Böcker av Christiane Duchesne

An unpredictable musical tale that celebrates friendship, featuring 18 original and traditional songs! Once upon a time there were four friends who always had oodles and oodles of fun together. After their last adventure full of surprises, a sudden torrential rainfall forces Bertie and gang to take shelter atop Blue Mountain. When they emerge, they encounter an extraordinary girl named Alice, who can grow big or small at the snap of her fingers. Together, they spend a magical night singing and dancing under the moon and shooting stars. A sequel to A Picnic in the Sun, this imaginative musical tale is interspersed with four beloved traditional songs and 14 original tracks performed with pizzazz and emotion. Whimsical illustrations accompany this joyful and unforgettable celebration. Scan the QR code to listen to the narrated story and songs online.

An imaginative musical tale, comprised of a narrated story interspersed with original and traditional songs, follows four inseparable friends who love to play together. Bertie and his buddies never ever got bored with each other... except for the time when it rained for four straight weeks! That's when they decided to repair an old boat and head for dryer lands, a sunny place atop the Blue Mountain. The journey to the faraway, unknown destination wouldn't be easy, but with a little help from newly made animal friends, they would finally make it to the summit, the best place in the whole world to have a picnic! In addition to an illustrated story, this book is accompanied by a CD featuring recordings of the narrated story and 18 songs along with unique code for the digital download of the audio.

L'aventure et l'amitié au coeur de ce conte musical pour petites oreilles. Il était une fois quatre amis qui ne se quittaient jamais, ils avaient trop de plaisir ensemble. Or, depuis plusieurs semaines, la bande à Bébert s'ennuyait terriblement, car il pleuvait sans cesse. Heureusement, ils eurent la fabuleuse idée d'aller faire un pique-nique à l'abri de l'eau. Ils décidèrent alors de réparer un grand bateau pour franchir la rivière et aller vers la montagne Bleue. Accompagnés par plusieurs amis, dont une belette, un renard et un loup, ils partirent vers ce nouveau pays où ils seraient tous si merveilleusement, si magnifiquement, si formidablement bien ! Ce conte musical fera rire les enfants comme jamais. Le récit est porté par quelques chansons traditionnelles bien connues et une douzaine de compositions aussi tendres que drôles. Des illustrations d'une grande finesse accompagnent ce joyeux voyage totalement débridé. L'album musical comprend la narration du conte et 19 chansons. En plus du disque, un code unique pour le téléchargement des enregistrements est inclus. The members of the Bébert gang, as they are known, never ever got bored with each other... except for the time when it rained for four straight weeks! That's when they decided to repair an old boat and head for a sunny place atop the Blue Mountain. The journey to the faraway unknown destination wouldn't be easy, but with a little help from newly made animal friends, the gang would finally make it to the summit, the best place in the whole world to have a picnic!

Go beyond the ABCs with this zany alphabet songbook. Learn the alphabet while meeting a host of zany characters like a friendly ghost who delivers fruit-filled flan on bicycle, a twisted turtle who feels a tad bare under her shell, and a curious cricket named Simon. The accompanying CD features a fusion of rock, pop, world, and folk music across 24 singalong songs that invite children on a wild musical odyssey through the letters A to Z. A wide array of instruments are featured in the tunes, among them the xylophone, glockenspiel, and pedal steel guitar. Children are sure to clap their hands and join in on the theme song, "Sing It Again," at the end.

A growing number of curious children discover their village's most enigmatic figure has an unexpectedly beautiful job to do.