PICTURE BOOKS
BH 1-124 French Nursery Rhymes
♥ Abroad by Thomas Crane (1882)
A delightful picture-poetry book of an outing to France.
♦ $ Beauty and the Beast ill. by Craft
♦ $ Beauty and the Beast by Carol Heyer
Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast
$ Beauty and the Beast ill. by Michael Hague
$ Beauty and the Beast ill. by Ruth Sanderson
♦ $ Cinderella ill. by Ruth Sanderson
♦ $ Joan of Arc by Josephine Poole
♦ $ Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans (1939)
$ Madeline's Rescue
♦ $ Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
One day, a mysterious stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateau—a sad-faced stranger, who keeps to himself. When the widow’s daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it.
But Mirette doesn’t know that the stranger was once the Great Bellini—master wire-walker. Or that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear. And it is she who must teach him courage once again.
$ Puss 'n' Boots ill. by Jerry Pinkney
$ Sleeping Beauty ill. by Craft
Gorgeous illustrations.
$ The Sleeping Beauty ill. by Ruth Sanderson
$ The Clown of God by Tomie dePaola
The retelling of an old French legend where a juggler offers the only gift he has to the Christ Child at Christmas..
$ The King's Day by Aliki
A look at the lavish life of King Louis XIV at Versailles.
♦ $ The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant by Jean de Brunhoff (1931)
Classic story of the orphaned elephant who is taken in by the kindly Old Lady, who educates him and sends him home where he is made King of the Elephants.
A delightful picture-poetry book of an outing to France.
♦ $ Beauty and the Beast ill. by Craft
♦ $ Beauty and the Beast by Carol Heyer
Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast
$ Beauty and the Beast ill. by Michael Hague
$ Beauty and the Beast ill. by Ruth Sanderson
♦ $ Cinderella ill. by Ruth Sanderson
- $ ill. by Craft
♦ $ Joan of Arc by Josephine Poole
♦ $ Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans (1939)
$ Madeline's Rescue
♦ $ Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
One day, a mysterious stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateau—a sad-faced stranger, who keeps to himself. When the widow’s daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it.
But Mirette doesn’t know that the stranger was once the Great Bellini—master wire-walker. Or that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear. And it is she who must teach him courage once again.
$ Puss 'n' Boots ill. by Jerry Pinkney
$ Sleeping Beauty ill. by Craft
Gorgeous illustrations.
$ The Sleeping Beauty ill. by Ruth Sanderson
$ The Clown of God by Tomie dePaola
The retelling of an old French legend where a juggler offers the only gift he has to the Christ Child at Christmas..
$ The King's Day by Aliki
A look at the lavish life of King Louis XIV at Versailles.
♦ $ The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant by Jean de Brunhoff (1931)
Classic story of the orphaned elephant who is taken in by the kindly Old Lady, who educates him and sends him home where he is made King of the Elephants.
