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| rmel Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4022 days ago 20 posts - 24 votes Studies: French, Russian | Message 1 of 12 15 April 2013 at 1:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi I am learning French and want to improve my grammar. Could anyone recommend a
children'a author who wrote originally in French. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 emk Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5313 days ago 2615 posts - 8806 votes  Speaks: English*, FrenchB2 Studies: Spanish, Ancient Egyptian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 12 15 April 2013 at 1:56pm | IP Logged | ||
A few titles to consider. These are all personal favorites: - Le Petit Prince. A famous classic, translated countless times. A decent challenge at the intermediate level. Available in a Kindle edition, with a French-to-French dictionary. - L'Homme qui plantait des arbres. A fun (fictional) story about a man who planted trees. Relatively easy. - Nassim et Nassima. The story of a boy and a girl who grow up together in Afghanistan. Aimed at native 8-year-olds. The rest of this series is supposed to be quite good. - Je mangerais bien un enfant. For bedtime reading to 4-year-olds with a slightly twisted sense of humor. It's about a young crocodile who won't eat his bananas—and who is therefore too small to eat incautious children at the riverside. Very short. - Also check out bandes dessinées, which are French graphic novels for all ages. I've got lots of reviews to get you started. Look at Tintin, Persepolis or—if you like sci-fi—Les Mondes d'Aldébarran. Enjoy reading in French! Edited by emk on 15 April 2013 at 2:11pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| freakyaye Senior Member Australia Joined 4619 days ago 107 posts - 152 votes | Message 3 of 12 16 April 2013 at 2:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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http://www.childrensbooksforever.com/
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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4790 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 4 of 12 16 April 2013 at 10:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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Two authors I like:
Erik l'Homme (for example a trilogie Le Livre des Étoiles) Évelyne Brisou-Pellen both are good, not too complicated, real French. And they are not boring despite being aimed for children of 12 years or so. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 4990 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 12 17 April 2013 at 12:53am | IP Logged | ||
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Welcome to the forums, Rmel. I don't know how much it'll improve your French grammar as such, but
Le Petit Nicolas, by René Goscinny, will give you many hours of reading pleasure. I have a short post #14 on it. You may also find the rest of the "Youthbooks" thread of interest. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6986 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 6 of 12 17 April 2013 at 2:30am | IP Logged | ||
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There are a lot of Free French Audiobooks for young people. Every book has a link to its text.
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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4690 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 7 of 12 02 May 2013 at 8:48pm | IP Logged | ||
Unfortunately, this link doesn't take you to the actual book, but to a sort of "Cliff Notes" version, known as "Fiche de lecture". The link to the real book is L'Homme Qui Plantait DES Arbres. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5380 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes | Message 8 of 12 03 May 2013 at 2:43am | IP Logged | ||
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If you are a beginner in reading French, I would propose the books written by the Comtesse de Ségur. They are really easy and entertaining, if you love a certain old-fashioned flavour. The language is not noticebly dated, I think.
I enjoyed recently listening to her "Les deux nigauds", a story of two snobbish children from the countryside, who learned the hard way of life in Paris. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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