A visually stunning, thoughtful and thought-provoking graphic novel about family separation, love and bravery from the award-winning creators of the internationally admired Jane, the Fox and Me.In this powerful new graphic novel from Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault, we meet Louis, a young boy who shuttles between his mum's home in the city and his dad's house in the country, with his little brother, Truffle who loves to sing James Brown songs. While coming to terms with the sadness and complexities of his divorced parents' relationship, Louis – with the help of his best friend, Boris – is also trying to summon up the courage to speak to his true love, Billie. Seen through the eyes of Louis, this is a beautifully illustrated, true-to-life and hopeful portrayal of a complicated but loving family, and how a wise and sensitive and brave boy still manages to find his own way forward in spite of everything.

Louis Undercover (Walker Studio)

Children's Books

Britt, Fanny

Literature & Fiction

Walker Studio

Tessa is a thirty-seven-year-old real estate agent living in Montreal. She adores her husband and three young sons, but she’s deeply unhappy and questioning the set of choices that have led to her present life. After a surprising run-in with Francis, her ex-boyfriend and first love, Tessa arranges to see him. During the three days before their meeting, she goes about her daily life ― there’s swimming lessons, science projects, and dirty dishes. As the day of her meeting with Francis draws closer she has to decide if she is willing to disrupt her stable, loving family life for an uncertain future with him. With startling clarity and emotional force, Fanny Britt gives us a complex portrait of a woman and a marriage from the inside out.

Hunting Houses

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Arachnide Editions

Hélène has been inexplicably ostracized by the girls who were once her friends. Her school life is full of whispers and lies Hélène weighs 216; she smells like BO. Her loving mother is too tired to be any help. Fortunately, Hélène has one consolation, Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. Hélène 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 Hélène is humiliated on a class trip in front of her entire grade, she needs more than a fictional character to allow her to see herself as a person deserving of laughter and friendship. Leaving the outcasts’ tent one night, Hélène 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, Hélène’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, Géraldine, who does not even appear to notice that she is in danger of becoming an outcast herself. And before long Hélène 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.

Jane, the Fox and Me

Comics & Graphic Novels

GROUNDWOOD BOOKS *

In this powerful new graphic novel from Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault, we meet Louis, a young boy who shuttles between his alcoholic dad and his worried mom, and who, with the help of his best friend, tries to summon up the courage to speak to his true love, Billie.
 Louis's dad cries ― Louis knows this because he spies on him. His dad misses the happy times when their family was together, just as Louis does. But as it is, he and his little brother, Truffle, have to travel back and forth between their dad's country house and their mom's city apartment, where she tries to hide her own tears.
 Thankfully, Louis has Truffle for company. Truffle loves James Brown lyrics, and when he isn't singing, he's asking endless questions. Louis also has his friend Boris, with whom he spots ghost cop cars and spies on the "silent queen," the love of his life, Billie.
 When Louis and Truffle go to their dad's for two weeks during the summer, their father seems to have stopped drinking. And when Truffle has a close call from a bee sting, their mother turns up and the reunited foursome spend several wonderful days in New York ― until they reach the end of the road, again.
 A beautifully illustrated, true-to-life portrayal of just how complex family relationships can be, seen through the eyes of a wise, sensitive boy who manages to find his own way forward.

Louis Undercover

On the surface, Adam and Marion are the embodiment of success: wealthy, attractive, in love. While holidaying in Martha's Vineyard, Adam surfs into a local young woman, Celia. The accident leaves her injured and financially at risk; for Adam and Marion it opens a fault of loneliness, rage, and desires that have too long been ignored. Like a modern Virginia Woolf, Fanny Britt abrades the surface layer of our outward personas, delving into the complexity and contradictions of relationships. In this eviscerating critique of privilege, she asks what happens when one can no longer play a role--whether in a couple, family, or social structure--and the resulting friction between pleasure and consequence. Winner of a Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, Sugaring Off probes intimacy, denial, and how we are tied to others--whether those we love or exploit.

Sugaring Off (Literature in Translation Series)

Genre Fiction

Book*hug Press

Review\nForever Truffle is a joyful ode to love … Bittersweet and nuanced. ― New York Times\n[The] stories … are nicely textured, mixing humor and pathos with accessible pop-culture references. ― Wall Street Journal\nThe standout book of the season. ― Montreal Review of Books\nThe vignettes … achieve a steady balance in both their depiction of childlike innocence and their pop culture–inflected wit. ― Publishers Weekly\nThe collaboration between Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault … has always been a powerful but subtle one of compelling stories of authenticity, told in words and pictures that depict children as they live. The complexity of their lives and their understandings are evident though not belaboured. Forever Truffle will forever be such a story. ― CanLit for LittleCanadians Blog\nArsenault's art … works in close conjunction with the text and brings Britt's characters to life, reflecting both humour and emotion. ― Windsor Star\nVisually interesting. ― CM: Canadian Review of Materials\nForever Truffle may be a book for children; however, it will delight readers of all ages with its quiet, but playful, illustrations and inquisitive characters. … Another welcomed and memorable contribution to Canadian children’s literature from Britt and Arsenault that shouldn’t be missed. ― Canadian Children's Book News\nA charming, engrossing trio of tales. ― School Library Journal\nFanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault are back with a new graphic novel, this time featuring Truffle, younger brother, best friend, aspiring rockstar … 
Meet Truffle in three linked stories: 
In “Truffle the Rockstar,” Truffle wants to form a band with his best friends Flo and Riad. They can already picture themselves on stage, wowing the crowd with epic songs. They still have to learn how to play instruments … but that’s just a minor detail! 
Ever since Truffle asked Nina to be his girlfriend, they have been shy around each other. In “Truffle Loves Nina,” Truffle asks his parents, his friend Riad, his big brother, Louis, and the man who works at the library, for advice on how to let his heart do the talking. 
In “Truffle Tackles Existence,” Truffle attends his great-grandmother’s funeral, which gets him thinking about the world around him. Are grandparents young once, too? Does Rocket, the dog that his family had to give up, still think about him sometimes? Do people stop loving each other if they don’t see each other anymore? 
Fans of Louis Undercover will be delighted that Truffle ― Louis’s funny, music-loving little brother ― now has his own book!\nKey Text Features 
comic 
comic strips 
illustrations\nCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: 
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.9 
Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series) 
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.5 
Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem. 
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7 
Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

Forever Truffle

Arts, Music & Photography

felicien et les baleines

Marianne Dubuc

COURTE ECHELLE

Louis parmi les spectres

Arsenault, Isabelle

PASTEQUE

Truffe

Jane, le renard et moi

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