40 discoveries to read together · Edition 1
Québec Treasures to Colour
Places, Traditions and Discoveries
Remarkable places and everyday traditions. Forty companion pages add context, sources and an activity.
40 drawingsAges 4–7Places and traditions
Also in Québec:Québec SeasonsLife in Old QuébecQuébec’s Great Moments
Drawings 01–10
Drawing 01
The Château Frontenac
1893 — the first wing opens
Drawing 02
The Oratory’s great dome
Drawing 03
The round Biosphère
1967 — an Expo pavilion
Drawing 04
A leaning tower
Drawing 05
Homes made of blocks
1967 — built for Expo 67
Drawing 06
The Daniel-Johnson dam
1969 — official opening
Drawing 07
Sainte-Anne’s two bell towers
Drawing 08
Ouiatchouan Falls
Drawing 09
The islands’ sand dunes
Drawing 10
A fish preserved as a fossil
About 380 million years ago — the DevonianDrawings 11–20
Drawing 11
Under the greenhouse roof
Drawing 12
The Grande Bibliothèque
2005 — opening
Drawing 13
A basket at Odanak
Drawing 14
A sculpture from Nunavik
Drawing 15
Listening to the Wendat language
Drawing 16
Mingan’s stone giants
Drawing 17
Poutine to share
Drawing 18
Montréal bagels
Drawing 19
A Montréal sandwich
Drawing 20
Lac-Saint-Jean tourtière
Drawings 21–30
Drawing 21
Squares of sucre à la crème
Drawing 22
Potato candy
Drawing 23
A blueberry pie
Drawing 24
A corn-husking gathering
Drawing 25
A bowl of pea soup
Drawing 26
Fèves au lard
Drawing 27
Maple-syrup dumplings
Drawing 28
The fiddle makes us dance
Drawing 29
Montmagny’s accordion
Drawing 30
Making music with spoons
Drawings 31–40
Drawing 31
Step-dancing feet
Drawing 32
Singing at Petite-Vallée
Drawing 33
Three balls in the air
Drawing 34
A drawing that seems to move
Drawing 35
Glass takes shape
Drawing 36
The arrow sash
Drawing 37
The family quilt
Drawing 38
A tuque on the needles
Drawing 39
The sky over Saint-Honoré
Drawing 40