Captain Rosalie

Timoth e de Fombelle and Isabelle Arsenault capture the heart wrenching cost of war for one small girl in a delicately drawn, expertly told tale.While her father is at war, five year old Rosalie is a captain on her own secret mission She wears the disguise of a little girl and tracks her progress in a secret notebook Some evenings, Rosalie s mother reads aloud Father s letters from the front lines, so that Rosalie knows he is thinking of her and looking forward to the end of the war and to finally coming home But one day a letter comes that her mother doesn t read to her, and Rosalie knows her mission must soon come to an end Author Timoth e de Fombelle reveals the true consequence of war through the experiences of small, determined Rosalie, while acclaimed artist Isabelle Arsenault illustrates Rosalie s story in muted grays marked with soft spots of color the orange flame of Rosalie s hair, the pale pink of a scarf, the deep blue ink of her father s letters All thecaptivating for the simplicity with which it is drawn and told, this quiet tale will stay with the reader long after its last page is turned. Free Read [ Captain Rosalie ] by [ Timothée de Fombelle ] – kino-fada.fr Dogs bark in the distance, out there by the farms The dead leaves whistle their way across the school yard1917, a cold autumn day in France WWI has darkened Europe The Great War, the war that was supposed to end all wars How wrong the entire world wasA little girl with fiery red hair is waiting for her teacher She is Rosalie Her father is among the men who sacrificed themselves to defeat the Central Powers demon Art and Imagination are her allies as her day pass in silence in thDogs bark in the distance, out there by the farms The dead leaves whistle their way across the school yard1917, a cold autumn day in France WWI has darkened Europe The Great War, the war that was supposed to end all wars How wrong the entire world wasA little girl with fiery red hair is waiting for her teacher She is Rosalie Her father is among the men who sacrificed themselves to defeat the Central Powers demon Art and Imagination are her allies as her day pass in silence in the company of her mother and her classmates Her world changes when a blue envelope arriv...5 I have a secret.The others think I m drawing in my notebook when I m sitting on the little bench underneath the coat hooks at the back of the classroom They think I m dreaming as I wait for evening to fall And the teacher passes me by as he gives instruction to the students.He places his hand on my hair.But I am a soldier on a mission I am spying on the enemy I am preparing my plan.I am Captain Rosalie War At five, little Rosalie is very young to be preparing for her mission, but she is 5 I have a secret.The others think I m drawing in my notebook when I m sitting on the little bench underneath the coat hooks at the back of the classroom They think I m dreaming as I wait for evening to fall And the teacher passes me by as he gives instruction to the students.He places his hand on my hair.But I am a soldier on a mission I am spying on the enemy I am preparing my plan.I am Captain Rosalie War At five, little Rosalie is very young to be preparing for her mission, but she is one determined little redhead Her father is a soldier, away at war, and her mother goes to work every day The local teacher has agreed that Rosalie can sit quietly at the back of his class, and he will give her paper and pencils to draw with A picture of Rosalie sitting on her stoolShe likes to put her stool under the coat rack where she can spy on the class, and the children are happy to hang their coats over and around her.Picture of Rosal...This is such a beautiful, sad and moving book Rosalie s mother is working in a factory doing war work and her father away fighting Every day while her mother works she goes to a boys class and the master helps her mother by letting her sit at the back of the class with her sketchbook The master thinks she is drawing but Rosalie is on a secret mission.Isabelle Arsenault s illustrations are exquisitely beautiful The scenes of civilian life during war time are austerely depicted in greys and br This is such a beautiful, sad and moving book Rosalie s mother is working in a factory doing war work and her father away fighting Every day while her mother works she goes to a boys class and the master helps her mother by letting her sit at the back of the class with her sketchbook The master thinks she is drawing but Rosalie is on a secret mission.Isabelle Arsenault s illustrations are exquisitely beautiful The scenes of civilian life during w...Timoth e de Fombelle s tale for older children is an unusual one Neither a conventional picture book nor a novel, Captain Rosalie tells the story of a little, flame haired girl in the France of 1917 Every morning, Rosalie is dropped off at the little village school that is presided over by a one armed schoolmaster who has returned home from the front He has kindly agreed to allow the tiny girl to sit at the back of a class of older students while her mother works at the arms factory Rosalie Timoth e de Fombelle s tale for older children is an