Places, Traditions and Discoveries · Drawing 39 of 40
The sky over Saint-Honoré
At Saint-Honoré in the Saguenay region, a festival makes giant kites dance every summer. 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 illustration notes (1)
An imagined festival sky; no particular artist’s kite is copied, and flight height cannot be determined from the drawing.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- Tourisme Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean — Festival Saint-Honoré dans l’VentFestival familial de cerfs-volants tenu chaque été à Saint-Honoré.
Source review: 2026-09-19. Illustrations simplify places and scenes; they are not historical documents.
