Showing results for "The Questions of Life" in Literature & Fiction

Octavia has big questions on her mind: Why do bad things happen, like Hurricane Katrina and 9/11? What is the meaning of life? Is there a God? Octavia’s father is convinced that art and Henry David Thoreau hold the key to life. Her mother, Ray, though, has always been seeking greater meaning - up until now. Octavia’s problem is not only that her parents have different answers to the big questions but that their answers are threatening to tear her family apart.

In the fading town of Stain’d-by-the-Sea, young apprentice Lemony Snicket has a new case to solve when he and his chaperone are hired to find a missing girl. Is the girl a runaway? Or was she kidnapped? Was she seen last at the grocery store? Or could she have stopped at the diner? Is it really any of your business? These are all the wrong questions.

Un conte musical raconté et interprété par Serena Fisseau | Illustrations par Soline Garry | Textes par David Sire | Musiques par Samuel Strouk Nouchka et la grande question est l'histoire de Nouchka, une petite fille en qui a poussé une grande question, encombrante. Depuis que son papa est parti au-delà de la vie, elle s'isole dans le silence et le silence l'isole des autres enfants. Elle va trouver des petites réponses, soufflées par Zya, dame de service-fée, et elle va déployer ses ailes cachées à l'intérieur.

Marcy is finally old enough to ask The Four Questions at her family's Passover seder. She's sure when it's her time to shine, her questions will be the best ever. Though her four (funny) questions are not the ones in Haggadah, her family gently humors her with the answers before she and her brother go on to read the real Four Questions. The book includes The Four Questions in English and includes the answers.