BEGINNING READERS
$ Discovery in the Cave by Mark Dubowski
This amazing true adventure story about the discovery of the Lascaux Cave will have young readers feeling that they've discovered something pretty special, too! Step Into Reading Level 4
$ Joan of Arc by Shana Corey
Step Into Reading Level 4
♦ Now You Can Read Sleeping Beauty
This amazing true adventure story about the discovery of the Lascaux Cave will have young readers feeling that they've discovered something pretty special, too! Step Into Reading Level 4
$ Joan of Arc by Shana Corey
Step Into Reading Level 4
♦ Now You Can Read Sleeping Beauty
IMAGINATIVE
FC S3-1 French Fairy Tales
FC S11-109 Lampblack
FC S11-109 Lampblack
BH 3-114 The Honest Woodman
BH 4-12 Cinderella
BH 6-11 The Sleeping Beauty
BH 6-184 The Fairyland of Science
BH 4-12 Cinderella
BH 6-11 The Sleeping Beauty
BH 6-184 The Fairyland of Science
JC 1-54 Cinderella
JC 2-120 Sleeping Beauty in the Wood
JC 2-130 Puss in Boots
JC 2-120 Sleeping Beauty in the Wood
JC 2-130 Puss in Boots
♦ Favorite Fairy Tales Told in France by Virginia Haviland
♥ Favourite French Fairy Tales by Barbara Douglas (1921)
♥ French Fairy Tales trans. by M. Cary (1903) Ill. by E. Boyd Smith
♥ Old French Fairy Tales by Sophie Segur (1920)
♦ The Blue Bird Retold from an Old French Fairy Tale by Madame d’Aulnoy (1938)
♥ The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault (1922 edition)
► ♥ The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French by Arthur Quiller-Couch (1910)
♥ Favourite French Fairy Tales by Barbara Douglas (1921)
♥ French Fairy Tales trans. by M. Cary (1903) Ill. by E. Boyd Smith
♥ Old French Fairy Tales by Sophie Segur (1920)
♦ The Blue Bird Retold from an Old French Fairy Tale by Madame d’Aulnoy (1938)
♥ The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault (1922 edition)
► ♥ The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French by Arthur Quiller-Couch (1910)
LEGENDARY/EPIC HEROES
FC S5-259 Roland
FC S6-93 Roland and the Jewel
FC S6-93 Roland and the Jewel
BH 7-173 The Knights of the Silver Shield
BH 10-38 The Song of Roland
BH 10-38 The Song of Roland
JC 7-219 The Death of Roland
♥ Page, Esquire and Knight by Marion Lansing (1910)
Roland, A Knight of France pp. 79-102, simple retelling for children.
Roland, A Knight of France pp. 79-102, simple retelling for children.
CULTURAL
FC S1-11 Julius Adam
FC S1-101 Madame LeBrun
FC S1-103 Ronner
FC S1-114 Rosa Bonheur
FC S1-137 Bouguereau
FC S1-140 Millet
FC S1-200 Le Page
FC S1-207 Emile Renouf
FC S1-212 Corot
FC OC5 Our Little French Cousin
FC OC17 The French Twins
FC S1-101 Madame LeBrun
FC S1-103 Ronner
FC S1-114 Rosa Bonheur
FC S1-137 Bouguereau
FC S1-140 Millet
FC S1-200 Le Page
FC S1-207 Emile Renouf
FC S1-212 Corot
FC OC5 Our Little French Cousin
FC OC17 The French Twins
♥ Little Jeanne of France by Madeline Brandeis
"To every child of every land . . . may you learn to love each other."
♥ Our Little French Cousin by Blanche McManus
Something of the daily life of a little French girl living in a Norman village.
♥ The French Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins (1918)
"The Twin books helps one feel that children all over the world are really like one's own twin brother or sister."
"To every child of every land . . . may you learn to love each other."
♥ Our Little French Cousin by Blanche McManus
Something of the daily life of a little French girl living in a Norman village.
♥ The French Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins (1918)
"The Twin books helps one feel that children all over the world are really like one's own twin brother or sister."
CLASSIC LITERATURE
FC S11-349 The Good Bishop from Les Miserables
BH 10-165 As You Like It by Shakespeare
FICTION
JC 1-287 Susanna's Auction
JC 3-330 Twenty-One Balloons
At the age of 66, Professor William Waterman Sherman decided he needed a rest from teaching arithmetic. So he built himself a huge balloon and set off on a trip, leaving his destination to the winds. Naturally, he ran into trouble right away.
JC 3-330 Twenty-One Balloons
At the age of 66, Professor William Waterman Sherman decided he needed a rest from teaching arithmetic. So he built himself a huge balloon and set off on a trip, leaving his destination to the winds. Naturally, he ran into trouble right away.
♦ $ The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson
Warm story of an old Parisian who is taken in and loved by a family.
♦ $ The Happy Orpheline by Natalie Savage Carlson (1957)
A story of love and friendship among a group of French orphans.
