Bijou Le Tord
Author of A Blue Butterfly: A Story About Claude Monet
About the Author
Works by Bijou Le Tord
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- female
- Short biography
- Bijou Le Tord was born in Saint-Raphaël on the French Riviera. She lives in Sag Harbor, New York, USA and in St. Julien Molin Molette, France, where she works as a writer and artist of picture books for children.
Her most highly acclaimed books include: A Bird Or Two: A Story About
Henri Matisse, A Blue Butterfly: A Story About Claude Monet, and Noah's Trees. She is now working on a book about Marc Chagall. Her future projects include a book about the American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and the continuing series about 20th Century artists: Paul Cézanne, Pierre Bonnard, Mirò, and Constantin Brancusi. Bijou is illustrating a book of "little stories" about St. Francis of Assisi. - Nationality
- France
- Birthplace
- Saint-Raphael, French Riveria, France
- Places of residence
- Sag Harbor, New York, USA
St. Julien Molin Molette, France - Associated Place (for map)
- France
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An unusual take on the Noah story, focused on beloved trees dutifully cut down to build the ark. The book leaves the rest of the ark story a mystery, which keeps it from touching on scary aspects of the flood and its impact. - Marla S.
Monet is one of my favorite artists so I really enjoyed reading this cute short story. The author recreats some of Monet's famous paintings and talks of how he would paint outside regardless of the weather. I would read this and maybe have the students try to recreate a Monet painting. I think that would be a fun lesson about art.
This story captures the idea of taking pride in one's work. It uses simple illustrations that produces a powerful outcome that renders the reader in a state of awe. The story is told from goose's point of view. I enjoyed how the story developed into a project that the two characters worked on. The sequence of events brings the reader into the idea of constructing one's own project. At the end of the story, bear gives goose or some would argue the reader, a layout of how to build one's own show more bird house. A simple narration brings about a satisfying read to add to any collection. show less
(easy, picture) Goose finds a nest with bird eggs on his way to visit Bear. When he shows Bear the nest with eggs, he decides to build a bird house while his trusting friend Goose looks on. They spend a lovely day together and Bear sends Goose home with a blueprint to build his own house. The story is a simple one with simple drawings to match. Still, the simplicity has it's appeal and I think children would like this book. Maybe a fun activity would be to build mini bird houses out of small show more milk cartons or do the famous roll the pine cone in peanut butter and seeds. Hang the pine cones from a tree. show less
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- Rating
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