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See below for English description. Une petite fille et son grand-pere partagent leur amour des mots dans cette histoire reconfortante. Lors de leurs promenades hebdomadaires, Jill et son grand-papa, qu'elle appelle Nonno, aiment jouer avec les mots. -- Un colibri, dit Jill. -- Un buveur de sucre! dit Nonno. -- Un hydravion, dit Jill. -- Un petit avion, dit Nonno. Mais un jour, Jill remarque que Nonno agit differemment. Il n'est pas interesse par leur jeu habituel et se contente de repeter ce que dit Jill. Quand la fillette questionne sa mere, celle-ci lui repond que Nonno ne manque pas de mots, mais qu'il n'arrive pas toujours a trouver ceux qu'il veut utiliser. Jill peut-elle faire quelque chose pour l'aider? Des mots pour mon grand-pere evoque l'importance de prendre du temps pour les personnes que nous aimons et de trouver notre propre facon de les aider, meme lorsque nous croyons qu'il n'y a rien a faire. A girl and her grandfather bond over a shared love of words in this heartwarming story about changing relationships and the special ties between a grandchild and grandparent. On their weekly walks, Jill and her Nonno love to play with words. ""Hummingbird,"" says Jill. ""Sugar-drinker,"" says Nonno. ""Seaplane,"" says Jill. ""I do see a plane!"" replies Nonno. But one day, Jill notices Nonno is acting differently. He isn't interested in their usual game and simply repeats what Jill says. When Jill asks her mother what's wrong, her mother says Nonno isn't running out of words, he just can't always find the words he's looking for. Is there anything Jill can do to help? Des mots pour mon grand-pere is about making time for those we love and finding our own way of helping them, even when it seems like there's nothing we can do. Original title: Other Words for Nonno

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DAVE CAMERON est un journaliste prime dont les articles ont paru dans The Walrus, le Reader's Digest et le Cottage Life. Il est l'auteur des albums illustres Wingmaker et We Are Many. Il vit avec sa famille a Hamilton, en Ontario. DAVE CAMERON is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in the Walrus, Reader's Digest, and Cottage Life. He is the author of the picture books Wingmaker and We Are Many. Dave lives with his family in Hamilton, Ontario. YONG LING KANG est nee en Malaisie et a grandi a Singapour. Fascinee par la mise en recit, elle a perfectionne son art par le biais d'albums, de mangas et de dessins animes, et a etudie en animation. Yong Ling a illustre plusieurs albums. Elle habite a Toronto, en Ontario. YONG LING KANG was born in Malaysia and grew up in Singapore. She is fascinated by storytelling, and has honed her craft through picture books, manga, cartoons, and formal schooling in an animation program. Yong Ling has illustrated several picture books and lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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