Montreal West Children's Library

'Everything Sad is Untrue' by Daniel Nayeri

5/19/2022

At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny; who makes things up and talks about poop too much. But Khosrou's stories, stretching back years, and decades, and centuries, are beautiful, and terrifying, from the moment he, his mother, and sister fled Iran in the middle of the night, stretching all the way back to family tales set in the jasmine-scented city of Isfahan, the palaces of semi-ancient kings, and even the land of stories. Like Scheherazade in a hostile classroom, author Daniel Nayeri weaves a tale of Khosrou trying to save his own life: to stake his claim to the truth. And it is (a true story).
(www.goodreads.com)

'L'histoire du cinéma' (v.2) - Philippe Lemieux

4/26/2022

Philippe et Mélanie, deux mordus du grand écran vous racontent l'émergence du cinéma burlesque. Qui est Mack Sennett, et quel rôle a-t-il joué dans la carrière du célèbre Charlie Chaplin? De quelles façons Buster Keaton et Harold Lloyd ont-ils contribué à l'avènement du cinéma muet?
Installez-vous confortablement et découvrez pourquoi les films de cette époque ont fait rire le monde entier.
(https://www.editionsmichelquintin.ca/)

'Rory Branagan (Detective)' - Andrew Clover and Ralph Lazar

4/2/2022

Meet Rory Branagan – he eats bad guys for breakfast. Well, not actually. But he IS the best detective in town. 'Hello. I am Rory Branagan. I am actually a detective. People always say, ‘How do you become a detective?’ And I say, ‘Ahhhh… you don’t just find yourself suddenly sneaking up on baddies, or diving out of the way as they shoot, or hurtling from an open plane towards the ground! You have to want it.’ And what made me want it? I needed to find out what happened to my dad…'
(goodreads.com)

'M. Tigre le magnifique' - David Cali

3/27/2022

Attention, voici Monsieur Tigre ! Le plus courageux, le plus fort, le plus grand lutteur de catch du monde. Avec son célèbre saut, il a vaincu tous ses redoutables rivaux. Mais... en dehors du ring, malgré ses muscles et son masque féroce, il est très timide. Pourtant, il aimerait tant parler à cette fille dont il est secrètement amoureux...
(www. goodreads.com)

'Einstein, the Penguin' by Iona Rangley and David Tazzyman

2/28/2022

When the Stewarts spend a sunny, frosty December day at London Zoo, they’re enchanted by one small penguin. At the delight of young Imogen and Arthur, Mrs Stewart insists the penguin “must come and stay with them whenever he likes.” But not one Stewart expects the penguin to turn up at their door that evening, rucksack labelled “Einstein” on his back…
The family’s new feathered friend helps Arthur to come out of his shell and makes massive demands on Imogen’s amateur sleuthing. But together they must find out why Einstein came to them and they must keep away from the mysterious white-coat man. And Einstein can’t stay forever, can he…?
(https://www.harpercollins.ca/)

'La course de petits bateaux' de Fred Pellerin et Annie Boulanger

2/18/2022

Dans les courses, les vrais gagnants ne sont pas toujours ceux qui arrivent les premiers, et les plus rapides ne sont pas toujours les plus grands… Sur la rivière de mon village, un petit bateau qui ne promettait rien alla comme ça, jusqu’à la mer des victoires.
(renaud-bray.com)

'Time is a Flower' by Julie Morstad

1/21/2022

What is time? Is it the tick tick tock of a clock, numbers and words on a calendar? It's that, but so much more. Time is a seed waiting to grow, a flower blooming, a sunbeam moving across a room. Time is slow like a spider spinning her web or fast like a wave at the beach... In this magical meditation on the nature of time, Julie Morstad shines a joyful light on a difficult-to-grasp concept for young readers and reminds older readers to see the wonders of our world, including children themselves, through the lens of time.
(www.penguinrandomhouse.ca)

'L'ébouriffée' de Natalie Dion

1/11/2022

Malie est une petite fille à la chevelure incontrôlable. Elle essaie de la
peigner, elle essaie de la cacher sous un chapeau... mais rien n'y fait.
Partout où elle va, ses cheveux fous attirent beaucoup trop d'attention.
Pire, des trésors et passagers inattendus s'accrochent et s'emmêlent
dans ses boucles : des cupcakes, des oiseaux, un mouton... Et voilà
même que sa tignasse provoque des accidents ! Comment dompter
cette crinière rebelle et flamboyante ?
(www.renaud-bray.com)

'Kaleidoscope' by Brian Selznick

12/12/2021

A ship. A garden. A library. A key. In Kaleidoscope, the incomparable Brian Selznick presents the story of two people bound to each other through time and space, memory and dreams. At the center of their relationship is a mystery about the nature of grief and love which will look different to each reader. Kaleidoscope is a feat of storytelling that illuminates how even the wildest tales can help us in the hardest times.
(goodreads.com)

'La vache qui voulait faire ca place' de Carine Paquin et Laurence Dechassey

11/9/2021

La ferme de la Haute-Cour accueille une nouvelle pensionnaire. Il s'agit de Bridget, une vache Highland aux origines écossaises. Les vaches de la ferme se méfient de l'étrangère qui ne leur ressemble pas. Dans le pâturage, on ne parle plus que d'elle. Qu'à cela ne tienne. Avec l'aide de Marshal, Bridget saura bien se faire accepter.
(https://www.editionsmichelquintin.ca)

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