Pet et Répète
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| Author | Katia Canciani |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Guillaume Perreault |
| Language | French |
| Genres | |
| Published | 2019 |
| Publisher | Fonfon |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 32 |
| Award | Governor General’s Literary Award |
| ISBN | 9782924984123 |
Pet et Répète: La véritable histoire is a French novel written by Canadian author Katia Canciani, illustrated by Guillaume Perreault, and published in 2019 by Fonfon. It won the 2020 Governor General's Literary Award for French-language children's illustration.
Synopsis
[edit]Pet et Répète: La véritable histoire is the real story of a couple of jokers, who are twin brothers. One has gas and the other is hard of hearing, hence why their mother had the sense to name one Pet and the other Répète. The story is of Pete (Pet) and Repeat (Répète) who are off on a boat. Pete falls out of the boat. Who's left? Repeat...
Awards
[edit]Pet et Répète: La véritable histoire won the 2020 Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration at the 2020 Governor General's Awards,[1] and was chosen by students across Canada for the 2021 Forest of Reading Award winners.[2]
Reception
[edit]The novel has been generally well received in Canada. Marie Fradette writes in Le Devoir, "This mischievous fable with great possibilities certainly deserves to be discovered, re-read and repeated loud and clear."[3] In the French-language news magazine L'actualité, Christian Lalonde characterizes Canciani's writing as having "sensitivity, and humanist values".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Nault, Sarah-Émilie (July 25, 2021). "Croire aux fantômes". Le Journal de Montréal (in Canadian French). Retrieved September 11, 2021.
- ^ Qiao, Vicky (May 20, 2021). "Students across Canada chose these 9 books as the 2021 Forest of Reading Award winners". CBC Books. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
- ^ Fradette, Marie (November 9, 2019). "La traversée de Pet et Répète". Le Devoir (in Canadian French). Retrieved September 18, 2021.
- ^ "Ce qui se cache derrière Pet et Répète : la véritable histoire". L'actualité (in Canadian French). May 14, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2021.