Project Description

Ce n’est pas comme ça qu’on joue au hockey!
Livre jeunesse écrit par Andrée Poulain et illustré par Félix Girard.

Édition originale en anglais par Annick Press (Toronto). Éditions française par Quebec Amérique, Montréal (Québec).

L’histoire inspirante du gardien qui a changé le visage du hockey !

Jacques Plante adore le hockey. Rien ne peut l’arrêter. Il patine et pratique encore et encore.

Grâce à son immense talent et son travail acharné, il devient gardien de but dans la ligue nationale. Mais le hockey est parfois un jeu dangereux et Jacques se fait souvent blesser. Jusqu’au jour où il se dit : ça suffit les rondelles reçues au visage, les coupures et les fractures.

Ce récit passionnant démontre qu’avec de l’audace et de la persévérance, il est possible de changer les choses…

Jacques Plante, la Merveille masquée !

Le numéro 1 des Canadiens de Montréal !

Sélectionné par le Junior Library Guild Gold Standard

Prix

  • Finaliste, Quebec Writers’ Federation Award 2018
  • Gagnant, Storytelling World Award 2020
  • Finaliste, Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children’s Book Centre 2019
  • Recommandé, TD Summer Reading Club, Top 75 Recommended Reads 2020
  • Gagnant, Blue Spruce Award 2020

Maintenant disponible en librairie!

That’s Not Hockey!
Children book written by André Poulain and illustrated by Felix Girard. Annick Press, Toronto (Ontario). 

The legendary goalie who revolutionized the game of hockeyYoung Jacques Plante’s way of playing hockey may look different from everyone else’s. Instead of a puck, he uses a tennis ball, and his shin pads are made out of potato sacks and wooden slats. But that’s not going to stop him. He loves the game.Jacques is drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in his mid-twenties. Fans love the unstoppable goalie as he leads his team to one victory after another. But there’s a price to pay: pucks to the face result in a broken jaw, broken cheekbones, multiple stitches, and even a skull fracture.One day, Jacques has had enough. He goes on the ice wearing a fiberglass mask. The coach orders him to take it off.Finally, at a game against the Rangers, when yet another puck hits Jacques square in the face, he puts his foot down. He will not continue to play unless he’s allowed to wear a mask.

Young hockey fans will enjoy this story of Jacques Plante, whose determination and love of the game brought about a revolutionary change to how it is played.

*A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Awards

  • Short-listed, Quebec Writers’ Federation Award 2018
  • Joint winner, Storytelling World Award 2020
  • Short-listed, Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children’s Book Centre 2019
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top 75 Recommended Reads 2020
  • Winner, Blue Spruce Award 2020

Now available in bookstores!