Many thanks to all who offered suggestions for children's books in French!! Here is
my original post:
I am looking for favorite children's books published in either French or French and
English. If you have suggestions of where I could buy these materials, please let
me know! I am going to Haiti the first week of April to host a workshop for
teachers and would like to take books written in a language in which they are
familiar. I will post a hit.
Thank you!
Elizabeth Stitsinger
Media Specialist
Club Boulevard Humanities Magnet
Durham Public Schools
919-560-3918 ext. 18226
elizabeth.stitsinger@dpsnc.net <mailto:elizabeth.stitsinger@dpsnc.net>
You'd be better off with books in Haitian Creole, I'd think. I know French books
published in Canada ( for Quebec ) often have different colloquialisms, and
vocabulary, than French books from France.
On Amazon.com, go to Books and then to Advanced Search...one of the options is to
search for books in a particular language. I found a couple Dr. Seuss books in my
test search with it. Just double-check on the book's actual page that the language
is French before you order.
Your local Borders or Barnes & Nobles might have a few titles - I've found them
occasionally in the children's section. If you contact your Scholastic rep, you
might be able to get several titles from them. I have found whole cases of French
titles when I go to my local Scholastic warehouse sales. Also, you might still have
enough time to order from amazon.fr.
I bought mine off of Ebay.
Try Scholastic Canada... they have a lot of books in French.
http://www.scholastic.ca/editions/ <http://www.scholastic.ca/editions/>
I have a collection that I started with books at the Louvre book shop. I added it
to it with books from Amazon.com. Many American stories are in French now. One of
my favorites is Bon Soir Lune. Another is Madeleine. My kids in school loved them.
You might try E-Bay. They seem to have quite a few foreign-language books.
You might also try ordering from Amazon in France. If you search by author, rather
than title, you can pull up French translations of things like E.B. White's
Charlotte's Web. With a credit card you can buy online.
www.amazon.fr <http://www.amazon.fr>
How about COntinental Books at http://www.continentalbook.com/
<http://www.continentalbook.com/>
The obvious le petit prince ...
Look at shens.com. These are old but kids still like Astérix, Lucky Luke etc. You
can get Harry Potter in French.
Try Follett's Titlewave and search in French
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