Books with author Gilles Tibo

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 his friends to form an orchestra…with surprising results.

Nicholas is an over-scheduled child. What happens when he is too exhausted to go on? Every day Nicholas has to attend his after-school activities. Sculpture, violin lessons, swimming, archery there are several every afternoon, and even more on weekends! Back and forth, and to and fro, Nicholas can't take much more of this running around, but what is he to do? His parents come up with a novel solution they just bring the teachers to him!

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 attraction. When he tries to walk a tightrope, he is foiled by a flock of tame birds.As usual his sensible friend, Marlene, comes to the rescue. Her common-sense advice saves the day and Simon creates a circus that will never be forgotten.

Je te présente Simon, un petit garçon qui rêve de l'impossible. Son imagination l'entraîne dans toutes sortes d'aventures merveilleuses. Avec l'aide de son amie Marlène, Simon met de la magie dans chacune de ses journées.Les livres Simon ont valu à Tibo des honneurs dans le monde entier. Ils ont remporté le prix Hibou du Japon et le prix du Gouverneur général du Canada. Les oeuvres ont de plus été sélectionnées pour faire partie de la prestigieuse Exposition des illustrateurs de Bologne, en Italie.Les livres Simon sont aussi offerts en anglais.

As the snow begins to melt, Simon decides he will hurry spring to appear. When his drum fails to call it forth, he tries fantastic, but charmingly imaginative ways to pull flowers from the earth, tempt birds to return, and encourage bears to awaken – only to discover that spring will come in its own time, despite what we try to do to make it come any sooner.

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 hurry spring’s arrival. When his drum fails to call it forth, he tries fantastic but charmingly imaginative ways to pull flowers from the earth, tempt birds to return, and encourage bears to awaken — only to discover that spring will come in its own time, despite what we try to do to make it come any sooner.Simon in summer — Simon loves summer so much that he never wants it to end. When he sees the first signs of fall, he seeks advice from a heron and a cow, who tell him how to make summer last. Simon tries by making the frogs sing, pleasing the butterflies with paper flowers, and keeping the sun high in the sky.Simon and the wind — 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 he cannot fly, but discovers a game he and his friends can play with the wind.Simon and the snowflakes — Simon is curious. 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 too, but they race across the night sky. Simon decides to visit his friends in the forest and finds something much better to count there.

Pikolo's room is overflowing with the wonderful paper cut-out friends he has made. He has taped them to the walls and strung them over his bed so they float and turn slowly around him. Sometimes he feels as if he's in the middle of the jungle; Pikolo imagines he can hear animals calling to each other from far away. Miraculously, one of his cut-outs, a little man named Max, comes to life and leads Pikolo through his closet to a magical fantasy land made of paper.