Description
Contributor: Robert Munsch
Ages/Grade:3 – 8
Number of Pages: 32
See below for English description.
Le printemps est une saison merveilleuse, si ce n’est l’arrivée de milliards de mouches noires et de maringouins. Mais Hélène a une solution…
One day Helen wakes up and it’s SPRING! The snow has melted and the sun is shining. But Helen knows that the blackflies will be coming out soon. So she does what any smart kid would do: she sends her little sister outdoors to check! When the blackflies and mosquitoes carry her away, Helen tells her dad, who rushes outside and is carried away himself. Now Helen needs to rescue BOTH of them, along with a wolf and a very clever bear. . .
Original title: Blackflies
ROBERT MUNSCH est né en 1945 à Pittsburgh, en Pennsylvanie. C’est en travaillant dans une garderie qu’il découvre son talent de conteur, puis son habileté à écrire ses propres histoires. Aujourd’hui, Robert Munsch est l’auteur qui vend le plus de livres pour les jeunes au Canada. Ses albums sont aussi populaires ailleurs dans le monde et ont été traduits en une multitude de langues. L’auteur habite Guelph, en Ontario.
ROBERT MUNSCH started telling stories when he was teaching in a daycare, to get the kids to settle down. Now he is Canada’s number one author for young readers with more than 80 books in print, including such bestsellers as The Paper Bag Princess, We Share Everything!, So Much Snow! and Love You Forever. Every one of his stories was first told aloud to children – and each one is dedicated to the kid who inspired the story. He is a member of the Order of Canada, has a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame, and is a hero to generations of young readers. Robert Munsch lives in Guelph, Ontario. Visit him online at http://scholastic.ca/munsch/.
