Loula Is Leaving for Africa, Kids Can Press, 2013
Loula part pour l’Afrique, Bayard Canada, 2013
Loula has had ENOUGH of her TERRIBLE triplet brothers. She’s leaving home and going to Africa! Though her quirky parents are too distracted to pay much attention to her plans, Loula has a good friend in the family chauffeur, Gilbert, who gently inquires, “Mademoiselle, may I ask, why Africa?” “Because!” Loula explains. “Africa is far away, very far away, the farthest away I can get from my MEAN, HORRIBLE, STINKY brothers. Plus they are scared of snakes. And if they come, piranhas will eat them.” “Well then,” says Gilbert, “I think Africa is the best destination.” So together, with the help of their imaginations, Loula and Gilbert travel over the sand, through the air and across the water to reach their own special island of Africa. Which, Loula happily discovers at the end of the day, is “not so far away” from home.
Also published in french, chinese, spanish, catalan, italian, vietnamese.
2015 – Blue Spruce, Forest of Reading, Short-listed
2014 – Prix des Libraires, Shot listed
2014 – Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, Canadian Library Association, Short-listed
2014 – Best Books of the Year for Children and Young Adults, Bank Street Children’s Book Committee, Winner
2014 – 2014 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, Ontario Arts Council, Winner
2013 – Toronto Public Library’s First & Best List, Toronto Public Library, Winner
Loula en a assez de ses trois frères horribles, puants et dégoûtants. Elle décide de partir loin, très loin: l’Afrique! Elle prend l’essentiel: son chat, son service à thé et son plus beau dessin. Mais… Où est l’Afrique??? Heureusement Gilbert, le chauffeur de la famille a sa petite idée sur le sujet. Avec beaucoup d’imagination et de débrouillardise, ils vont partir à sa découverte. Un serpent, un soufflé à l’autruche, un tour de chameau et des piranhas… l’Afrique n’a pas fini de les surprendre.
Aussi édité en chinois, espagnol, catalan, italien et vietnamien.
2015 – Blue Spruce, Forest of Reading, finaliste
2014 – Prix des Libraires, finaliste
2014 – Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, Canadian Library Association, finaliste
2014 – Best Books of the Year for Children and Young Adults, Bank Street Children’s Book Committee, gagnante
2014 – 2014 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, Ontario Arts Council, gagnante
2013 – Toronto Public Library’s First & Best List, Toronto Public Library, gagnante
