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2. A beautiful non-
fiction book full of
information about
autumn, in French.
Niveau: intermédiaire

3. A non-fiction book about
autumn and land art, in
French. 1 page with the
picture and the word in
French, 1 page with some
land art.
Tous niveaux

4. For the mushrooms’ s
fans! A living non-fiction
book that you will read
like a story.
Niveau intermédiaire et
avancé.

5. A mix of fiction and non-
fiction book about autumn.
You will follow a little boy who
looks around him and asks a
lot of questions about this
season. Weather, clothes,
vegetables, recipes…
Niveau: intermédiaire et
avancé.

6. A vintage style picture book
about fruits and vegetables,
in French.
A must have before going to
France and shop delicious
food at a typical French
market.
Tous niveaux.

7. A living-book about this
typical autumn fruit: apple, in
French.
Tous niveaux.

8. A living-book about autumn
leaves and all the places and
animals they will be in contact
with, in French.
At the end, a fact files to
delve deeper into the animals
and the trees of this story.
Niveau: intermédiaire.

9. A lovely autumn story by
Kazuo Iwamura. Ideal to
learn/revise the vocabulary
of autumn and family. If you
like this mice family, this
author wrote a whole series
about it.
Niveau: intermédiaire.

10. A stories collection on
autumn.
Niveau: intermédiaire et
avancé.

11. A really funny
book about a
little boy called
Pierre who
doesn’t want to
eat his soup and
a witch called
Cornebidouille
meant to scare
him to death so
he will eat his
soup, but…
Niveau:
intermédiaire et
avancé.

12. A perfect story for
Halloween and for revising
the vocabulary of soup,
potion, physical description
and magic.
Niveau: intermédiaire et
avancé.

13. A French classic stories
collection full of humour,
witches, kind monsters,
goblins, etc...
Niveau: avancé.

14. One of my favourite French story
about witches to read in autumn!
The witch Kroquela is about to
cook some soup, when she
realizes that a lot of ingredients
are missing in her kitchen. So she
decides to ‘borrow’ some from
her neighbours (the little Red
Riding Hood’s grandma, little
Thumb…). Lots of twists, of
vocabulary and humour.
Niveau avancé.

15. The kind and inquisitive witch,
Patou, broke her broomstick
while flying and lands in a
house. From roof to cellar,
Patou will explore it and meet
one character at each floor.
Beautiful llustrations full of
details.
Ideal to revise the vocabulary
of the house and to broaden
your French.
Niveau intermédiaire et avancé.

16. A counting book from 1 to 10 on
a witch and the autumn
weather.
Tous niveaux.

17. Minou, Minou
Minou the cat tells his
friend his trip to Paris.
Great picture book in
French to discover the
main landmarks of the
French capital city and
learn naturally the
perfect tense.
Niveau: intermédiaire et
avancé.

18. Un lion à Paris
It tells the story of a lion who, bored by his
rural life in the savannah, seeks excitement
and opportunity in the city of light. On arrival
in Paris the lion is disappointed to find that
despite his size, people barely pay attention to
him. Beautifully illustrated book about Paris
but also the experience of being a stranger in
a new city and the process of understanding
our own identity.
Niveau: intermédiaire et avancé.

19. La tour Eiffel se balade a Paris
Orianne Lallemand and Eleanore
Thuillier’s famous “loup” has
decided to explore Paris. Follow
him on his discovery of the main
landmarks of the French capital
city!
Niveau: intermédiaire et avancé.

20. Orianne Lallemand and Eleanore
Thuillier’s famous “loup” has
decided to explore Paris. Follow
him on his discovery of the main
landmarks of the French capital
city!
Niveau: intermédiaire et avancé.

21. Dans Paris, il y a…
A surrealist, funny and
delectable poem about Paris by
one of the most famous French
poet, Paul Eluard.
Tous niveaux.

22. Paris s’envole
Tous niveaux
Superb illustrated book (laser cut-outs)
about Paris.

23. A non-fiction book for French native
speakers and young readers about
Paris.
Tous niveaux.

24. A non-fiction book full of
information and quite
detailed about Paris, in
French.
Niveau: avancé.

25. An activity book based
on the non-fiction book
Paris presented in the
previous slide.
Niveau: intermédiaire et avancé.

26. An activity book to
explore Paris’ history.
Niveau: intermédiaire et avancé.

27. An activity book in the
style of where’s Wally
to explore Paris and
know this capital city
inside out.
Niveau: intermédiaire et avancé.

28. Il etait une fois Paris
A non-fiction book about
Paris’ history, from its
foundation to nowadays, in
French.
Niveau: avancé.

29. Les monuments de paris et leurs petites histoires
A non-fiction book about
Paris’ landmarks’ history, in
french. For all the fans of
stories about historic
buildings.
Niveau: avancé.

