Ani Croche
Publication date: 1985
Genre: Young Adult
About the Work
Aujourd’hui, Ani Croche est en congé puisque c’est une journée pédagogique à l’école. Débrouillarde, elle a plein d’idées pour occuper son temps. La journée commence pourtant mal : sa mère, avant d’aller travailler, lui reproche de s’être maquillée. Avec son ami Simon, elle parcourt les rues de Montréal, prête à toutes les aventures. Pendant toute la journée, les deux jeunes tenteront de trouver leur place dans un monde d’adulte
Challenges in Canada
1995—Before the Commission des états généraux sur l’éducation (Estates General of Education Commission), the president of the Association des parents catholiques du Québec (Association of Catholic Parents of Quebec) denounced Ani Croche and La course a l’amour, two books for youngsters written by a multiple prize-winner, as being “unacceptable” and “borderline pornographic.” She asked the Ministry of Education to provide “better control over the selection of books found in libraries.” The news media described the recommendation as a return to blacklisting and noted that the APCQ exerted a strong influence over the Commission des écoles catholiques de Montréal (Catholic School Board of Montreal). The president of the school board said that APCQ influence would not affect the schools since Ani Croche was no longer on the list recommended by its Bureau of Teaching Materials and that La course à l’amour had not been on that list since 1990.