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Gilles Tibo has written or illustrated over seventy children’s books, including the Simon series by Tundra Books, the Pikolo series by Annick Press, the Clementine series by Michel Quintin publishers, as well as texts for the Noémie series published in French by Éditions Québec/Amérique. He has created over a hundred posters and screen prints for theatre and for different cultural events. His illustrations can also be seen on the covers of records, novels, and magazines. He was a Canada Council Fellow and recipient of many awards, including the Governor General’s Award for Children’s Illustration — French for Simon et la ville... Read More

Les Quatre Saisons de Simon
Written by Gilles Tibo

Hardcover | Livres Toundra | Foreign Language Study - French; Juvenile Fiction - Concepts; Juvenile Fiction - Animals | 978-0-88776-794-4 (0-88776-794-X) | October 2006 | 22.99

Meet Simon, a little boy with big dreams. His imagination leads him to all kinds of wonderful adventures. With the help of his friend, Marlene, and with his own special spirit, Simon makes each season a memorable one.

Simon welcomes spring — As the snow begins to melt, Simon decides he will... [read more]

Simon and the snowflakes
Written by Gilles Tibo

Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Concepts - Counting; Juvenile Fiction; Art - Airbrush | 978-0-88776-274-1 (0-88776-274-3) | July 1999 | 6.99

Simon is a curious little boy. He wants to know how many snowflakes fall in a snowstorm, but they come down too fast to count. When he learns that there are as many snowflakes as stars in the sky, he tries to count them, but they race across the night sky... [read more]

Simon and the wind
Written by Gilles Tibo

Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Animals; Juvenile Fiction - Concepts; Art - Airbrush | 978-0-88776-276-5 (0-88776-276-X) | August 1991 | 6.99

Simon tries to use the wind to fly. As he blows bubbles into the breeze, he thinks he can make one large enough to carry him. His friend Marlene brings him a cardboard box, and Simon asks the birds to carry it like a plane across the sky. Finally, Simon learns... [read more]

Simon at the circus
Written by Gilles Tibo

Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Concepts; Juvenile Fiction - Animals; Art - Airbrush | 978-0-88776-416-5 (0-88776-416-9) | September 1997 | 5.99

The ever-imaginative little character, Simon, dreams of being the ringmaster of a circus. In a cardboard box he creates a circus with his animal friends, but his efforts to stage the show are frustrated. When he acts as lion tamer to a paper lion, a goat tries to eat the star... [read more]

Simon et le petit cirque
Written by Gilles Tibo

Trade Paperback | Livres Toundra | Foreign Language Study - French; Juvenile Fiction - Concepts | 978-0-88776-423-3 (0-88776-423-1) | September 1997 | 6.99

The ever-imaginative little character, Simon, dreams of being the ringmaster of a circus. In a cardboard box he creates a circus with his animal friends, but his efforts to stage the show are frustrated. When he acts as lion tamer to a paper lion, a goat tries to eat the star... [read more]

Simon et les desguisements
Written by Gilles Tibo

Trade Paperback | Livres Toundra | Foreign Language Study - French; Juvenile Fiction - Concepts | 978-0-88776-546-9 (0-88776-546-7) | January 2001 | 6.99

The ever-imaginative Simon dreams of the great adventures he can have if only he could be in disguise. In his fantasies he becomes a magician, a daring knight, a funny clown, a scary bear, and even the trunk of a tree. His friend Marlene, as usual, comes to the rescue in... [read more]

Simon finds a feather
Written by Gilles Tibo

Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Animals; Juvenile Fiction; Art - Airbrush | 978-0-88776-402-8 (0-88776-402-9) | May 1997 | 5.99

Simon finds a beautiful feather and decides to return it to the bird who lost it. But which one? It belongs to none he asks: not the chicken, the peacock, the dove, or the seagull, who each give him one of their own feathers. When Simon finds the owner of the... [read more]

Simon finds a treasure
Written by Gilles Tibo

Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Concepts; Juvenile Fiction; Art - Airbrush | 978-0-88776-388-5 (0-88776-388-X) | September 1996 | 5.99

Simon, the intrepid dreamer and eternal optimist, is on a new adventure. Riding his horse, telescope in hand, he sets out to find a hidden treasure. Marlene helps at first and they discover that a butterfly, a turtle, and a squirrel each has its own particular treasure. But none is the... [read more]

Simon in the moonlight
Written by Gilles Tibo

Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Animals; Juvenile Fiction; Art - Airbrush | 978-0-88776-347-2 (0-88776-347-2) | September 1994 | 5.99

Simon loves the moon, especially when it is full and shines high in the sky. Then he discovers that it gets smaller every night. Why? And where do the pieces fall? Simon tries to find the answer and the missing pieces, before he happily discovers the moon returning to its original... [read more]

Simon makes music
Written by Gilles Tibo

Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Concepts; Juvenile Fiction; Art - Airbrush | 978-0-88776-381-6 (0-88776-381-2) | May 1997 | 5.99

Simon wants to share his love of music with the animals. He tries to get them to play along with his flute, trumpet, cowbells, guitar, harp, violin, drums, and xylophone, but find the animals uninterested. When an old accordionist tells Simon that animals listen to music all their own, Simon invites... [read more]

Simon's disguise
Written by Gilles Tibo

Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Animals; Juvenile Fiction; Art - Airbrush | 978-0-88776-545-2 (0-88776-545-9) | January 2001 | 6.99

The ever-imaginative Simon dreams of the great adventures he can have if only he could be in disguise. In his fantasies he becomes a magician, a daring knight, a funny clown, a scary bear, and even the trunk of a tree. His friend Marlene, as usual, comes to the rescue in... [read more]

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