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This book truly is my "coup de coeur" of the summer... and I looked at (and bought!) a lot of books during my 3 and half weeks in France!! I read it in a book shop in Annecy... and couldn't help laughing out loud... twice!! I knew then I had to buy it!! What attracted...

Is there a book that you feel I should know and write about it? Please tell me about it in the comments! You will find below a list of all the books I have recommended so far and written about. This list will be updated regularly, so please keep checking it.  ...

I can’t believe I haven’t written a blog about this book before ! It is the story which got me where I am today... I had been sharing it with Y1-Y6 in a local school as part of their French day in June 2014 and told the head teacher how much I had enjoyed it... to...

Finally, this is our first blog about a German story book! You may not know that my degree is with the university of Lille in English & German; however I have unfortunately not taught German on a regular basis since 2003; I do like to share German stories on...

This is an authentic, cute and very accessible (repetitive) story which will come in very handy if you are doing work about how things grow... or will be great just as a treat too!   Language of text: French Author or source: Eric Battut; Didier Jeunesse Intended...

When my daughter got this book as a present, it really made me smile and we enjoyed sharing it... even though of course I was the perfect little girl!!! Language of text: French Author or source: Valérie Larrondo, Claudine Desmarteau; Seuil Jeunesse Intended age of...

I thought that this week I would recommend the series of books with Berthe in them in case some of you weren't aware of them or hadn't used them for a while... I find them very useful! Language of text : French Author or source : Gwen Brookes Intended age of...

As it is my 14th book blog (wow, I can't believe I have written so many already!) I hope you will forgive me for going back to one of my favourite charaters ever, Loup. Let's be honest... Je l'adore  !! I actually have 17 copies of this book available on loan if...

This is my 1st ever blog on a Spanish story! If you know me, you will be aware that I am French and did my degree in English and German; I only started learning Spanish in February 2014 so am not a specialist; however I taught Spanish at KS2 for 5 years and I love...