Two children feel adrift between the separate worlds of their parents ...
CCSS.
ELA-LITERACY.
RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events..
CCSS.
ELA-LITERACY.
RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
Key Text Features dialogue explanation illustrations photographs vignettes Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.
ELA-LITERACY.
RL.
K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
The French edition, Des couleurs sur la grave , won the prix Harry Black de l\'album jeunesse.
Where can they all be going? This richly nuanced story is inspired by the geography and close-knit coastal community of La Grave heritage site on Quebec\'s Îles de la Madeleine.
Then he, like the piano player and artist, walks away with a brush and can of paint.
But Henri tells them there\'s a sand bridge underwater that links the islands, just as the girls still link their parents.
Have the two islands separated? Like Maman and Papa? Flo asks.
When they finally reach Henri, he lifts them up onto ladders where they can see two islands that were once connected by an ice bridge.
One day they hear a noise and see a stone trace an arc across the sky -- it must be from Henri\'s giant slingshot! They decide to go see him, but first stop at the café, where they chat with the piano player, then visit their artist-friend in her shop.
But at least they can still have fun painting the treasures that wash up on the shore.
With their father at the marina, and their mother in the workshop, Flo and Fée aren\'t sure where they belong.
Two children feel adrift between the separate worlds of their parents ..
