Martine en Avion : Picture Book

Martine En Avion 

Translates Martine on a Plane 

Gilbert Delahaye 

Summary 

In this wonderful and also on of my childhood favorites apart from Martine au Jardin ( Martin in her Garden) Martine a young girl is on summer break and for the first time is riding a plane .Martine is also traveling with her dog who joins her. The picture book shows all of her adventures in the airport before riding the plane where she sees the most beautiful oceans. 

This picture book is great resource to show children adventure, and making new friends. Delahaye does not use too much text in this book he focuses on 

 

Evaluation 

This is classified as a  picture book with great illustrations from Marciel. Delahaye is known for his Martine books and they have traveled from Europe to the Caribbean and Africa. This book uses vivid pictures to bring the story to life .

Class Room Activities 

Even though this book is in French I would still use it in the class room for imagery purposes  

Activity 1 : Marciel is known for his great art work every picture is usually detailed I would have an activity where all my students would name Martine's surroundings . ( store , car , grass, pen , ect) this would help with spelling and vocabulary . I want to develop these skills at a young age in my students. 

Activity 2 : After reading Martine I would assign a reading assignment  to my students where they would write a small paragraph on their dream  summer vacation

Author 

      A Belgian author born march 19 1923. He is best known for Martine  a series of illustrated children's stories .He worked with Marciel Marlier to create these lovely picture books. 

"His book, Martine à la ferme, appears in the 2002 French film, L'Auberge espagnole."

Personal Comments

  I often state that pictures are a great way to allow students to be more involved in classroom activities. Delahaye is my favorite childhood author because of his work with Marciel. In Haiti I used these books in the class room and at home. 

References 

Gilbert Delahaye. (2014, February 16). Wikipedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Delahaye