♦ $ The Little Prince by Antoine de St. Exupery
Classic fable of love and loneliness.
♦ $ Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois
Professor William Waterman Sherman intends to fly across the Pacific Ocean. But through a twist of fate, he lands on Krakatoa, and discovers a world of unimaginable wealth, eccentric inhabitants, and incredible balloon inventions.Winner of the 1948 Newbery Medal
Warm story of an old Parisian who is taken in and loved by a family.
♦ $ The Happy Orpheline by Natalie Savage Carlson (1957)
A story of love and friendship among a group of French orphans.
♦ $ The Little Prince by Antoine de St. Exupery
Classic fable of love and loneliness.
♦ $ Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois
Professor William Waterman Sherman intends to fly across the Pacific Ocean. But through a twist of fate, he lands on Krakatoa, and discovers a world of unimaginable wealth, eccentric inhabitants, and incredible balloon inventions.Winner of the 1948 Newbery Medal
HISTORICAL
BH 10-98 Joan of Arc
♦ $ Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley
Against the fascinating tapestry of Frances history during the Hundred Years' War, Diane Stanley unfolds the story of the simple thirteen-year-old village girl who in Just a few years would lead France to independence from English rule, and thus become a symbol of France's national pride. It is a story of vision and bravery, fierce determination, and tragic martyrdom.
♦ $ Joan of Arc, The Lily Maid by Margaret Hodges
Against the fascinating tapestry of Frances history during the Hundred Years' War, Diane Stanley unfolds the story of the simple thirteen-year-old village girl who in Just a few years would lead France to independence from English rule, and thus become a symbol of France's national pride. It is a story of vision and bravery, fierce determination, and tragic martyrdom.
♦ $ Joan of Arc, The Lily Maid by Margaret Hodges
HISTORICAL FICTION
FC S9-101 The Story of Gilbert, the Page
$ Huguenot Garden by Douglas Jones
The daily adventures of two young twin sisters in a 17th century French protestant family. It's a story of faith and persecution for that faith.
► Weiss, Jim, The Three Musketeers
The daily adventures of two young twin sisters in a 17th century French protestant family. It's a story of faith and persecution for that faith.
► Weiss, Jim, The Three Musketeers
BIOGRAPHIES
FC S6-29 Bonheur
FC S6-243 Jean Francois Millet
FC S6-251 The Little Corporal
FC S11-175 Boy Who Conquered Fire
FC S11-211 Boy Who Could Give Up
FC G2-267 Claude Lorraine
FC G2-313 Bonheur
FC G2-321 Bonheur
FC S6-243 Jean Francois Millet
FC S6-251 The Little Corporal
FC S11-175 Boy Who Conquered Fire
FC S11-211 Boy Who Could Give Up
FC G2-267 Claude Lorraine
FC G2-313 Bonheur
FC G2-321 Bonheur
JC 8-251 The Discovery of Radium: Madame Curie
♦ $ Louis Braille by Margaret Davidson
The blind French boy who invented books for the blind. Includes Braille alphabet on the cover. Your kids can create their own braille pages by gluing split peas on a piece of paper.
♦ Millet Tilled the Soil by Opal Wheeler
♦ Rosa Bonheur: Her Life by Catherine Owens Peare
The story of the French artist who loved animals.
♦ $ The Story of Louis Pasteur by Alida Sims Malkus
A Signature Biography
♦ $ The Story of Madame Curie by Alice Thorne
A Signature Biography
The blind French boy who invented books for the blind. Includes Braille alphabet on the cover. Your kids can create their own braille pages by gluing split peas on a piece of paper.
♦ Millet Tilled the Soil by Opal Wheeler
♦ Rosa Bonheur: Her Life by Catherine Owens Peare
The story of the French artist who loved animals.
♦ $ The Story of Louis Pasteur by Alida Sims Malkus
A Signature Biography
♦ $ The Story of Madame Curie by Alice Thorne
A Signature Biography