unusual one Neither a conventional picture book nor a novel, Captain Rosalie tells the story of a little, flame haired girl in the France of 1917 Every morning, Rosalie is dropped off at the little village school that is presided over by a one armed schoolmaster who has returned home from the front He has kindly agreed to allow the tiny girl to sit at the back of a class of older students while her mother works at the arms factory Rosalie s father is away He is fighting in the war.Rosalie appears to spend her days drawing in a not...I am a soldier on a mission I am spying on the enemy I am preparing my plan I am Captain Rosalie A 64 page novella written by Timoth e de Fombelle for children probably those over ten about a 5 year old girl who with her mother waits for her father who has been away a long time fighting in WWI She pretends she is Captain Rosalie, a soldier on a secret mission who hopes for a medal at the war s end He mother reads her letters from the front, but she generally refuses to listen I can t I am a soldier on a mission I am spying on the enemy I am preparing my plan I am Captain Rosalie A 64 page novella written by Timoth e de Fombelle for children probably those over ten about a 5 year old girl who with her mother waits for her father who has been away a long time fighting in WWI She pretends she is Captain Rosalie, a soldier on a secret mission who hopes for a medal at the war s end He mother reads her letters from the front, but she generally refuses to listen I can t tell you the ending, but it s full of a range of emotions throughout.Most of the emotions are created by the illustrations of Isabelle Arsenault, the main reason I read this, as she is one of my favorite illustrators, so I wish the balance were greater between the words and the ar...This is a bit of a strange picture book Being quite heavy on the text, it will probably only appeal to older readers, especially given the subject matter For me, it almost didn t seem like a children s book from the mature voice of the supposed five year old to the disturbing descriptions of life in the trenches, Captain Rosalie seems almost like it was intended for a much older audience.The story follows five year old Rosalie, a young girl who lives in France during the Great War Her father This is a bit of a strange picture book Being quite heavy on the text, it will probably only appeal to older readers, especially given the subject matter For me, it almost didn t seem like a children s book from the mature voice of the supposed five year old to the disturbing descriptions of life in the trenches, Captain Rosalie seems almost like it was intended for a much older audience.The story follows five year old Rosalie, a young girl who lives in France during the Great War Her father is off in the trenches, and her mother wo...Children s books about war can be very challenging How do you portray the frustration, anger, loss and hurt of war without over doing it and terrifying small children Captain Rosalie comes at a WWII story from the eyes of a little girl who is waiting for her father to return home from service Without a doubt, the most endearing part, of Timothee de Fombelle s story is that the little girl loves to hear her mother read out her father s letters But little Rosalie is no slouch and begins to s Children s books about war can be very challenging How do you portray the frustration, anger, loss and hurt of war without over doing it and terrifying small children Captain Rosalie comes at a WWII story from the eyes of a little girl who is waiting for her father to return home from service Without a doubt, the most endearing part, of Timothee de Fombelle s story is that the little girl loves to hear her mother read out her father s letters But little Rosalie is no slouch and begins to suspect that maybe her mother is not reading the real words or telling the whole truth So Rosalie takes initiative, all on her own, to learn to read adorable right Fombelle does a wonderful job of creating and displaying the confusion Rosalie has over how far away the war is and if it will come to them directly And so her desire to learnabout the war, and not just her mother s flowery words, is ve...Five year old Rosalie waits for her father s return from the battlefields of World War I in this spare and immensely powerful children s novella from French author Timoth e de Fombelle Allowed to sit at the back of a classroom of older pupils, while her mother works in the nearby munitions factory, Rosalie is engaged in a secret mission, all of her efforts aimed at view spoiler learning to read, so that she might experience her father s letters firsthand hide spoiler When her mother recei Five year old Rosalie waits for her father s return from the battlefields of World War I in this spare and immensely powerful children s novella from French author Timoth e de Fombelle Allowed to sit at the back of a classroom of older pupils, while her mother works in the nearby munitions factory, Rosalie is engaged in a secret mission, all of her efforts aimed at view spoiler learning to read, so that she might experience her father s letters firsthand hide spoiler When her mother receives a mysterious blue envelope whose contents she refuses to share, Captain Rosalie knows she must do something, and her actions lead tothat one revelationOrigina...Most of the stars are for the illustration, just so you know.I would have put the writing on par with the illustration, if not for the fact it doesn t really read like a five year old s voice It doesn t e...