Title: Le cadeau du vent
Author : Josée Ouimet
Illustrations: Julie Rémillard-Bélanger
Price: 7,95$
ISBN: 978-2-923425-10-3
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is the city with its noise, constant lights and people rushed for time, a healthy lifestyle for children? While living in the urban world, do they know about the mysteries of Nature, the secrets of the wind and the beauty of silence? Do they have the ability to hear the small voice that only emerges within solitude?
Outside of the city, where only the wind and the fog reside, who will be Edouard’s friend? Follow his discovery of the silence and the joy of discovering dear memories.
Excerpt
— ça pue par ici ! s'exclame-t-il. On dirait du poisson pourri !
Le nez toujours emprisonné entre son pouce et son index, Édouard se penche à demi et scrute le sol à la recherche de coquillages. Il avance, courbé, oubliant le paysage qui l'entoure. Concentré sur sa tâche, et désireux de la terminer au plus vite, il marche plusieurs minutes sans lever les yeux du rivage. Il fait trois pas et aperçoit enfin la carapace vide d'un petit crustacé.
— En voilà un ! dit-il en relâchant la pression sur son nez.
Il le ramasse, l'examine un long moment puis, content de cette première trouvaille, le dépose au fond du seau.
Author
josée Ouimet spent her childhood growing up in Saint-Pie de Bagot. She studied literature at the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières and taught at the high school level, history, English, French and music, for ten years before she started to write.
Josée Ouimet has published thirty children and adult books since 1995; a mix of novels, short stories and poetry. Josee is a member of the Union of Quebec Writers (UNEQ), The Association of Quebec Writers for Children (AEQJ) and the group Communication Jeunesse (CJ). She is very active in the realm of literature and participates in numerous workshops, and school and library presentations throughout Canada.
In addition to her first passions of writing and lecturing, Josée Ouimet also enjoys music, travel and bird watching.