Le Chandail de Hockey (French Edition) (Paperback)

by Roch Carrier (Author), Sheldon Cohen (Illustrator)

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In the days of Roch’s childhood, winters in the village of Ste. Justine were long. Life centered around school, church, and the hockey rink, and every boy’s hero was Montreal Canadiens hockey legend Maurice Richard. Everyone wore Richard’s number 9. They laced their skates like Richard. They even wore their hair like Richard. When Roch outgrows his cherished Canadiens sweater, his mother writes away for a new one. Much to Roch’s horror, he is sent the blue and white sweater of the rival Toronto Maple Leafs, dreaded and hated foes to his beloved team. How can Roch face the other kids at the rink?


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• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Livres Toundra (September 1, 1985)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 0887761763
• ISBN-13: 978-0887761768
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 8.9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #367,799 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Le chandail de hockey/ The hockey sweater, January 7, 2006

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Dans 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.

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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.