Chrysanthème a un très joli prénom. Pourtant, à l'école, ses copains se moquent d'elle : «Tu as un prénom ridicule !» Mais un jour arrive Madame Scintillante, le professeur de chant... Pour apprendre à toujours garder confiance en soi.

Chrysanthème à l'école

"Delightfully superb."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Henkes is a master."-The Horn Book (starred review)"Captivating. "-Booklist (starred review)A stand-alone companion to two-time Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes's award-winning, bestselling, and acclaimed The Year of Billy Miller and Billy Miller Makes a Wish. This short, humorous, and accessible novel for newly independent readers stars Billy's younger sister, Sal, and chronicles an eventful holiday season at the Miller house. Oh, Sal is illustrated in black-and-white throughout by the author, and is perfect for fans of Ramona, Ivy + Bean, and Dory Fantasmagory. The Miller family is celebrating its first holiday with the new baby. Billy is excited that Uncle Jake is visiting, but nothing about this holiday season is making Billy's little sister Sal happy. The baby is a noisy nuisance and hogging all of Mama's attention. Plus, the baby doesn't even have a name yet. To make matters worse, Sal lost the very best gift that Santa gave her!Will Sal find her present? Will the Millers find a name for the baby? Will Billy always be an annoying big brother?The holiday season (and life with the Millers) is full of surprises-and warmth, kindness, family, celebration, and love-in the hands of award-winning author Kevin Henkes. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white art by the author, Oh, Sal is an excellent choice for early elementary grades, as well as a terrific family and classroom read-aloud for any time of the year. A stand-alone companion to The Year of Billy Miller (a Newbery Honor Book) and Billy Miller Makes a Wish.

Oh, Sal

Chrysanthème est très fière de son prénom. Pourtant, dès le premier jour d'école, ses copains se moquent d'elle : «Tu as un prénom ridicule !» s'écrient-ils tous en riant aux éclats. Alors la petite Chrysanthème se fane. Madame Scintillante, le professeur de chant, que tous les enfants trouvent merveilleuse, attend un bébé. Si c'est une fille elle annonce son intention de l'appeler… Chrysanthème !

Chrysanthème

Lilly adore sa vie d'écolière : ses amis, son bureau, les repas de la cantine, écrire, dessiner, tout lui plaît. Mais par-dessus tout, elle adore son merveilleux maître, monsieur Smart, jusqu'au jour où, pour une peccadille, le monde de Lilly bascule...

Lilly adore l'école !

A heartbreaking story about learning to cope with loss from the Newbery Honor-winning author of Olive's Ocean. When a person is gone, you need something to remember her by. It's been only two months since Spoon Gilmore's grandmother died, but already he's worried that he'll forget her. He needs something of Gran's, something that matters, something special. But Spoon's little sister, Joanie, won't stop tagging along and pestering him, even when they go to their grandfather's house. And that's why Spoon winds up doing what he does .

Sun & Spoon

Sur un thème qui lui est cher, celui de l'attente, mais aussi de la différence, K. Henkes narre une histoire toute simple, en très peu de mots magnifiquement servis par ses aquarelles rehaussées à l'encre brune. L'histoire d'un petit crocodile incongru, d'abord triste, solitaire et misérable, mais qui va, au fil des pages, se faire trois amis profitant avec lui de l'eau et du soleil. Un soleil qui, en se couchant, prendra la forme d'un nouvel oeuf, prélude, qui sait, à une nouvelle surprise dans la vie de chacun.

L'oeuf

How can she help falling in love with the perfect dog?Fanny has wanted a dog all her life. For a brief moment her dream came true, but then her father decided the puppy brought too much chaos to his neat, ordered home. Fanny has never been able to forgive him for it. So when Fanny's father brings home a new, older dog, she's not sure she can trust him. She reasons that perhaps she shouldn't get too attached, in case this one is taken from her as well. This is Fanny's story-a story about wanting and getting and realizing that nothing is simple or easy."Moving and heartwarming, " -VOYAMultiple award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Kevin Henkes brings his insightful, gentle, real-world insight to middle grade novels, including: Billy Miller Makes a Wish Bird Lake Moon The Birthday Room Junonia Olive's Ocean Protecting Marie Sun & Spoon Sweeping Up the Heart Two Under Par Words of Stone The Year of Billy Miller The Zebra Wall

Protecting Marie

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A stand-alone companion to two-time Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes's award-winning and acclaimed The Year of Billy Miller. With themes of family, friendship, and resilience, this very funny school story focuses on Billy's little sister, Sal, and her first day of school. For fans of Ramona, Ivy + Bean, and Dory Fantasmagory. Sal has been looking forward to first grade for a long time. But her excitement quickly turns to disappointment when she learns that her best friend, Griff, is in the other first-grade classroom and has the most popular teacher. Then Sal's name is spelled wrong on her name tag, she trips in front of the cool fifth graders, and her self-portrait doesn't turn out the way she wanted it to. In fact, everything about school is an absolute disaster. Poor Sal!Luckily for Sal, she has understanding parents, a terrific new teacher, and empathetic friends who remind her that it takes time to adjust to change. And sure enough, after a few days, Sal feels like herself again. Still Sal highlights themes of family, friendship, social and emotional growth, resilience, and adapting to change. The fourth stand-alone book in the Miller Family sequence includes black-and-white illustrations by Caldecott Medal winner Kevin Henkes on almost every page and is an excellent choice for early elementary grades, for readers ready for a short novel, and for family and classroom read-alouds.

Chrysanthème à l'école

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