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TRAVELS FOR TWO: STORIES AND LIES FROM MY CHILDHOOD

Stephane Poulin
Willowdale(0nt.), Annick Press, 1991. 32pp, library binding, ISBN 0-55037-205-X (library binding) $15.95, ISBN 0-55037-204-1 (paper) $5.95.
Available in French as Un voyage pour deux. Distributed by Firefly Books. CIP


Kindergarten to Grade 3/Ages 5 to 8

Reviewed by Rebecca Raven

Volume 20 Number 2
1992 March


Following last year's My Mother's Loves, Stephane Poulin has created another fanciful story described by the author as "stories and lies from my childhood." Travels for Two is a quick-paced tale that includes all the elements of a great adventure story. After win­ning a vacation for two to cruise the tropics, our narrator and his family find themselves parachuting from an air­plane, marooned on a desert island, captured by pirates, and, finally, rescued on the high sea.

The humour of the story is infectious, and is carried through in the illustra­tions. The jubilant children, the harried mother and the wickedly funny pirates all contribute to the sense of fun and adventure.

Highly recommended for adventur­ous spirits.


Rebecca Raven, Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton, Ont.
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