Le vieillard et l'enfant

A day by the lake, an unlikely friendship, and the vastness of the world opening up before a little girl.

Under the vast skies of Manitoba, Christine leads a quiet life as a little girl when, one summer morning, she discovers a mysterious old man beneath the leaves of a maple tree: Monsieur Saint-Hilaire. He suggests they spend a whole day by the shores of Lake Winnipeg, and so the magic of childhood begins.

Carefully adapted by Dominique Fortier from Gabrielle Roy’s story *Le vieillard et l’enfant*, this picture book draws on the work of the great Franco-Manitoban author to offer children a tale full of tenderness and poetry. A book about friendship across generations, the allure of the great outdoors, and the beauty of simple moments to be shared to the full.