A Picnic in the Sun
Bertie and Friends Hit the Road
9782925108696
48 pages
Secret Mountain, The
Overview
An unpredictable musical tale that celebrates friendship, featuring 18 songs!
Bertie and his buddies never get bored with each other… except for the time when it rained for four straight weeks! That’s when they decided to repair an old boat and head for dryer lands: a sunny place atop the Blue Mountain. The journey to the faraway destination won’t be easy, but with a little help from newly made animal friends, they make it to the summit, which happens to be the best place in the whole world for a picnic!
An imaginative musical tale interspersed with original and traditional songs. In addition to the illustrated story, this picture book is accompanied by a CD (and a unique digital download code) with recordings of the narrated story and 18 songs.
Author Bio
Christiane Duchesne is the author of more than 60 children’s books, including A Picnic in the Sun, A Feast Beneath the Moon, The Loonies Arrive and W is for Wapiti. She is a two-time winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award and was a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Marianne Ferrer was born in Venezuela and moved to Canada in 1998. After attending Dawson College for illustration and design, she studied graphic design at Université du Québec à Montréal. Her recent publications include A Picnic in the Sun, Carmen and the House That Gaudí Built and The Year My Life Turned Upside Down.
