-year-old Joey is shipped off to stay with his aunt in Newfoundland for Christmas. His aunt is obsessed with her…
dead husband, a strange boy appears and disappears, and Joey eavesdrops on a seance that scares the pants off him. Throw in mysterious goings-on at the local lighthouse and some peculiar yuletide traditions, and Joey finds himself being drawn deeper and deeper into a world where history and mystery collide. Grades 4-7. 2003.A pioneer Christmas: celebrating in the backwoods in 1841
Par Barbara Greenwood. 2003
The Robertson family prepares for Christmas in 1841 by making gifts, cooking, playing games, caroling, and decorating. They are also…
expecting visitors, but then a winter storm begins. A companion book to "A Pioneer Thanksgiving". Activities are included, as is a Christmas carol in Braille music notation. Grades 3-6. 2003.The ghouls' night out
Par Janice E MacDonald, Pamela Breeze Currie. 1998
Annalise the witch, Ernie the Ghost, and Milton the Skeleton emerge from their haunted house to join the Hallowe'en festivities,…
but their costumes don't get the reactions they had expected! Grades 2-4.The Immaculate Conception
Par Lazer Lederhendler, Gaétan Soucy. 2005
In 1920s Montreal, 75 parishioners die one terrible night at the hands of an arsonist. Among the survivors are Remouald,…
whose nightmarish, repressed childhood memories cause him constant turmoil; Séraphon, his invalid father who holds a self-destructive secret; and schoolteacher Clémentine Clément, who obsesses in solitude over past tragedies, unrequited passions, and the grim suspicion that something is woefully amiss with a group of young boys in her class. Some descriptions of sex and strong language. Descriptions of violence. 2005. Uniform title: Immaculée Conception.The flying canoe
Par Sheila Fischman, Roch Carrier. 2004
Retelling of the classic Quebec folklore "La chasse-galerie". On New Year's Eve, 1846, 11-year-old Baptiste finds himself far from his…
friends and family and has come to the woods of Ottawa Valley to live and work among some lumberjacks. As the New Year approaches, they grow more and more homesick. Grades 3-6. 2004. Uniform title: Chasse-galerie.Of mice and nutcrackers: a Peeler Christmas
Par Richard Scrimger. 2001
The class is putting on The Nutcracker for the holiday and Jane Peeler's in charge. Things are going badly -…
she can't use the gym for rehearsals, she may be losing her best friend, and her father's sick and her chain smoking, irritable non-cooking Grandma is taking care of the family. Jane wonders if she can pull together the play and get through the next few weeks. Sequel to "The way to Schenectady". Grades 4-7. 2001.Christmas letters (Blossom Street novel.)
Par Debbie Macomber. 2006
Seattle medical transcriptionist and ghostwriter Katherine "K.O." O'Connor meets prominent child psychologist Wynn Jeffries, whose parenting principles her sister has…
adopted. K.O. disagrees with Wynn's theories that she claims have turned her twin nieces into little monsters, but falls in love with the attractive doctor. 2006.There's something about Christmas
Par Debbie Macomber. 2005
Small town reporter Emma Collins's first major assignment for the Puyallup, Washington, newspaper is to interview finalists in a fruitcake…
competition. Local pilot Oliver Hamilton flies Emma around the state to visit the three very wise women bakers, and he and Emma end up falling in love. Includes recipes. 2005.When Christmas comes
Par Debbie Macomber. 2004
Emily Springer wants to be near her daughter in Boston for Christmas, while Charles Brewster seeks a quiet place to…
work on his book. The two strangers swap homes over the Internet, and surprises follow at their respective houses as unsuspecting holiday visitors arrive. 2004.Mad shadows (New Canadian Library)
Par Marie-Claire Blais. 1990
A harrowing pathology of the soul centering on a family group: Patrice, the beautiful and narcissistic son; his ugly and…
malicious sister, Isabelle-Marie; and Louise, their vain and uncomprehending mother. These characters inhabit an amoral universe where beauty reflects no truth and love is an empty delusion. The characters are ultimately annihilated by their own obsessions. Original French edition published in 1959. 1990. Uniform title: Belle bête.