children To Geneviève Gareau who has instilled the love of reading in so many Mme Viviane Desparois’s Grade 5 class for their very helpful comments on Thank you to my manuscript
The Biggest Poutine in the World Andree Poulin Translated by Brigitte Waisberg annick press toronto berkeley vancouver
Conquering My Fear of Heights Don’t look down Don’t think about your sweaty hands slipping on the rungs of the ladder Just move one foot at a time Try not to shake Don’t listen to your heart beating like a crazed tennis ball And whatever you do don’t look down When you’re standing with both feet on the ground the water tower looks high When you have both feet on the rungs of a ladder going up you know that the water tower is really high At forty meters up in the air I feel small scared pathetic If I fall from this height will I bash my brains in I wonder what bashed-in brains lying on concrete look like Sam shouts up from below Hey Thomas Come on You’re as slow as a turtle Today is my twelfth birthday Because we wanted to have a bit of excitement on my birthday and because 7
