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My top 5 stories to use around Mothers’ Day (in March in the UK and at the end of May in France)
Please click here if it is resources to celebrate Mother's Day that you are looking for, but if it is stories, please read on! The following stories are not just about mothers but they all celebrate them in their own ways. 1) "Maman!", Mario Ramos - for all ages The...
Snow days: the good, the bad and the ugly
The good: It is beautiful It is fun to play in It saves you money on shopping trips and petrol You can catch up on jobs in the house or plan ahead with work It is lovely and warm inside You can see people helping each other more than they normally might The bad: It...
My top 3 stories to use around Easter
Below are the books I know and recommend you use. There are now 4! Click here for other no-prep Easter activities including videos, a quiz etc. I plan ahead which blogs I am going to write... but when it came to this preparing for this one I realised that I actually...
Derwentside Business Network on 20/02/18: you are not alone!
I really enjoyed delivering my 1st ever business talk. I hope you find some of the links below very useful! I am so grateful for all the support I have already received and look forward to more! YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Useful links! My experience, with thanks to: Gillian...
Un mammouth dans le frigo
I bought this book last November at the South Ken Kids' festival in London (more about the whole event here) where I met the fabulous author and illustrator Matthieu Maudet for the second time. Check out how he signed the book for me below! Language of text: French...
J’habite ici
This is another brilliant story by the Belgian author Michel Van Zeveren who has also written "C'est à moi, ça!" (read more about it here). This is book published by l'école des loisirs; you can read their sypnosis in French here. This hunter thought he lived by...
Les oreilles
I discovered the author Gaëtan Dorémus and this brilliant book, "Les oreilles", at the South Ken Kids Festival at the Institut Français in London in November 2017. I was a volunteer there and he was kind enough, right at the end of a book signing, to make time to sign...
Le loup qui voulait faire le tour du monde
This is the Loup story I read the most on my bus after "Le loup qui voulait changer de couleur" because it is so accessible to children who have done very little French but more proficient learners can really be challenged with it too. It is also...
My top 5 stories to use around Valentine’s Day
None of these stories are exactly about Valentine's Day but they are all original stories about love! Click here for more ideas and free resources to use around "La Saint Valentin", including a very useful video which you can use with the children, and its script. And...




