Lucie and The Wind - Excerpt

Lucie

Story by Grégoire Laforce

and the

Wind

Art by Yvan Duque

Lucie

and the

Wind

For my parents.

— G. L. For Jacob, can’t wait to read this story with you.

— Y. D. Lucie and the Wind Text copyright © 2026 Grégoire Laforce Illustration copyright © 2026 Yvan Duque Copyright © Milky Way Picture Books All rights reserved.

Art direction and book design by Nadine Robert Proofreading by Nick Frost This edition published in 2026 by Milky Way Picture Books, an imprint of Comme des géants inc. Varennes, Quebec, Canada.

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Title: Lucie and the wind / Grégoire Laforce; illustrations, Yvan Duque.

Names: Laforce, Grégoire, author. | Duque, Yvan, illustrator.

Identifiers: Canadiana 20250037262 | ISBN 9781990252426 (hardcover) Classification: LCC PS8623.A3597 L83 2026 | DDC jC843/.6—dc23 ISBN: 978-1-990252-42-6 Printed and bound in China Milky Way Picture Books 38 Sainte-Anne Street Varennes, QC J3X 1R5 Canada www.milkywaypicturebooks.com

We acknowledge the support of the Government of Canada.

We gratefully acknowledge for their financial support of our publishing program the Canada Council for the Arts

Lucie Story by Grégoire Laforce

and the

Wind Art by Yvan Duque

This is Lucie.

Every morning, she heads out to explore her surroundings.

And these are Lucie’s jars.

When Lucie finds something exciting, she looks at it briefly and places it into a jar.

She labels each jar — “Fir branch’,’ “Soapstone,” “Chanterelle” — and drops it into her backpack.

Lucie is in a bit of a rush.

There’s so much to explore and never enough time to see it all!

Still, her backpack grows bigger and bigger.

At night, Lucie lies in bed,

imagining what discoveries tomorrow will bring.

One morning, Lucie heard a voice coming from above.

“That’s quite a backpack you have there,” said the voice.

“Who’s there?” said Lucie.

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A thrilling encounter between a young girl and one of the elements, reminding us nature can’t be contained.

ISBN 978-1-990252-42-6 U.S. $19.99 Can. $23.99 51999