ALPHA - Isabelle Arsenault

Title: ALPHA

Author: Isabelle Arsenault

Publishing house: La Pastèque

Size: Format 19.7 x 19.7 cm - 60 pages - four-color printing

Do you know the international alpha code? Also called the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, it is used in many professions linked to aviation or emergency services such as firefighters, police or the Red Cross. This language is official since each letter of the alphabet corresponds to one and the same word throughout the world.

Here is an international alphabet book which gives the opportunity to familiarize yourself and have fun with a coded language.

And guess what word is used for the letter Q…

Isabelle Arsenault is a prolific children's illustrator and her work has earned her several awards. She has published two children's books at La Pastèque, with Kyo Maclear: Fourchon and Virginia Wolf . Still at La Pastèque, she illustrated a text by Fanny Britt: Jane, the fox and me . This first comic book won a dozen awards including the Governor General's Award in 2013 - the most prestigious literary distinction in Canada. She lives in Montreal, with her husband and their two children.