Les comptines de Maryse

I love fruit

Octave adores fruit and wants to draw his fruit bowl, and that immediately inspires Maryse to compose a nursery rhyme on the same subject.

Directed by: Geneviève Poulette (Canada, 2024)
Presented by: Maryse Letarte, Lyndz Dantiste

The green grass blues

When Octave opens the door, Maryse hears the neighbour's lawnmower. The sound makes her sad, why cut the grass? A feeling that acts as a trigger for her nursery rhyme "The green grass blues".

Directed by: Geneviève Poulette (Canada, 2024)
Presented by: Maryse Letarte, Lyndz Dantiste

Tea party

Maryse is writing a nursery rhyme for a doll's tea party, a game she loved playing when she was little.

Directed by: Geneviève Poulette (Canada, 2024)
Presented by: Maryse Letarte, Lyndz Dantiste

Funny face

Octave is drawing alongside Maryse then realises that his face is all smeared with colour as well. Maryse laughs and creates a nursery rhyme to encourage smeary, smudgy faces to become bright and clean again.

Directed by: Geneviève Poulette (Canada, 2024)
Presented by: Maryse Letarte, Lyndz Dantiste

My favourite fluffiest

Maryse introduces Octave to her favourite cuddly toys from when she was little. Octave draws them whilst she creates a nursery rhyme so she's ready to have a little nap.

Directed by: Geneviève Poulette (Canada, 2024)
Presented by: Maryse Letarte, Lyndz Dantiste

Poppy

Octave sniffs the bunch of poppies Maryse has been given, but he can't smell anything because they're made of paper. Just for fun she writes a nursery rhyme with words beginning with "co". "Co" for "coquelicot", the French word for poppy.

Directed by: Geneviève Poulette (Canada, 2024)
Presented by: Maryse Letarte, Lyndz Dantiste

A friend just like you

Maryse writes a nursery rhyme about friendship. She turns to Octave and asks him to tell her about his very best memories of moments with friends.

Directed by: Geneviève Poulette (Canada, 2024)
Presented by: Maryse Letarte, Lyndz Dantiste

In my rocket

Octave shows Maryse the drawing he's made for the cover of a book about space. Maryse is very impressed, and begins a nursery rhyme about travelling in a space rocket.

Directed by: Geneviève Poulette (Canada, 2024)
Presented by: Maryse Letarte, Lyndz Dantiste

Duck-billed platypus

Octave is completely out of breath when he gets to Maryse's door, he's just run a marathon. Maryse immediately writes a nursery rhyme to congratulate her friend on his achievement.

Directed by: Geneviève Poulette (Canada, 2024)
Presented by: Maryse Letarte, Lyndz Dantiste

The weather rap

Maryse is wondering about the weather, whether it'll rain, whether it won't, blue sky, grey sky... And suddenly she's begun to rap about the weather!

Directed by: Geneviève Poulette (Canada, 2024)
Presented by: Maryse Letarte, Lyndz Dantiste