Isabelle Arsenault

A Peanuts gang for a new generation Three charming adventures of the Mile End Kids -- Colette's Lost Pet, Maya's Big Scene and Albert's Quiet Quest -- are now available in a special gift edition, perfect for fans old and new. In these three heartwarming, funny and colorful adventures, the neighborhood kids of Montreal's Mile End navigate the ups and downs of friendship. This striking omnibus edition includes: Colette's Lost Pet Colette is self-conscious about making friends. When she meets the Mile End gang, she doesn't know what to say -- so she hastily invents a lost pet What will happen when her new friends catch on?Maya's Big Scene Maya's latest theatrical work is almost ready for a public performance, but she quickly learns that her actors' visions for the show might not match hers. Can Maya learn to lead by example?Albert's Quiet Quest Albert just wants to read his book in peace . . . but there are so many distractions in the neighborhood -- what's a book-loving introvert to do? Will Albert ever find a moment of quiet?

Albert wants a quiet place to read...but his friends just want to play Can they figure out how to have fun together? Albert's home is very loud--and all he wants to do is read He escapes outside for some peace, and thinks he's found it at last. But, one by one, his friends boisterously infiltrate his space until Albert just can't take it anymore...and snaps How will his friends react? While they leave him alone at first, they slowly return...with books in hand. This beautifully illustrated story models flexible, empathic play, and articulates a range of ways a group can have fun together. A useful tool for any classroom or neighborhood

Albert wants a quiet place to read...but his friends just want to play Can they figure out how to have fun together? Albert's home is very loud--and all he wants to do is read He escapes outside for some peace, and thinks he's found it at last. But, one by one, his friends boisterously infiltrate his space until Albert just can't take it anymore...and snaps How will his friends react? While they leave him alone at first, they slowly return...with books in hand. This beautifully illustrated story models flexible, empathic play, and articulates a range of ways a group can have fun together. A useful tool for any classroom or neighborhood

Colette och hennes familj har just flyttat in i en del av stan, där hon inte känner någon. Om hon bara kunde få ett eget, litet husdjur skulle det vara mindre ensamt, tänker hon. Men det säger hennes mamma blankt nej till. Gå ut och se om du hittar någon att leka med istället! , får hon höra. Colette blir jättearg och sparkar till en tom flyttlåda som flyger iväg över staketet och landar ute på trottoaren, mitt framför näsan på två pojkar, Tom och Albert, som bor i närheten. De säger hej och undrar förvånat vad hon gör. I det ögonblicket far det ur henne: Colette säger att hennes husdjur har försvunnit och hittar på att det är en liten, blå undulat som heter Marie-Antoinette Och så börjar sökandet efter den bortflugna fantasifågeln! Tom och Albert hjälper henne och längs vägen ansluter allt fler barn i kvarteret snart är Colette långt ifrån ensam. Colettes fågel är den första boken i Isabelle Arsenaults kritikerrosade serie om vännerna i kvarteret Mile End.

A feel-good celebration of the power of imagination and sisterhood

Discover the NATO phonetic alphabet--and find layers of connection in every letter--in a stunning abecedarian from celebrated artist Isabelle Arsenault. Alpha, Bravo, Charlie . . . Since 1956, whenever time and clarity are of the essence, everyone from firefighters to air traffic controllers has spelled out messages using the NATO phonetic alphabet. Now, with equal precision--infused with a singular wit and whimsy--award-winning author-illustrator Isabelle Arsenault interprets this internationally recognized code and makes it her own. From the elegant Tangoto the enigmatic Echo, from the humorous Kilo to the haunting Romeo and Juliet, the striking art in this remarkable ABC book elicits laughter and curiosity, calls up endless associations, and will draw the viewer back again and again.

A graphic novel about bullying, body image and the transformative power of fiction.Helene has been inexplicably ostracized by the girls who were once her friends. Her school life is full of whispers and lies -- Helene weighs 216; she smells like BO. Her loving mother is too tired to be any help. Fortunately, Helene has one consolation, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. Helene identifies strongly with Jane's tribulations, and when she is lost in the pages of this wonderful book, she is able to ignore her tormentors. But when Helene is humiliated on a class trip in front of her entire grade, she needs more than a fictional character to see herself as a person deserving of laughter and friendship.Leaving the outcasts' tent one night, Helene encounters a fox, a beautiful creature with whom she shares a moment of connection. But when Suzanne Lipsky frightens the fox away, insisting that it must be rabid, Helene's despair becomes even more pronounced: now she believes that only a diseased and dangerous creature would ever voluntarily approach her. But then a new girl joins the outcasts' circle, Geraldine, who does not even appear to notice that she is in danger of becoming an outcast herself. And before long Helene realizes that the less time she spends worrying about what the other girls say is wrong with her, the more able she is to believe that there is nothing wrong at all.This emotionally honest and visually stunning graphic novel reveals the casual brutality of which children are capable, but also assures readers that redemption can be found through connecting with another, whether the other is a friend, a fictional character or even, amazingly, a fox.