Stefan Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Pretty much the same question as asked in the "French books for a teenager" thread.We have a 9 year old boy who delights in "reading" B.Ds and non-fictional works, but he seems unwilling to move on to French fiction. As an interim measure we've tried translated works ( e.g. Harry Potter, Roald Dahl) but we are struggling to find anything genuinely French that will capture his attention. Can anyone suggest any authors and/or titles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 You will be wanting books that are not French translations of English versions...?Go to Amazon France - I cannot at this stage recommend any authors as my son is only 6 and reading from the Ecole Maternelle books distributed to him - but you need books by French authors, not English one's translated into French.Good luckEdit: Here are some authors which might provide food for thought...I would suggest avoiding at all costs the French-Canadian authors purely for the fact that they speak an odd and different type of 'French' ( old-stuck-in-the-past-french ) - just ask the local French here themselves...But try these guys for measure...* Flavia Bujor* Marcel Ayme* Cecile de Brunhoff* Rene Guillot* Claude Violier* Xavier ArmangeHope that helps you...do you not have a local library though...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odile Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 sorry for irrelevance to subject - are you in Le Jura, Jura? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 That's okay, 'irrelevance' is my middle name. No, I am nowhere near it. Although I love that particular region.My name comes from an isle that produces a wonderful bottled product by the same name...A guest brought some last year and shared it [;-)]. Such laughs! [:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 Jura Thanks for the reply, we will indeed check out the local library. Rgds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 If he's into BD why not good old Tintin? If it was good enough for me...Still funny. My nieces and nephews are into him, so it's not just a generation thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Failing that, try Amazon France. We are actually concentrating on english books for our three and six year old right now as we want to establish english as their first language. But we throw in the french books too for good measure.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 The Fnac website has an interactive book selection facility for young readers:http://www.fnac.com/Magazine/livre/guidejeunesse_2008/default.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 My 9 year old daughter loves the Max et Lilli series and also Tom tom et Nana. They are comic strip books and you can get them in all children sections at your local library. The Max et Lilli series are particularly good in that they deal with awkward moments in a young childs life like being shy or having a crush or going to the dentist, divorce etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Forgot to post the links! http://recherche.livre.fnac.com/n22231/Jeunesse-et-Ados/Les-series-des-grands/Max-et-Lilihttp://livre.fnac.com/a1514783/Tom-Tom-et-Nana-T1-Impossible-Nana-Jacqueline-Cohen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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