Le Chandail de Hockey (French Edition) Paperback – September 1, 1985

This text is a classic, and I was excited to order it for my classroom. The mailer used to ship the text was not thick enough to protect the book however, and it arrived very bent. It needs to be delivered in bend-proof cardboard mailer.

This book was adorable, and the French was not hard to follow-which is great for someone who is learning like me. I picked this up as it was required for a French class (French 2020: Intermediate French 2) but the class got canceled and I decided to keep the book because it's adorable and was fun to read even on my own.

This is a wonderful short story of how a young French Canadien hockey fan learns a hard lesson. The ending is so very fitting for this young player!

Arrived next day, as promised. Thank you! I needed them for my students...

Relatable story with Canadian culture in it ... not too hard for learners to read... good springboard into other books

Great story. My French class students loved it.

Not much of a story line, kids not very interested in book! Images re nice but all in all a disapointing book!

Scroll down for english reviewDans le village où vivait Roch enfant, Sainte-Justine au Québec, tous les garçons voulaient jouer au hockey comme leur héros, Maurice "Rocket" Richard. En fait, tous les garçons voulaient être Maurice Richard. Chacun d'eux portait fièrement le chandail bleu-blanc-rouge des Canadiens de Montréal arborant, comme un blason, le fameux numéro 9 du Rocket.Mais un jour, le chandail du jeune Roch est devenu trop petit et trop usé pour qu'il puisse le porter. Sa mère lui en commande un nouveau dans le catalogue de la compagnie Eaton à Montréal. Lorsque le colis tant attendu arrive enfin, c'est la catastrophe ! Au lieu d'un chandail des Canadiens de Montréal, la compagnie Eaton lui a envoyé - quelle horreur ! - un chandail de l'équipe méprisée des Maple Leafs de Toronto. La mère de Roch l'oblige à le porter, car il lui fait très bien, et Monsieur Eaton serait sûrement très offensé qu'on le retourne.Ce classique de la littérature canadienne de Roch Carrier passionne les enfants de tous âges, qu'ils aient ou non déjà joué au hockey. Le livre s'inspire d'une nouvelle originale, qui a fait l'objet d'un court métrage d'animation.***When Carrier's Montreal Canadiens hockey sweater wears out, his mother writes to Eaton's to order a new one. Unfortunately, the company ships a sweater from the Canadiens' bitter rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs. Carrier does not want to wear the new sweater, but his mother refuses to let him wear the old worn out sweater, and does not want to return the new sweater for fear of offending Mr. Eaton and it fits so well, unaware that the company would have been happy to exchange it. As a result, he is forced to wear the Leafs sweater to his hockey game, where all the other players on the ice are wearing Canadiens sweaters.The story is widely considered an allegory for the linguistic and cultural tensions between anglophone and francophone Canadians, and an essential classic of Canadian literature. An excerpt from the story is now also commemorated in both official languages of Canada on the back of the Canadian five-dollar bill.

Le livre est très bien écrit et illustré. Il est un très beau cadeau à faire pour un jeune garçon. Je le recommande sans hésitation.

my daughter is reading it to her son! It is wonderful.

Classic story, well written, reading it to my 3-year-old as he learns French (and learns to hate the Leafs...)

Had this bookas a child and bought it for my son. Love the story!

I think this little story is a fun book and a beautiful picture of a village life as it relates to pond hockey and going about writing aletter on the kitchen table and the little asides " don't say no without trying it" or "the need for humility". And it is wonderfullyillustredDon Robertson