Dominique Jolin, born

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, is a

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and content producer. She is the creator of the characters

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Biography

After university studies in youth literature,

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and

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, she published her first children's album in 1992, ''It's Not Fair!'' which earned her the Mr. Christie's Book Award. Since then, she has written and/or illustrated a hundred children's albums published in French, English, Spanish, Catalan and Korean, many of which have won her awards and distinctions. In 1996, she created two outstanding characters:

. In 2005, Dominique Jolin presented her characters to a production company, Spectra animation. Then, in collaboration with Raymond Lebrun,

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, she adapted her literary series Toopy and Binoo into an

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. ''Toopy and Binoo'' season I / ''Toopy and Binoo'' season II. In 2013, Dominique Jolin and Raymond Lebrun created two new

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for children: ''YaYa & Zouk'' and ''Genius Genie''. From 2016 to 2023, Dominique Jolin and Raymond Lebrun wrote and directed a

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, ''Toopy and Binoo,'' the release date of which is scheduled for 2023.

Children's literature publications

Selected albums

* ''Au cinéma avec papa'', Raton Laveur, 1991 * ''Nom de nom!,'' text by Pierrette Dubé, Raton Laveur, 1992 * ''C’est pas juste!'', Raton Laveur, 1992 * ''Qu’est-ce que vous faîtes là?'', Raton Laveur, 1993 * ''Mario le pingouin'', text by Michel St-Denis, Héritage, 1994 * ''Un prof extra'', text by Dorothée Roy, Raton Laveur, 1994 * ''Pas de bébé pour Babette'', 400 coups, 1995 * ''Cruelle Cruellina'', text by Carole Tremblay, 400 coups, 1995 * ''Roméo le rat romantique,'' text by Carole Tremblay, Dominique et cie, 1997 * ''Marie-Baba et les quarante rameurs'', text by Carole Tremblay, Dominique et cie, 1998 * ''Bambou à l’école des singes'', text by Lucie Papineau, Dominique et cie, 1999 * ''Attends une minute!'', 400 coups, 1999 * ''Bambou à la plage'', text by Lucie Papineau, Dominique et cie, 2000 * ''Destructotor'', text by Carole Tremblay, Dominique et cie, 2000 * ''Bambou à l’école des bambous'', text by Lucie Papineau, Dominique et cie, 2001 * ''Juliette, la rate romantique'', text by Carole Tremblay, Dominique et cie, 2003 * ''Chut fais dodo'', La Bagnole, 2016

Toopy and Binoo series (albums)

* ''Toupie a peur'', Dominique et cie, 1996 * ''Toupie dit bonne nuit'', Dominique et cie, 1996 * ''Le bobo de Toupie'', Dominique et cie, 1996 * ''Toupie se fâche'', Dominique et cie, 1996 * ''Toupie joue à cache-cache'', Dominique et cie, 1997 * ''Un ami pour Toupie'', Dominique et cie, 1997 * ''La promenade de Toupie'', Dominique et cie, 1998 * ''Toupie raconte une histoire'', Dominique et cie, 1998 * ''Toupie se déguise'', Dominique et cie, 1999 * ''Toupie veut jouer'', Dominique et cie, 1999 * ''Toupie fait la sieste'', Dominique et cie, 2000 * ''Le shampoing de Toupie'', Dominique et cie, 2000 * ''Joyeux noël Toupie'', Dominique et cie, 2000 * ''Toupie aime Toupie'', Dominique et cie, 2000 * ''Le petit Toupie rouge'', Dominique et cie, 2001 * ''Super Toupie'', Dominique et cie, 2001 * ''Robinson Toupie'', Dominique et cie, 2002 * ''L’Halloween de Toupie'', Dominique et cie, 2002 * ''Abracadabre Toupie!'', Dominique et cie, 2003 * ''Toupie et le sommeil perdu'', Dominique et cie, 2003

Binoo series (albums)

* ''Coucou Binou!'', Dominique et cie, 2001 * ''Comment ça va Binou?'', Dominique et cie, 2001 * ''Binou en couleurs'', Dominique et cie, 2001 * ''Binou et les sons'', Dominique et cie, 2001 * ''Binou joue'', Dominique et cie, 2002 * ''Brave Binou'', Dominique et cie, 2002 * ''Beau dodo Binou'', Binou joue, Dominique et cie, 2002 * ''Le ballon de Binou'', Dominique et cie, 2002 * ''Binou joue'', Dominique et cie, 2002 * ''À l’eau Binou'', Dominique et cie, 2002 * ''Ça flotte Binou?'', Dominique et cie, 2002 * ''Binou-la-bulle'', Dominique et cie, 2004 * ''Le bébé de Binou'', Dominique et cie, 2004

Yaya et Zouk series (albums)

* ''Si j’étais toute seule'', La Bagnole, 2013 * ''Si j’étais super Yaya'', La Bagnole, 2013 * ''Si j’étais en colère'', La Bagnole, 2013 * ''Si j’étais un bébé'', La Bagnole, 2013

TV series

* ''Toopy and Binoo,'' season I - 104 X 5 minutes (Co-writer with Raymond Lebrun) * ''Toopy and Binoo'', season II - 6 X 22 minutes, 78 X 2 minutes (Co-writer with Raymond Lebrun) * ''YaYa and Zouk'' ,season I - 78 X 5 minutes (Co-writer with Raymond Lebrun) * ''Genius Genie'' - Concept (Co-writer with Raymond Lebrun)

Feature film

* ''Toopy and Binoo the movie'' - 80 minutes (Co-writer and co-director with Raymond Lebrun)

Awards

*1992 Mr. Christie's Book Award (for illustrations) for C'est pas juste! *1993- Livromagie prize (children's favourite book) for Au cinéma avec Papa *1995- Livromagie prize (children's favourite book) for Qu'est-ce que vous faites là? *1996- Livromagie prize (children's favourite book) for Un prof extra *1997- Livromagie prize (favourite children's book) for Cruelle Cruellina *1997- Finalist for the Mr. Christie's Book Award for Roméo le rat romantique *1998- Finalist for the Mr. Christie's Book Award for Marie-Baba et les quarante rameurs *2000- Silver Seal of the Mr. Christie's Book Award for Destructotor *2002- GVL illustration prize (Youth Illustration Award at the

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Book Fair) for Le Petit Toupie Rouge *2006- Boomerang Award (Toopy and Binoo's website) *2007- Award of Excellence for Toopy and Binoo in the New Canadian Media category *2007- Finalist at the

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for Toopy and Binoo, category: Preschool animated series *2016- Gémeaux nomination for Toopy and Binoo (best television series) *2019-

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nomination for YaYa and Zouk (Best Animated Series or Program)

References

External links

Official website of Dominique Jolin
* Dominique Jolin on th
Quebec Ministry of Education's website
* Les Libraires �
Dominique Jolin's bibliography
(in French) * Resource on literature
L’infocentre Littéraire des écrivains Québécois
(in French)

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jolin, Dominique Canadian television writers Living people People from Chibougamau Writers from Quebec Canadian children's writers in French Canadian women children's writers Canadian women television writers French Quebecers 1964 births