The little word catcher
Award winning fiction, Canadian fiction, Family stories, General fiction
Human-transcribed braille
Summary
Elise wonders why her grandmother's words keep escaping her -- do they fly off to play tricks on her? Elise's grandmother used to know many marvellous words, but now she seems to be losing them all the time. Can Elise… help her by catching them, like butterflies in a net? Eventually, Elise comes to believe that her grandmother has used up all her words and has passed them on to her, as a gift. Winner of the 2007 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature Illustration (French language). Grades K-3. 2007. Uniform title: Petite rapporteuse de mots.