Anni's Diary of France  •  Anni Axworthy TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 32 PAGES • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) Taking the form of an illustrated diary, this book is a lively record of a family trip to France, featuring food, art and history. Illustrations, photographs and informative text crowd the scrapbook-style pages. Written for young readers ages 8-10. (FRN46, $6.95)
Cathedral, The Story of its Construction  •  David MacAulay ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1973 •  HARD COVER  • 77 PAGES • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) In this illuminating book for young readers, master draughtsman MacAulay presents text and innovative drawings that detail the planning and construction of a 13th-century Gothic cathedral. It's a masterpiece. (EUR24, $18.00)
Kids French Picture Dictionary  •  Inc. Berlitz International LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2003 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) 1,000 words central to a child's everyday life -- animals, flowers, people, colors, numbers and activities -- teach even the youngest readers French. Each word is illustrated and accompanied by a phonetic transcription and phrase. (FRN391, $12.95)
Learn French Together  •  Living Language LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2006 •  BOXED • FAMILY These multimedia boxed sets feature CDs, games, srickers and adorable illustrations to help kids and parents pick up a new language together. (FRN622, $22.95)
The Little Prince  •  Antoine de Saint Exupery  •  Richard Howard LITERATURE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 83 PAGES • FAMILY Antoine de Saint-Exupery's modern fable, enshrined in the hearts of thousands, is re-translated by Richard Howard. First published in 1943, "Le Petit Prince" tells of a naif extraterrestrial waif who wanders from planet to planet, learning wisdom as he goes. Though not set in France, it's a French classic. (FRN361, $10.00)
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver  •  E.L. Konigsburg LITERATURE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 208 PAGES • YOUNG ADULTS A marvelous fictionalized portrait of Eleanor of Aquitaine who was queen of France and England successively, traveler to Constantinople, wife of a future saint, mother of Richard the Lionheart and for 15 years a prisoner of the English Crown. E.L. Konigsburg's irreverent, feminist, educational young-adult novel begins on a cloud in heaven, where Eleanor is awaiting the induction into heaven of her husband Henry II of England, who has spent the last 800 years in -- well -- not in heaven, at any rate. The rest of the book is a flashback. (GBR245, $5.99)
The Red Keep: A Story of Burgundy in Year 1165  •  Allen French  •  Andew Wyeth LITERATURE •  1997 •  PAPER  • 370 PAGES • YOUNG ADULTS A classic tale of knights and robbers in the French countryside for young adults, much enhanced by Andrew Wyeth's incomparable illustrations. (FRN81, $15.95)