Best Selling Books by Gilles Tibo

Nicholas and his family are going on a ski trip! What could go wrong? Nicholas is so excited for his family''s ski trip that he''s had his backpack, long johns, and snowboard boots on for three days already. But before they leave, Nicholas has a whole list of things to do: take the cat to a neighbour''s house, shovel the driveway, round up the ski gear, pack up the car . . . will this vacation ever start? Everyone else is excited for all the mountain climbing, snowshoeing, and skiing ahead -- but by the time the car is packed and the family is on their way, all Nicholas wants to do on his vacation is get a little rest!

They call him the Cowboy Kid, the strange boy who lassoes trash cans and whinnies like a horse. He dreams of escaping the city, of riding away on a golden steed of his own. And then, one wonderful night, the Cowboy Kid’s dreams come true. A magnificent stallion carries him to the heavens on a magical ride. Soon they are joined by other horses, leaping from paintings, jumping down from stone pedestals in parks, and breaking free of merry-go-rounds – and they lead a riotous stampede of marble, wood, and paint through the streets of the town and beyond. A beautiful book about freedom and the urge to break away for the child in everyone.

This beautiful story from Gilles Tibo, the award-winning author of over 150 books, addresses the difficult subject of death for young readers. It won the Governor General''s Award for Children''s Literature in it''s original French and is now available in English for the first time.

Simon, the little boy with impossible dreams, has charmed children around the world. Simon books have won The Governor General''s Literary Award for Illustration in Canada and the Owl Prize in Japan; and were chosen for the prestigious Illustrators Exhibit in Bologna, Italy. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Nicholas is gearing up for a big soccer match - but will his family survive all of his practicing? Nicholas is dribbling and kicking his soccer ball all through the house, much to the irritation of his parents and sister. Fed up, Dad throws the ball outside. When the rest of Nicholas''s team come by to practise for the big tournament later that day, havoc is wreaked on the house and yard. Dad can''t get them to the park fast enough. The question is: will their edge-of-the-seat game convince even Dad that soccer is great? A delightful new title from Montreal-based author Gilles Tibo and illustrator Bruno St-Aubin, whose previous picture books featuring Nicholas include Hurry Up, Nicholas!, The Best Goalie Ever and the bestselling Where''s My Hockey Sweater?

Alex loves hockey. In fact, Alex thinks he is the best hockey player of all time. Everyone agrees with him, except Peter. What happens when Peter challenges Alex to a game?

Simon, the little boy with impossible dreams, has charmed children around the world. Simon books have won The Governor General''s Literary Award for Illustration in Canada and the Owl Prize in Japan; and were chosen for the prestigious Illustrators Exhibit in Bologna, Italy. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Alex, who plays, eats, and dreams hockey, finds it difficult to wait for his family to buy him real hockey equipment until he creates his own, personalized hockey jersey.

An endearing tale about finding creative ways to confront your fears. In a curious little kingdom on top of a forest lived a little knight. He loved cats and chocolate cake. He wasn''t afraid of mice or the dark . . . but he was terrified of the rain! One day, a huge storm descended on the village. The little knight took refuge in the fortress, and he stayed there for a long, long time. But he knew that, for the sake of his subjects, he would have to get up the courage to confront his fears.

When Sarah loses the hockey ball in a scary dog''s backyard, Alex figures out a clever way to get it back so that the game can continue.

Can Nicholas change his friend''s luck on the ice? Nicholas and Jeremy, a new student, have a lot in common, but Jeremy has trouble keeping up with the other kids in sports. He tries hard but he''s always last to be chosen for a team. Nicholas wants to help his friend, and with some coaching, and a lot of secret training, he knows Jeremy will be able to play the sport he loves best: hockey! After weeks of practice, is Jeremy ready to play with Nicholas''s team? A practice scrimmage will put all their weeks of hard work to the test. In this excellent addition to the Nicholas series, there are a few lessons to be learned about the importance of sportsmanship, positive encouragement, and inclusivity -- and, of course, triumphant hockey action for Nicholas and his friend.

An elephant with a knot in his trunk suffers indeed.

Every time Nicolas tries to do something, people give him a book. Now, he has so many books that tell him what to do, how to do it and why to do it that he can''t stand them anymore! But could books also be fun?

