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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This was a birthday present: when I found out it was coming out, as I had loved "Le livre qui dort", I asked my parents for it! Watch here a short video I have made to introduce the story, then come back to read the blog and all the ideas! https://youtu.be/vPJA6cT4CpU...

  This is an unlikely love story that the children love - it can be used over and over again! The main character is the cheeky Simon whom you may already know from Caca boudin. Watch this short video introducing the story then come back to this blog!...