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Places, Traditions and Discoveries · Drawing 39

The sky over Saint-Honoré

Colouring illustration: The sky over Saint-Honoré
An imagined festival sky; no particular artist's kite is copied, and flight height cannot be determined from the drawing.

At Saint-Honoré in the Saguenay region, a festival makes kites dance. Wind lifts their shapes and moves their long tails.

Look together

What makes the kites fly?

An idea to try

Draw an imaginary kite with a long tail. Your child chooses its shapes and explains how they would recognize it in the sky.

For the adult reading along

A little more to discover

Saint-Honoré dans l'Vent presents kites in varied shapes and sizes. Its 2024 archives describe artistic, giant and acrobatic kites, with participants from Québec and elsewhere. The gathering highlights the creativity of people who design and fly them.

The colouring-page sky is imagined. Compare silhouettes, tails and the lines linking kites to the ground. The book's question introduces the wind's role. You can also wonder which kite might fly highest, but the drawing alone cannot establish the answer. Invite your child to explain an idea using details they notice.

Sources and context

These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. Source titles appear in their original language; some linked pages are in French.

Source review: 2026-09-12. Illustrations simplify places and scenes; they are not historical documents.