by Nathalie Paris | Mar 13, 2017 | Book blog, Books, Families, Schools
I love Claude Boujon’s stories so much… Unfortunately few of them are accessible to small children and non-specialist teachers but this one is!! I wish he were still alive to write more… Language of text: French Type of text: picture book Author or...
by Nathalie Paris | Mar 6, 2017 | Book blog, Books, Families, Schools
I came across this book in March 2016 and it is one of my go-to Spanish stories, I love it so much!! Language of text: Spanish Type of text: picture book Author or source: Yaël Vent des Hove Intended age of students: Key Stage 1/2 Source reference: 9788426134646...
by Nathalie Paris | Feb 27, 2017 | Book blog, Books, Families, Schools
Yes, I am still going through books which I fell in love with in Paris in December 16… I met the illustrator there, Vincent Bourgeau… and here is the picture of Mini Miss Paris which he drew for me! Language of text: French Type of text: picture book...
by Nathalie Paris | Feb 13, 2017 | Book blog, Books, Families, Schools
I was not looking for another book, I really wasn’t… However when a friend (Vicky Cooke, in the Facebook group “Languages in Primary Schools”) recommended this one for World Book Day I just felt the urge to order it (I don’t normally buy...
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...