Hockey really is the best! When a really bad case of the flu means Nicholas has to miss hockey training camp, his despair is followed by determination to find a new sport! He tries tennis, gymnastics, yoga, running, swimming and weight lifting. He learns lots of great skills and improves in every sport . . . but with each new activity he realizes he still loves hockey best! When the big hockey tryout day comes, all the new skills come together to improve his hockey game! Nicholas learns that trying something new and getting some help from friends brings you right where you should be.

Even after his dog Toolie, the goalie, is mildly injured playing hockey, Alex and his friends return to the game.

Five favourite hockey stories in a special hardcover collection! Nicholas eats, sleeps and breathes hockey! Whether he''s wrangling his equipment,playing in the big game or helping a new friend, he''s always up to the challenge -- on and off the ice. This hardcover collection includes five funny, action-packed stories, all about hockey: * Where''s My Hockey Sweater? * The Best Goalie Ever * The Big Game * A Very Hockey Christmas * Most Valuable Player

The ever-imaginative little character, Simon, dreams of being the ringmaster of a circus. In a cardboard box he creates a circus with his animal friends, but his efforts to stage the show are frustrated. When he acts as lion tamer to a paper lion, a goat tries to eat the star attraction. When he tries to walk a tightrope, he is foiled by a flock of tame birds. As usual his sensible friend, Marlene, comes to the rescue. Her common-sense advice saves the day and Simon creates a circus that will never be forgotten.

Simon tries to realize a dream that many children share: to build homes for animals, birds, and fish. But the animals don’t want to live in his cardboard box houses. They like their old homes instead. In the end, Simon learns a new respect for nature as he studies the animals homes, and a new environmentally-friendly use for his many boxes.

Simon discovers that playing music with friends is even more fun than playing alone. 4 yrs+

The ever-imaginative Simon dreams of the great adventures he can have if only he could be in disguise. In his fantasies he becomes a magician, a daring knight, a funny clown, a scary bear, and even the trunk of a tree. His friend Marlene, as usual, comes to the rescue in a gentle story sure to charm the youngest readers. Full color.

King Pip is deligted when a stranger offers him a magic powder to rid his garden of pests. Unfortunately, the magic powder upsets the fragile balance of nature.

A little boy tries to make summer last forever by trying to keep the frogs singing, the butterflies on the flowers and the sun high in the sky-- only to find that when summer does end, there are compensations.

Vedette malgré lui, Max vient de remporter les honneurs lors d’un tournoi de gardiens de but. À l’école, tout le monde veut subitement être son ami ; les journalistes le suivent partout et cognent même à sa porte. Max ne souhaite plus qu’une chose : détourner l’attention. Mieux encore, que l’attention se tourne vers ceux qui en ont vraiment besoin.

Meet Simon, a little boy with big dreams. His imagination leads him to all kinds of wonderful adventures. With the help of his friend, Marlene, and with his own special spirit, Simon makes each season a memorable one. Simon welcomes spring — As the snow begins to melt, Simon decides he will hurry spring’s arrival. When his drum fails to call it forth, he tries fantastic but charmingly imaginative ways to pull flowers from the earth, tempt birds to return, and encourage bears to awaken — only to discover that spring will come in its own time, despite what we try to do to make it come any sooner. Simon in summer — Simon loves summer so much that he never wants it to end. When he sees the first signs of fall, he seeks advice from a heron and a cow, who tell him how to make summer last. Simon tries by making the frogs sing, pleasing the butterflies with paper flowers, and keeping the sun high in the sky. Simon and the wind — Simon tries to use the wind to fly. As he blows bubbles into the breeze, he thinks he can make one large enough to carry him. His friend Marlene brings him a cardboard box, and Simon asks the birds to carry it like a plane across the sky. Finally, Simon learns he cannot fly, but discovers a game he and his friends can play with the wind. Simon and the snowflakes — Simon is curious. He wants to know how many snowflakes fall in a snowstorm, but they come down too fast to count. When he learns that there are as many snowflakes as stars in the sky, he tries to count them too, but they race across the night sky. Simon decides to visit his friends in the forest and finds something much better to count there.

Alex dreams of playing hockey.

Greg is painfully shy, turning red and stumbling over his words each time he tries to speak, until his new pet goldfish, Shy Guy, helps him to get his words unstuck.

