Text copyright 2017 by Nadia L Hohn Illustrations copyright 2017 by Irene Luxbacher Published in Canada and the USA in 2017 by Groundwood Books All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher Distribution of this electronic edition via the Internet or any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal Please do not participate in electronic piracy of copyrighted material purchase only authorized electronic editions We appreciate your support of the author’s rights Groundwood Books House of Anansi Press groundwoodbooks com We acknowledge for their financial support of our publishing program the Canada Council for the Arts the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Canada an Ontario government agency un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario With the participation of the Government of Canada Avec la participation du gouvernement du Canada Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Hohn Nadia L author Malaika’s winter carnival Nadia L Hohn pictures by Irene Luxbacher Issued in print and electronic formats ISBN 978-1-55498-920-1 hardcover ISBN 978-1-55498-921-8 pdf I Luxbacher Irene illustrator II Title PS8615 O396M36 2017 jC813 6 C2016-908196-6 C2016-908197-4 The illustrations were done in mixed media graphite and oils on paper Design by Michael Solomon For Mummy NH For my family with many thanks to Nadia Hohn and everyone at Groundwood Books IL Bienvenue à Québec Welcome to Quebec breadfruit A starchy tropical fruit that can be roasted fried baked or boiled Its texture and taste have been compared to fresh bread or potato chinep A tropical fruit also called genip or Spanish lime It has a hard green skin on the outside and a fleshy inside like a grape enchanté Pleased to meet you famille Family mangeons Let’s eat toque A warm close-fitting knit hat
My girl look at you You almost as big as me Mummy laugh She press me into her flower dress with her soft belly and smell of cocoa butter beside my head Grandma hug us too I don’t want to let go
When I look up I see a tall pale man smiling at me Malaika baby this is Mr Frédéric Frédéric this is my little Malaika Mummy say Enchanté Malaika he say with a different talk than Mummy and his hand stretch out to me I don’t know what to do
Galang chile Shake he hand It’s the custom Grandma say patting my shoulder I put my small hand up to his big hand and he shake it
