SuitabookLa grève du bain
Pierrette Dubé
- Reading
- If bath-time disagreements are familiar, read together at a calm moment and invite your child to compare the narrator’s preferences with their own. Keep discussion open rather than treating the story as a lesson.
- Themes
- Resistance to change: The narrator dislikes the newly installed whirlpool bath and prefers her former tub, then refuses to wash for a week. The disagreement is presented through an exaggerated account of toddler behaviour, but whether the story endorses or criticises either side is not established.
- Worth knowing
- The child refuses to wash for a week, and the parents’ attempts to persuade her do not work before she accepts another bathing arrangement. Consider whether this kind of prolonged disagreement suits your child.