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Cléo matelot

Cléo matelot

Jeanne Mour

English description follows.

Grande voile devient petite, et petite fille devient grande…

Cléo vit au bord de l’eau et son rêve est de faire le tour du monde en voilier. Alors, son père lui donne un drap blanc, et avec ses ciseaux d’argent, sa mère lui coud une voile. Cléo part à l’aventure. Mais Cléo grandit, et la voile est vite trop petite. Cléo n’aime pas ça, elle voudrait rester petite, toute sa vie. Une histoire empreinte de douceur, de joie et de... Read More

English description follows.

Grande voile devient petite, et petite fille devient grande…

Cléo vit au bord de l’eau et son rêve est de faire le tour du monde en voilier. Alors, son père lui donne un drap blanc, et avec ses ciseaux d’argent, sa mère lui coud une voile. Cléo part à l’aventure. Mais Cléo grandit, et la voile est vite trop petite. Cléo n’aime pas ça, elle voudrait rester petite, toute sa vie. Une histoire empreinte de douceur, de joie et de douleurs, où l’on se sent voguer sur l’océan de l’imaginaire.

Cléo lives by the water with her parents. Her dream: sailing around the world. Her father gives her a white sheet, and her mom uses her silver scissors to sew her a main sail. On to the oceans, the wind and the mist!

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But Cléo grows up and soon, her main sail has become too small for her adventures.

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A story filled with nostalgia and tenderness, great joys and little pains, where the readers find themselves starboard-side, sailing on the ocean of imagination; but also portside, along the thin thread of life’s transformation.

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A story about growing up, but also about going adrift and reaching back for the roots of our dreams. Isn’t that what nostalgia really is, reaching back to the source of what gives us joy in life, and figuring out how to keep finding it?

This is the story of Cléo, who lives by the water with her parents. She dreams of sailing around the world. Her father, wanting to support her dreams, gives her a white sheet. Her mother is supportive too. She uses her silver scissors to sew Cléo a main sail. Cléo sails the ocean, and readers come along with her, feeling the wind and the mist. But Cléo grows up. Soon, her main sail has become too small for her adventures. Cléo matelot is a tender and wistful story filled with great joys and little pains. Readers will experience all of these with Cléo, sailing the ocean of imagination and the thin thread of life’s transformation.

Book details

Page length: 24 Publication Date: 2021-05-31 Book Subjects: JUVENILE FICTION / Imagination & Play Publisher: Bouton d'or Acadie ISBN: 9782897502065 Language: French

K-12 teacher information

Grade Range: P/K/M, 1, 2, 3Curriculum Subject: Français - Arts langagiers, Immersion Curriculum Subjects (All), Français - Arts langagiers, Français : Programmes d'études (tous)Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: French Language

Age and reading level details

Interest age: 0 - 5

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    English description follows.

    Grande voile devient petite, et petite fille devient grande…

    Cléo vit au bord de l’eau et son rêve est de faire le tour du monde en voilier. Alors, son père lui donne un drap blanc, et avec ses ciseaux d’argent, sa mère lui coud une voile. Cléo part à l’aventure. Mais Cléo grandit, et la voile est vite trop petite. Cléo n’aime pas ça, elle voudrait rester petite, toute sa vie. Une histoire empreinte de douceur, de joie et de douleurs, où l’on se sent voguer sur l’océan de l’imaginaire.

    <p>Cléo lives by the water with her parents. Her dream: sailing around the world. Her father gives her a white sheet, and her mom uses her silver scissors to sew her a main sail. On to the oceans, the wind and the mist!</p>\n<p>But Cléo grows up and soon, her main sail has become too small for her adventures.</p>\n<p>A story filled with nostalgia and tenderness, great joys and little pains, where the readers find themselves starboard-side, sailing on the ocean of imagination; but also portside, along the thin thread of life’s transformation.</p>\n

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    Dimensions 9.5 × 6.5 in