Oui Oui Gigi: Nuggies: Volume 4 a great book for children learning about world culture, or preparing for a trip abroad to France. Highly recommended.
Browsing: France
Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs, author of Thérèse Makes a Tapestry, loves exploring new places, including France, where she once studied.
Renée Graef has illustrated over seventy books for children, including the Kirsten series in the American Girl collection and many of the My First Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. She splits her time between Los Angeles and Milwaukee.
Madame Tussaud’s Apprentice is a fascinating historical drama. The rich background of revolutionary France provides readers with a fascinating look at that terrifying time.
Manhunt, by Kate Messner, will appeal to middle grade readers who enjoy solving mysteries and who like learning about other countries as well as famous artists and pieces of art.
When I wrote the first notes about my sixteen-year-old detective, Axelle Anderson, I was living in Paris, France, doing a short stint as PA to fashion designer John Galliano (then designing for the fashion house Christian Dior), so the fashion world was more on my mind than ever, and the idea of a fashion mystery took hold straight away.
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book ReviewPublished: May 24, 2013 If You Were Me and Lived in … France: A Child’s Introduction…
TCBR French flavored favorites …
The following books are a great representation of this sweet and thriving time of year.