French Story Books for Children in English

 

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Chelsea and Sacha a year ago, right before Sacha left for Seattle.

 

 

 

A blog reader of mine asked me about French gifts for her grandson who is four years old. I thought I would add my list of gift ideas (books) for children here on my blog. With that said my mother would suggest that the best gift to give is the gift of spending time with a child by playing with them, cooking, and or simply hanging out with them.

Reading was one of my favorite things to do with Chelsea and Sacha. Reading to them also helped me keep English alive in our home. Chelsea listened closely and study the illustrations, Sacha liked to skip pages ahead, then flip the pages back, and asks questions in between (drove Chelsea crazy). Their personalities were defined early on and it was a challenge to read to them with their various styles of learning and listening.

Below are a few of our favorite books, plus some that I have learned about overtime. These stories are about France or the French.

 

Everybody Bonjour

 

Paris a Book of Shapes

 

Anatole

 

Barbar

 

The Cat that Walked Across France

 

Madeline

 

This is Paris

 

The Glorious Flight

 

Am I Small?

 

Monsieur Saguette and his Baguette

 

Paris in the Spring with Picasso

 

 



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5 responses to “French Story Books for Children in English”

  1. Taste of France

    Madeline played a big role in my francophilia. My kid had two copies! I think I can still recite it by heart, so that means it got read a lot.
    This Is Paris was another favorite. I just barely remember the last remnants of that Paris from my first trip; my how it has changed…and yet stayed the same.

  2. Hard to believe but I remember my mother reading Babar the elephant to me when I was a child. And I’m no spring chicken, as they say.

  3. I remember reading Madeline to my first granddaughter when she was a new born still in hospital. Never too young or too old to discover France.
    Thank you so much for the list of favourite books.

  4. jend’isere

    I loved that Babar had text in cursive script, which I thought was against the rules for a printed book.

  5. Thanks for the list. Since my grandson is part French I think I should pick a book of two for him for Christmas.

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