30. Massamba, le marchand de tours Eiffel
A fiction book, in French, about
Massamba who arrives in Paris
after a difficult journey across
the Mediterranean sea. To
survive, he starts selling mini
Eiffel towers to the tourists
until he discovers the real big
and magnificent Eiffel tower…
Niveau: avancé.

31. L’exploit de Gustave Eiffel
If you want to delve deeper
into the process of the
construction of the Eiffel
tower and follow its inventor,
Gustave Eiffel, this French
fiction book is for you!
Niveau: avancé.

32. The sequel of The Umbrella Mouse by
Anna Fargher. The story takes place in
1944, in Paris. The brave young mouse
Pip Hanway continues fighting for the
French Resistance group Noah's Ark: a
secret gang of animals operating
beneath the feet of human soldiers,
whose aim is to liberate France and
secure the victory of the Allies.

33. A moving wartime story (WWI) by the
celebrated author Timothée de Fombelle
and poetically illustrated by Isabelle
Arsenault. The tale features 5½-year-old
Rosalie, who spends her days at the back of
the one-room school while her mother is off
at work. The older children and the teacher,
a veteran who’s lost an arm, think she’s just
dreaming and drawing pictures, but she’s
actually engaged in a mission: “One day I’ll
be awarded a medal for this. It’s already
gleaming deep within me.” The nature of
that mission comes clear one day when she
sneaks home and discovers that she can
finally read for herself the letters her
father had been sending from the front—
but instead of the optimistic, loving missives
her mother had been “reading” to her, she
discovers them to be dark cries of anguish
and despair. That very day a final letter
arrives…

34. In this emotionally
powerful biography
told in verse,
discover the
incredible life of
Josephine Baker,
the world-famous
entertainer,
activist and French
Resistance agent.
Both the French &
the English versions
are available.

35. Discover the most talented French fantasy author: Christelle Dabos!
If you like fantasy, gripping fiction books and series, these books are for you.
Both the French & the English versions are available. In the French version, the 4th volume is available.

36. Maurice Leblanc is the equivalent of Conan Doyle, in
France.
His famous character, Arsène Lupin, the equivalent of
Sherlock Holmes.
Leblanc's creation, gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, is
everything you would expect from a French aristocrat -
witty, charming, brilliant, sly ... and possibly the greatest
thief in the world.
If you like detective books, solving puzzles and want to
discover a legendary French fictional character, this
book is for you.
When you go to France, don’t miss the lovely town called
Étretat, in Normandy, where you will be able to visit the
museum of Le Clos Lupin and admire the stunning
landscape.

37. This volume contains two adventures which pit the
gentleman thief Arsene Lupin against Sherlock Holmes, the
world's most famous detective. In 'The Blonde Lady',
Holmes must discover the identity of a mysterious female
thief who is linked to Lupin, while in 'The Jewish Lamp' he
finds out that the theft of a lamp containing a precious
jewel conceals an astonishing secret. While their tone is at
times ironic and firmly tongue-in-cheek, the two stories in
Arsene Lupin vs Sherlock Holmes bear all the hallmarks of
classic detective fiction and will put a smile on the lips and
set the pulses racing of all fans of mystery and detective
fiction.

38. The classic series of stories about a cheeky French schoolboy, Nicholas, and his friends.
For you if you like funny stories and mischievous characters. 

39. They were born worlds apart, the wolf from the
Far North and the boy from Yellow Africa. Now all
that separates them is a cage at the zoo. The wolf
has lost much on his journey, including an eye and
his beloved pack. But when he finally consents to
trust the strange, still little boy who has been
watching him - to meet his eye - their lives
intersect with unforgettable results.
Discover this beautiful story and one of the most
translated authors in France, Daniel Pennac.

40. If you like adventure,
heroism, friendship and
survival - with a powerful
ecological message - set in a
captivating miniature world,
these 2 books are for you.
Toby Lolness is just one and
a half millimetres tall, and
he's the most wanted
person in his world, the
great oak Tree. When
Toby's father makes a
ground-breaking discovery,
tapping into the very heart
of the Tree's energy, he
also realises that exploiting
it could do permanent
damage to their world.
Refusing to reveal the
secret of his invention to an
enraged community, the
family is exiled. But one man
is determined to get hold of
the forbidden knowledge...

41. If you like funny comics and would like to
discover the most famous comics’ characters
known by all French people, you must read this
1st volume of a long series about Asterix,
Obelix and their friends.
The year is 50BC, and all Gaul is occupied.
Only one small village of indomitable Gauls still
holds out against the invaders. But how much
longer can Asterix, Obelix and their friends
resist the mighty Roman legions of Julius
Caesar? Anything is possible, with a little
cunning plus the druid Getafix's magic potions!
Their effects can be truly hair-raising...