Created in February 1998, the media library at Alliance Française Vancouver offers a space to gather, socialize, and
access leisure activities. The library houses the largest collection of French language items in British
Columbia, with over 11,000 items covering multiple disciplines of literature, appropriate for all levels and ages. It also serves as an
important resource centre for students.
While the media library is free to access, you must register as a member for borrowing privileges and to enjoy additional
services.
All these books are available at the Alliance Française : don't hesitate to reserve some of them on our catalogue !
Nish: Le Nord et le Sud
Isabelle Picard
Nish: Innu word meaning "two". Léon and Éloïse are twins. A mysterious disappearance in their village of Matimekush an Innu
community in Northern Quebec, will lead them to understand the fragility that surrounds them, the territory and its dangers.
Reading age : 11+
Les Papinachois
Michel Noël et Joanne Ouellet
In this series of children's books, discover the life of a Papinachois family. To take a look without prejudice at the
First Nations of Quebec.
Reading age : 10+
5 histoires de personnalités autochtones inspirantes
Michel Noël et Joanne Ouellet
Do
you know Membertou, Josephine Bacon and Taamusi Qumaq? Do you know what feats Kateri Tekakwitha and Louis Riel accomplished?
Reading age : 8+
Elles se relèvent encore et encore Julie Cunningham
Julie Cunningham pays tribute to the words of women
living with the legacy of residential schools: women whose voices are not often heard.
(adult readers)
Wapke
Recueil
Fourteen authors from multiple nations and backgrounds project themselves into the future through fiction, addressing current social,
political and environmental themes, in this collection of First Nations anticipation stories.
(adult readers)
Chauffer le dehors
Marie-Andrée Gill
With her heart open to the breaths of belugas and ski-doos, Marie-Andrée Gill takes refuge in writing to accept the impossibility of love,
to exist somewhere, in the memory of crazy moments.
(adult readers)
La course de Rose
Dawn Dumont
After
losing her job and her musician husband, Rose Okanese, mother of two strong-willed daughters, decides it's time to take care of
herself and build her self-esteem. Her idea: run the annual marathon held on her native reserve. (adult readers)
Mononk Jules
Jocelyn Sioui
Mononk
Jules reconstructs the life of Jules Sioui, a Wendat who shook up Canadian history before sinking into a huge family and historical
memory hole.
(adult readers)
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