Sometimes the bravest thing a knight can do is to lay down his arms. In a curious kingdom built on top of a forest lives a little knight. He has no battles, because there are no enemies around. He spends long days reading and planting flowers, long nights dreaming and snoring peacefully. One day the little knight wakes with a start to a loud knocking at his fortress door. Three of his loyal subjects have been kidnapped! With fresh chocolate cake in his belly, he sets off into the dark forest to find the monsters holding them captive. Can the little knight keep his vow and return them home safely?

Edgar Allan Poe’s dream poem is as close to music as words can ever come. First published on October 9, 1849 – two days after Poe’s death – this haunting, lyric poem is thought to have been written in memory of Poe’s young wife, Virginia, who died in 1847. Gilles Tibo has set the poem in his native Quebec, where the narrator and his childhood love Annabel Lee discover the beauty of the rugged, wind-swept Gaspé Peninsula. But when Annabel Lee dies and is borne away as mysteriously as she had come, the dream goes on, refreshed each time that the moon beams and the stars shine down upon the great rock of Percé that becomes her sepulcher.

Poems tall or short or wide— All are infinite inside. In Gilles Tibo’s wonder-filled tribute to poetry, poems bloom in fields, fly on the wings of birds, and float on the foam of the sea. They are written in the dark of night, in the light of happiness, and in the warmth of the writer’s heart. Each poem is illustrated with Manon Gauthier’s whimsical paper collage art, which is both child-like and sophisticated. Rhymed or unrhymed, regular or irregular, the verses bring not just poems but the very concept of poetry to the level of a child, making them accessible to all. If all the world is a poem, then anyone can be a poet!

After a child''s father returns from an airplane trip looking different and acting strangely, his family begins to suspect that he may be an alien.

« D''une tendresse infinie » Jade Bérubé, La Presse « Avec tout son talent et sa sensibilité, Gilles Tibo signe un texte métaphorique, accessible et poignant. Les enfants ont mille questions sur la mort et s''il faut leur en parler, ce livre peut être votre meilleur ami. Janice Nadeau, finaliste au prix du Gouverneur Général, illustre le conte d''un trait fluide et léger, tout en délicatesse. » Valérie Lesage, Le Soleil « Voici un des textes les plus touchants et les plus réussis de Tibo. La mort, thème difficile, est ici traitée de manière poétique. L''auteur donne une vision sensible et réaliste des émotions contradictoires (refus ou délivrance?) qu''elle suscite en nous. Admirablement servi par les illustrations épurées, vaporeuses et enveloppantes de Janice Nadeau, ce texte fera vaciller des cœurs, mouillera des yeux et, surtout, ouvrira une discussion franche, libératrice entre les enfants et les adultes. Tibo amène son sujet avec douceur. » Édith Bourget, Lurelu « Un chef-d''œuvre. » Édith Bourget, Lurelu « C''est avec finesse, douceur et sensibilité que Tibo livre un récit sur la rencontre entre la vie et la mort (...). » Marie Fradette, Le Soleil « Aux mots touchants de Gilles Tibo s''allient les illustrations simples de Janice Nadeau. Son trait fluide et atmosphérique enveloppe le récit d''un halo poétique. Un beau récit. » Marie Fradette, Le Soleil « Avec des mots sages et naïfs, l''auteur pose un regard neuf sur la mort qui effraie tant, les petits comme les grands. C''est un conte qu''on lit tout bas, afin de bien peser chaque phrase, chaque parole, mais qui résonnera sûrement longtemps dans nos cœurs. » Sophie Rondeau, Famille d''aujourd''hui (Internet) « There is something visceral and joyous about what Tibo is doing with death here. Perhaps, instead of pushing death out of our heads and pretending it doesn''t exist until we are accosted by it ans bowled over, it makes more sense to embrace it. » Michelle Lalonde, The Gazette « Cet ouvrage jeunesse de Gilles Tibo est une histoire d''une extrême finesse dans laquelle un enfant apprend à apprivoiser la mort en en faisant son amie... (...) À lire le cœur ouvert, prêt à cultiver l''espoir, même quand le pire est à prévoir. » Claudia Larochelle, Journal de Montréal « Grand auteur pour la jeunesse, Gilles Tibo a su écrire une histoire magnifique sur un thème bouleversant. » Nadine Descheneaux, Maman pour la vie, Internet « Dans cette histoire calme, sereine et totalement magnifique, Gilles Tibo déjoue tous les tabous et nous présente une mort... presque sympathique ! Qui aurait cru que rencontrer la mort peut nous donner une si puissante leçon de vie ? » Nadine Descheneaux, Maman pour la vie, Internet « Un texte très émouvant sur l''apprivoisement de la mort. Janice Nadeau, qui semble détenir un secret pour magnifier tous les textes qu''elle doit mettre en image, fait encore un miracle en illustrant avec beaucoup de poésie et de sensibilité celui de Gilles Tibo. Un duo qui fonctionne et qu''on aimerait revoir à l''œuvre dans un autre album. » Éric Simard, CKRL - Encrage (radio, Québec) « Ma meilleure amie est une histoire touchante, plein de tendresse et de sensibilité. La touche poétique de Gilles Tibo, sa sensibilité transperce nos émotions et nous effleure d''une grande sagesse. On ne verra plus la mort de la même façon. » Linda Newman, CHOD FM (radio, Cornwall)