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Spoilers seem inevitable, since the end of the story really seems the whole point of the book Rosalie styles herself Captain and weaves a fantasy around herself to act in sympathy with her dad, who is fighting in the trenches Her growing realisation that all is not as it seems as her mother reads the father s letters the only thing that seems true leads her to decipher the letters herself, to find in one the words killed in action fighting for his country instead of the description o Spoilers seem inevitable, since the end of the story really seems the whole point of the book Rosalie styles herself Captain and weaves a fantasy around herself to act in sympathy with her dad, who is fighting in the trenches Her growing realisation that all is not as it seems as her mother reads the father...4.5 sCaptain Rosalie is a book for older children by French author and playwright, Timothee de Fombelle It is beautifully illustrated in watercolour, pen and ink by Isabelle Arsenault and translated from French by Sam Gordon The recommended reader age is 8 12 years.It s the fall of 1917, and Rosalie is five and a half She s too young for her village school, but since her mum has to work at the factory, the teacher lets her sit at the back of the class of older children What no one realises i 4.5 sCaptain Rosalie is a book for older children by French author and playwright, Timothee de Fombelle It is beautifully illustrated in watercolour, pen and ink by Isabelle Arsenault and translated from French by Sam Gordon The recommended reader age is 8 12 years.It s the fall of 1917, and Rosalie is five and a half She s too young for her village school, but since her mum has to work at the factory, the teacher lets her sit at the back of the class of older children What no one realises is that she s on a secret mission In carrying out that secret mission, to learn to read so she can find out what her father has really written in his letters and learn the fate her mother can t bring herself to tell , she does discover she has a loyal friend, and that manypeople than just her mother care about her In fact, the whole village cares about her.This...In this short novella, a 5 year old girl calls herself Captain Rosalie, thinking of herself as a soldier on a secret mission during WWI, spying on the enemy and preparing her plan of action And she is sure that one day she will be awarded a medal for what she does.Living in a small French village, Rosalie is really too young for school, but the teacher, a wounded war veteran, lets her sit quietly drawing in the back of his classroom every day while her father is away fighting in the war and her In this short novella, a 5 year old girl calls herself Captain Rosalie, thinking of herself as a soldier on a secret mission during WWI, spying on the enemy and preparing her plan of action And she is sure that one day she will be awarded a medal for what she does.Living in a small French village, Rosalie is really too young for school, but the teacher, a wounded war veteran, lets her sit quietly drawing in the back of his classroom every day while her father is away fighting in the war and her moth...This is a surrealistic and rather strange little book and it s hard to know what age to recommend it for The subject is a 5 year old little French girl during WWI, but she speaks as if she s much older and the subject matter is quite sober war, loss, depression and the death of a parent eventually.The book is about 60 pages long with some gray scale illustrations with Rosalie depicted withcolor, especially her red hair The length and vocabulary make it best suited for slightly older k This is a surrealistic and rather strange little book and it s hard to know what age to recommend it for The subject is a 5 year old little French girl during WWI, but she speaks as if she s much older and the subject matter is quite sober war, loss, depression and the death of a parent eventually.The book is about 60 pages long with some gray scale illustrations with Rosalie depicted withcolor, especially her red hair The length and vocabulary make it best suited for slightly older kids, despite the age of the narrator This book would be a good accompaniment to a unit on war, especially WWI Be advised that it deals with the death of a parent eventually who is serving in the war, so use caution with children whose parents are in the service or who have lost a parent.This is ultimately a sweet, well written, sobering story that will probably stay with children Rosalie s friend Edgar is a caring figure and children may relate to Rosalie s mother s alternating fun mothering and sad...

• English
• 07 July 2017
Timothée de Fombelle
• Hardcover
• 60 pages
• 1536205206
• Timothée de Fombelle
• Captain Rosalie