N°12 Max raconte des bobards

Max et Lili #12

by Dominique de Saint Mars, Serge Bloch

Pauvre Max! Il n'arrête pas de raconter des "bobards" pendant ses vacances. Comment va t-il s'en sortir? Ce petit livre de Max et Lili permet de comprendre que les "bobards" sont souvent une façon de se protéger, se défendre et de se faire aimer. Une occasion d'en parler avec tendresse et humour!

Genres: Bande Dessinée

41 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

Dominique de Saint Mars is a French author writing books for children and youth. She often writes with Serge Bloch who is the illustrator of all the Max and Lili books.

Reviews

[Manny · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is rare that I feel I want to rewrite any book in this excellent series, but Max raconte des bobards is an exception. Here is the story, including my suggested amendations:

Max and Lili are on vacation at a Normandy beach town. None of the big kids will take Max seriously, so he starts making up more and more unlikely tales: he's allowed to ride on his cousin's scooter, he's an expert fisherman (just not today), he's beaten a boy several years older than himself at arm-wrestling, etc. Within a couple of days, he's become a pathological liar. He and a friend try to sneak into the beauty contest to look at the bikini babes, despite the sign at the entrance saying ADULTS: 10 FRANCS. "I'm ten," says Max with barefaced bravado. "Are you sure?" asks the ticket lady kindly. "Under tens are free." Max changes his mind without missing a beat. The bikini babes are very well done and come in all shapes and sizes.

But Max's lying has caught up with him - he'd told his parents a different story about how he was going to spend the afternoon. Suddenly he's been outed and no one will believe a word he says! So when he runs over to his friends to tell them that a girl has been cut off by the incoming tide on a little rock and is yelling for help, they laugh in his face. Nothing deterred, Max grabs a surfboard, paddles out and rescues her all on his own. He returns in triumph pushing the distressed damsel on the board, while he swims along behind it. "Gotta believe in yourself," he murmurs as he accepts congratulations on his heroism. The girl drowns, and her shocked mother screams hysterically that if only he hadn't told so many lies her daughter would still be alive. Max has a nervous breakdown and is clearly going to spend the rest of his life seeing psychiatrists.

Ah, sorry. After-effects of reading the Brothers Grimm last week...

[Myriam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Très agréable à lire!
Ces histoires font rire et réfléchir sur des sujets dont on parle difficilement. Histoire à l'école : lecture, tricherie, racket, contrôles, maîtresse, classe verte, filles et garçons... Il s'en passe des choses avec Max et Lili !