La chanson d'une nuit d'été

Alors que la nuit tombe par une douce soire?e d'e?te?, les enfants du quartier attendent pre?s de leurs fene?tres pour voir un spectacle nocturne exceptionnel, plein de magie. Sous un ciel immense et infini, la sce?ne est peuple?e par une multitude d'animaux domestiques et sauvages. Des lucioles et grillons, des chats et chiens ainsi que des ratons laveurs, hiboux et mouffettes cohabitent tous dans un de?cor enchanteur et forment un ch?ur harmonieux. A? chaque tour de page se construit un poe?me, comportant des images vives et des rimes inattendues, qui se re?ve?le une ode a? la beaute? de la nature. Un code QR imprimé dans le livre mène à un enregistrement de la récitation du poème en ligne. As night falls on a soft summer evening, neighborhood children are drawn out of their houses by the sights and sounds of the world after dark. First the fireflies come sparkling past, followed by a host of domestic and wild animals, from cats and dogs to owls and skunks. All the characters, both human and otherwise, have their moment on the nighttime stage, but eventually, the curtain falls, and sleepiness beckons. A QR code printed in the book gives access to a recording online of the recitation of the poem in French.

Qin Leng is an illustrator and author of children books. She graduated from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and has spent almost two decades creating content for kids television. Throughout her career, Qin Leng has illustrated picture books, chapter books, magazines and book covers with publishers around the world. Trèfle - Clover (written by Nadine Robert) was the winner of the Governor General Literary Award for best picturebook. Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin (by Chieri Uegaki) was a finalist for the Governor General?s Literary Award, and received the APALA Award for best picture book. She lives in Toronto.

Robert Heidbreder was born on the wet, muddy banks of the Mississippi River in 1947 and in 1970 he moved to the wet, misty skies of Vancouver, British Columbia, to pursue his degree in Classical Languages. In 1975 he became a Canadian citizen, and in the same year he completed his teaching degree at the University of British Columbia. Soon after he started teaching primary children in Vancouver, he began writing because he wanted the children in his class introduced to a liveliness of language that matched their natural bounce, energy, imagination and playfulness. His first book was Don?t Eat Spiders, published in 1985, and his newest book is Lickety-Split, published in the fall of 2007. In 2002 he won the Prime Minister?s Award for Teaching Excellence, and in 2005 he retired from teaching after 30 years. His presentations to children in the schools and at festivals help keep the child within him alive, awake, laughing and rhyming away.