About

Marie Lafrance

Marie Lafrance est née à Québec. Après des études en graphisme et un long séjour aux États-Unis, elle décide de se consacrer à l'illustration. Ses œuvres lui ont valu des nominations au prix du Gouverneur général et elle a remporté le Prix Ruth et Sylvia Schwartz de littérature jeunesse pour le livre Une poule pour Izzy Pippik qu'elle a illustré. Marie vit à Montréal.

MARIE LAFRANCE has spent her whole life drawing pictures, at first to keep from biting her nails, then for magazines, newspapers, posters, billboards and board games. Now she illustrates picture books, including The Lady with the Books, Oscar Lives Next Door, and Bunny the Brave War Horse. Her book A Hen for Izzy Pippik won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award. Marie lives in Montreal, Quebec.

Books by Marie Lafrance

Mrs. Nobody

by (author) Y.S. Lee
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Keep Your Ears Wide Open

by (author) Céline Claire
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Le petit chien de laine

by (author) Lionel Daunais
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Gabriel et La Vie

by (author) Gilles Tibo
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

The Invitation

by (author) Stacey May Fowles
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Le trésor d'Oma

by (author) Monique Polak
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

The Brass Charm

by (author) Monique Polak
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Nous voilà tout oreilles !

Niccolo Paganini

by (author) Ana Gerhard
illustrated by Marie Lafrance
other primary creator I. Musici de Montréal & Benoit Brière

Curieux comme un petit chat !

Franz Schubert

by (author) Ana Gerhard
illustrated by Marie Lafrance
other primary creator I. Musici de Montréal & Benoit Brière

Un vrai coup de maître !

Franz Joseph Haydn

illustrated by Marie Lafrance
other primary creator Benoit Brière & I. Musici de Montréal
by (author) Ana Gerhard

We Are All Ears!

Niccolo Paganini

illustrated by Marie Lafrance
other primary creator I. Musici de Montréal & Colm Feore
by (author) Ana Gerhard

Curiosity Killed the Cat! (Enhanced Edition)

Franz Schubert

by (author) Ana Gerhard
illustrated by Marie Lafrance
narrator Colm Feore
performed by I Musici de Montréal

We Are All Ears! (Enhanced Edition)

Niccolo Paganini

by (author) Ana Gerhard
illustrated by Marie Lafrance
narrator Colm Feore
performed by I Musici de Montréal

A Brilliant Plan! (Enhanced Edition)

Joseph Haydn

by (author) Ana Gerhard
illustrated by Marie Lafrance
narrator Colm Feore
performed by I Musici de Montréal

Gemma and the Giant Girl

by (author) Sara O'Leary
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

A Brilliant Plan!

Joseph Haydn

illustrated by Marie Lafrance
by (author) Ana Gerhard
other primary creator Colm Feore & I. Musici de Montréal

Moi, j'ai un coeur d'artichaut!

Antonio Vivaldi

illustrated by Marie Lafrance
by (author) Ana Gerhard
other primary creator Benoit Brière & I. Musici de Montréal

C'est mon piano, monsieur!

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

other primary creator Benoit Brière & I. Musici de Montréal
illustrated by Marie Lafrance
by (author) Ana Gerhard

Le goût délicieux d'une mozzarella!

Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski

other primary creator Benoit Brière & I. Musici de Montréal
by (author) Ana Gerhard
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Curiosity Killed the Cat!

Franz Schubert

other primary creator Colm Feore & I. Musici de Montréal
by (author) Ana Gerhard
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Some Creatures Have All the Luck! (Enhanced Edition)

Antonio Vivaldi

by (author) Ana Gerhard
illustrated by Marie Lafrance
narrator Colm Feore
performed by I Musici de Montréal

That's My Piano, Sir! (Enhanced Edition)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

by (author) Ana Gerhard
illustrated by Marie Lafrance
narrator Colm Feore
performed by I Musici de Montréal

A Delicious Taste of Mozzarella (Enhanced Edition)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

by (author) Ana Gerhard
illustrated by Marie Lafrance
narrator Colm Feore
performed by I Musici de Montréal

Some Creatures Have All the Luck!

Antonio Vivaldi

other primary creator I Musici de Montréal & Colm Feore
by (author) Ana Gerhard
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

A Delicious Taste of Mozzarella!

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

other primary creator I Musici de Montréal & Colm Feore
by (author) Ana Gerhard
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Dors mon petit, dors

Berceuses traditionnelles

by (author) Carmen Campagne
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Les douze jours de Noël

by (author) Carmen Campagne
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Nous sommes les musiciens!

Chansons traditionnelles

illustrated by Marie Lafrance
by (author) Carmen Campagne

That’s My Piano, Sir!

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

other primary creator I Musici de Montréal & Colm Feore
by (author) Ana Gerhard
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Lady with the Books, The

A Story Inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman

by (author) Kathy Stinson
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Tam Ti Delam

Initiation du jeune public au patrimoine de la chanson québécoise

by (author) Félix Leclerc & Gilles Vigneault
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Anna Swan

La vraie histoire d'une géante

by (author) Anne Renaud
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

True Tale of a Giantess, The

The Story of Anna Swan

by (author) Anne Renaud
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Oscar Lives Next Door

A Story Inspired by Oscar Peterson's Childhood

by (author) Bonnie Farmer
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Mon voisin Oscar

Une histoire inspirée de l'enfance d'Oscar Peterson

by (author) Bonnie Farmer
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

The Tweedles Go Online

by (author) Monica Kulling
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Bunny the Brave War Horse

Based on a True Story

by (author) Elizabeth MacLeod
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Le petit ours gris de la Mauricie

by (author) Félix Leclerc
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

The Tweedles Go Electric

by (author) Monica Kulling
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Le petit chien de laine

by (author) Lionel Daunais
illustrated by Marie Lafrance

Hen for Izzy Pippik, A

by (author) Aubrey Davis
illustrated by Marie Lafrance