Enterrer La Lune
Written by Andree Poulin published by La courte échelle 2019 / Groundwood Books 2021

In Latika’s village in rural India, there are no toilets. No toilets mean that the women have to wait until night to do their business in a field. There are scorpions and snakes in the field, and germs that make people sick. For the girls in the village, no toilets mean leaving school when they reach puberty.
No one in the village wants to talk about this shameful problem. But Latika has had enough. When a government representative visits their village, she sees her chance to make one of her dreams come true: the construction of public toilets, which would be safer for everybody in her village.
Enterrer La Lune – Burying the Moon shines a light on how a lack of access to sanitation facilities affects girls and women in many parts of the world.”






Winner, South Asia Book Award, 2022
Commended, Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2022
Short-listed, Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Awards, Diamond Willow Award, 2022
Nominated, Rocky Mountain Book Award, 2023
Commended, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2022

