Jean-Paul Hebert Was There/Jean-Paul Hebert Etait La [French]

By Sheila Hebert-Collins and Sheila Hebert Collins

Book Overview

Jean-Paul and his family are Acadians who have been forced from their Canadian homeland by the British. After many hardships, they settle in Louisiana, establishing the area 1/2s first Cajun settlements. The tale is written in English and French.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: French
• ISBN: 1565549287
• ISBN13: 9781565549289
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Remember the Acadian Expuslion of 1755 in a Children's Version

Thank goodness for American writers like Sheila Hebert-Collins and others like her who put their creative literary skills to work by preserving their inherited culture. "Jean-Paul Hebert Was There" is a sensitive historical account of the brutal Acadian expulsion (circa 1755-1759) from Nova Scotia, an event boiled into the annals of French-Acadian Americans but not a well understood tragedy by most others. Honestly, this children's book is a good gift for many adults as well because it is beautifully illustrated and complete with a French and English translation of the story's events on every single page. Hebert-Collins calls upon her family's ancestors to create this accurate piece of historical fiction. Although I'm not a teacher, I'd like to think this book would be included on a required reading list of all students of North American history, regardless of how old or young they may be.