Young Readers

摘要

With summer upon usand the possibility ofexploring the world outside our front doors, Quebec’saccomplished cohort ofchildren’s writersandillustrators have delivered a batch of books thatallowus to travelfarand wide whether we get offthecouch or not.TheIce Shack, written byKatia Cancianiand with illustrations byChristianQuesnel, introduces readers to thetraditions oficefishing and talltales. Children living inQuebec’s largercities may never haveeven seen iceshacks squatting out on this province’s frozen lakesand rivers, but thetradition oficefishing goes back thousands of years in Indigenousculturesacross thecountry,and these huts havelong been a part ofCanada’swinterexperience.