The ever-imaginative Simon dreams of the great adventures he can have if only he could be in disguise. In his fantasies he becomes a magician, a daring knight, a funny clown, a scary bear, and even the trunk of a tree. His friend Marlene, as usual, comes to the rescue in a gentle story sure to charm the youngest readers.

When Naomi and Mrs. Lumbago discover a mirror among the coins hidden by the late Mr. Lumbago, they notice that it changes the reflected image of the person looking into it, and find a cryptic message engraved on its back.

« (...) La Nuit Rouge tiendra le lecteur en haleine par son suspense bien mené. » Jean Vigneault, Le courrier de Saint-Hyancinthe

Vaincre les petites et les grosses peurs pour les petits et les grands J’ai dit à la Peur : — Je ne veux pas que tu entres chez moi ! Elle m’a accompagné dans le vestibule, dans le corridor, dans le salon. Rendu dans la cuisine, je lui ai dit : — Va-t’en chez toi ! Elle ne m’a pas écouté. J’ai bu un immense verre d’eau pour la noyer. Mais la Peur savait très bien nager.

La princesse Angélique devait toujours être propre et porter des gants de dentelle. Mais un soir, poussée par l’impérieux désir de palper le monde autour d’elle, elle enleva ses gants blancs et découvrit les merveilleuses sensations que procure le toucher.

« ... ce drôle de livre plaira, à mon avis, à un public de tous âges, curieux de connaître les trucs et les dessous du métier.. » Gisèle Desroches, Lurelu « Destiné au jeune public, Moi, Noémie et les autres plaira sans aucun doute à tous les amateurs de littérature jeunesse, peu importe leur âge, ainsi qu''à tous ceux qui s''intéressent au processus par lequel un auteur transforme les gens qu''il croise en personnages de romans. » Anne Michaud, Le Devoir « Sous le couvert d''un humour tendre, Gilles Tibo nous confie ses angoisses d''auteur grâce à une exquise mise en abyme de la littérature dans le roman. » Chloé Varin, Le Journal de Montréal « The book will delight the thousands of kids who learned to read with Tibo''s books and got hooked on his many series. » Michelle Lalonde, The Gazette « Un voyage fantastique au cœur de l''imaginaire de Gilles Tibo ! » Sylvain Dodier, La bande à Sylvain, Internet « Un plaisir de découvrir un écrivain à travers les personnages qui l''habite quotidiennement. (...) une envie de découvrir les oeuvres qui nous sont inconnues et de revisiter celles qui nous ont touchées. » Linda Newman, CHOD 92,1 FM - Première heure (Cornwall)

Pourquoi c’est moi qui suis moi ? Pourquoi je ne suis pas mon voisin ? Ma voisine ? Une souris ? Un robot ? Si je n’étais pas là, je serais où ? Où étais-je avant de naître? La Vie, Elle vient d’où et Elle s’en va où ? En pleine nuit, Gabriel fait une rencontre extraordinaire. Une Grande Dame transparente et lumineuse lui révèle des secrets. Bouleversé, le garçon prend alors conscience d’être en vie et, surtout, surtout, de faire partie de la Grande Vie.