L' explosion d'Halifax
6 décembre 1917, à 9 h 05 le matin
- Publisher
- Plumleaf Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2023
- Category
- General, General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781738898251
- Publish Date
- Oct 2023
- List Price
- $24.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 9 to 12
- Grade: 4 to 7
Description
L’explosion d’Halifax, est un poème composé par la septième poète officielle d’Halifax, Afua Cooper, D. Par ses mots et ses images puissants, ce poème révèle de manière émouvante les évènements du 6 décembre 1917, à 9 h 05, lorsque deux navires, le Mont-Blanc, chargé de munitions, et l’Imo, chargé de provisions de ravitaillement, entrent en collision dans le port d’Halifax. Le poème montre le bilan tragique de l’explosion et des incendies qui ont suivi sur la population d’Halifax et des régions environnantes, et ce, jusqu’à Africville dans le nord de la ville. Il témoigne aussi d’actes d’héroïsme de plusieurs personnes afro-néo-écossaises, malgré le racisme et la discrimination qui perdurent depuis longtemps et dont souffre cette communauté.
About the authors
Afua Cooper's doctoral dissertation on Henry Bibb is a pioneering work on the life of the 19th-century abolitionist. She teaches African-Canadian history at the University of Toronto and is co-author of "We're Rooted Here and They Can't Pull Us Up": Essays in African Canadian Women's History (University of Toronto Press, 1994). In February 2002, Afua curated "A Glimpse of Black Life in Victorian Toronto: 1850-1860" for the City of Toronto Museum Division. An award-winning poet, her fifth book of poetry, Copper Woman and Other Poems, is being published by Natural Heritage in the spring of 2006. Her most recent book is The Hanging Of Angelique: Canada, Slavery and the Burning of Montreal, published by HarperCollins Canada in January 2006.
Rebecca Bender is a well-loved author-illustrator of children’s books as well as an art director and designer. Her picture books include Not Friends, Don’t Laugh at Giraffe, Giraffe Meets Bird, Peach Girl (illustration), and How Do You Feel?. She has also illustrated the chapter books Slug Days, Penguin Days, and Duck Days. Rebecca’s awards and honors include the OLA Blue Spruce Award, a Cooperative Children’s Book Center best-of-the-year choice, and a Toronto Public Library best-of-the-year selection. Rebecca graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design at the top of her class, earning the Medal for Illustration. She lives in Burlington, Ontario, with her husband and two children.
Excerpt: L' explosion d'Halifax: 6 décembre 1917, à 9 h 05 le matin (by (author) Afua Cooper; illustrated by Rebecca Bender)
Est-ce qu’Halifax s ’ en souvient?
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