Au Revoir, Camille!

© 2000 text: Sylvie Desrosiers; illustrations: Leanne Franson
Les éditions de la courte échelle
64 pages, softcover 4 ¼" x 7", color cover, b&w interior illustrations
ages 5-9 First Novel
French only

Thomas's 8 yr old friend Camille is dying of leukemia. A sensitive and appropriate book about losing a close friend in the prime of childhood.

Won the "Book All Children Would Like to Offer Their Parents" international book prize. (Prix international du livre espace-enfants: "Le livre que chaque enfant devrait pouvoir offrir à ses parents.)
See also Le Concert de Thomas, Ma mère est une extraterrestre, Je Suis Thomas and L'audition de Thomas by the same author.