by Nathalie Paris | Feb 6, 2017 | Book blog, Books, Families, Schools
What Soledad (the illustrator) didn’t tell me when I met her in Paris in December is that Lili, who wrote the text for this book, is her 14-year old daughter! Great collaborative work!! To be fair she had a bad back that day and looked very uncomfortable sitting down...
by Nathalie Paris | Jan 30, 2017 | Book blog, Books, Families, Schools
One Saturday, at a meet up of the Francophones de Newcastle I saw a little boy wearing this t-shirt. I knew it was from a book I had ; it took me a couple of minutes to remember which one then I was so excited I went over to him and said : “Je mangerais bien un...
by Nathalie Paris | Jan 25, 2017 | Events, General blog, Schools
You will find in the presentation below, which I did at the Durham primary languages network on 23 Jan 2017, a list and links to various schemes of work available KS2: some free, some available for a one-off fee and others on subscription. Please do let me know if...
by Nathalie Paris | Jan 25, 2017 | Books, Events, Schools
You will find below a presentation about why we should use authentic resources, where we can get them from (cheaply!) and lots of ideas on what to do with them! Authentic resources Durham primary network 25117
by Nathalie Paris | Jan 23, 2017 | Book blog, Books, Families, Schools
Before I met him in Paris, I knew I likes Matthieu Maudet’s illustrations (check out “Les orteils n’ont pas de nom” & “Bonjour docteur” as well as others here); however I didn’t know he wrote stories of his own! Here is...
