I bought 'Le Livre' on my single visit to a book shop in France in the summer of 2021. I was looking for inspiration as I had just got a new role as "reading ambassador". It jumped at me and is just great! You can watch a short introductory video above on YouTube.Le...

The Paris pop up book was a present to me quite a few years ago, before I even went to my 1st book festival in Montreuil, but that is where it came from: my cousin met the author and I got my own personalised extra 3D monument to go with the book! You can see it in...

I bought this great book from Little Linguist in the summer of 2021. You may have noticed that I did order quite a few then! - click here to get your own copy. I was looking for a book that I could use with little ones (2-5 year olds) when I had them for a...

I bought this great book from Little Linguist during summer  2021 - click here to get your own copy! I loved the original "Petit poisson blanc" story (click here for my blog on it) and really like books where numbers are introduced or revisited in context. If you are...

I bought this adorable book, La chauve-souris, from Little Linguist in the summer of 2021 - click here to get your own copy! Name: La chauve-souris Language of text: French Type of text: pop up picture book Author or source: Kimiko, published by l'école des loisirs...

I bought this book, Dans ta tête,  in the summer of 2021 - I am a big fan of Matthieu Maudet's work, so if you like this book, do click here to check out others that I have written blogs on!Name: Dans ta tête Language of text: FrenchType of text: picture bookAuthor or...

I have decided to include non-fiction picture books in my recommendations, as they are so important too. It is not all about stories! First up: a book about handball, because it is a sport that is so popular in France and on the continent but not so well known in...