Pierrette Dubé

Place of birth: Valleyfield, Quebec
Place of residence: Saint-Lambert, Quebec

Following her studies at the University of Montreal and at McGill University, Pierrette Dubé worked as a writer and editor for the magazine Sélection du Reader's Digest and for Graficor, a publisher. She has also contributed to the magazines Lurelu and CCL: Canadian Children's Literature. Since 1990 she has been a translator with the Secretariat of State. In addition to her professional endeavours, Pierrette Dubé is the mother of three children. She has always enjoyed writing, and she was recently delighted to rediscover a short poem she wrote at the age of 15. Pierrette Dubé dreams of the day when she can write full-time for children.

Award

• 1995 Mr. Christie's Book Award (best French book for children under 7) for Au lit, princesse Émilie!

Selected Bibliography

Au lit, princesse Émilie! Illustrated by Yayo. Saint-Hubert, Québec: Éditions du Raton laveur, c1995.
[22] p.: col. ill.; 22 cm. (Collection 3 à 8 ans)
ISBN 2920660365

Mademoiselle Gertrude. Illustrated by Bruno St-Aubin. Saint-Hubert, Québec: Éditions du Raton laveur, c1989.
24 p.: ill. (some col.); 22 cm.
ISBN 2920660128

Nom de nom! Illustrated by Dominique Jolin. Saint-Hubert, Québec: Éditions du Raton laveur, c1992.
[23] p.: col. ill.; 22 cm.
ISBN 2920660225

Le Roi Gédéon. Illustrated by Raymond Lebrun. Longueuil, Québec: Éditions du Raton laveur, c1988.
[23] p.: ill. (some col.); 22 cm.
ISBN 2920660098

Sticks and Stones. Written by Pierrette Dubé; translated by Petra Johannson; illustrated by Dominique Jolin. Richmond Hill, Ont.: Scholastic Canada, c1995.
21 p.: col. ill.; 22 cm.
ISBN 0590246283
(English edition of Nom de nom!)