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Anni's Diary of France
• Anni Axworthy
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Taking the form of an illustrated diary, this book is a lively record of a family trip to France, featuring food, art and history. Written for young readers ages 8-10.
(FRN46, $6.95)
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Around the World in Eighty Days
• Jules Verne
• Barry Moser
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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The classic odyssey in an illustrated edition.
(GEN32, $25.99)
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Bel Ria, Dog of War
• Sheila Burnford
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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In the summer of 1940, a performing dog whose gypsy owner has been killed by the Nazis wanders through war-torn Europe, affecting the lives of the humans he encounters. A moving tale for readers aged 10 and up.
(FRN621, $17.95)
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Bonjour France! Absolutely Everything You Need to Know to Enjoy Your Holiday in France
• Rebecca Welby
• GUIDEBOOK
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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(FRN616, $16.95)
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Cathedral, The Story of its Construction
• David MacAulay
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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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)
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Eyewitness Art: Monet
• Jude Welton
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A slim, oversize biography of the painter for middle schoolers featuring hundreds of drawings and color reproductions of his most famous work.
(GEN192, $15.99)
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Eyewitness: Impressionism
• Jude Welton
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A visual survey of Impressionism for kids ages 9-12, including hundreds of images and ingeniously arranged facts.
(GEN194, $15.99)
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The Family Under the Bridge
• Natalie Savage Carlson
• Garth Williams
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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This Newbery Medal winning book is a charming, wonderfully human story recounting the Parisian adventures of the hobo Armand and the three homeless children who make him shed his grumpy ways. Ages 9-12.
(FRN313, $5.99)
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I Is Someone Else
• Patrick Cooper
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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Set in 1966, fifteen-year-old Stephen embarks on a search for his missing brother that takes him on a cross-continental journey and forces him to address his own dark past.
(ASA57, $6.50)
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Kids French Picture Dictionary
• Inc. Berlitz International
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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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.
(FRN391, $12.95)
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The King in the Window
• Adam Gopnik
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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Classic Parisian settings are thrown into an otherworldly light as the adventures of 12-year-old Oliver and the Window Wraiths unfold, with many historical figures making appearances throughout. Fun and absorbing.
(FRN540, $9.99)
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Learn French Together
• Living Language
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
• FAMILY
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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)
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Linnea in Monet's Garden
• Christina Bjork
• Lena Anderson
• Joan Sandin
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A very floral introduction to the art of Monet and his Impressionist circle for children ages 5 to 8. Linnea and her neighbor frolic in Monet's garden at Giverny and look at Impressionist paintings in Paris.
(FRN312, $16.00)
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The Little Prince
• Antoine de Saint Exupery
• Richard Howard
• LITERATURE
• FAMILY
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery's modern fable, enshrined in the hearts of many. First published in 1943, it tells of a naif extraterrestrial who wanders from planet to planet, learning wisdom as he goes.
(FRN361, $10.00)
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Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles (Austria-Hungary, 1769)
• Kathryn Lasky
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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The ill-fated future queen of France records life at the Habsburg palace in Austria in this novel-in-diary-format, written by the reliably excellent children's author Kathryn Lasky.
(FRN342, $10.95)
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Pardon My French
• Cathy Hapka
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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Missing her boyfriend, Nicole is lonely in the City of Lights when she studies abroad. But with the help of some new friends -- and a handsome Frenchman -- she might change her mind. In the S.A.S.S. series.
(FRN617, $6.99)
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A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
• E.L. Konigsburg
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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A marvelous young adult novel 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.
(GBR245, $5.99)
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The Ramsay Scallop
• Frances Temple
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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A young husband- and wife-to-be take a pilgrimage France and Spain in the year 1299. It's a sprawling young adult novel for those with a taste for historical fiction.
(FRN389, $7.00)
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The Red Keep: A Story of Burgundy in Year 1165
• Allen French
• Andew Wyeth
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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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)
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
• Baroness Orczy
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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Wildly popular since his debut in 1903, the man known as the Scarlet Pimpernel is a foppy English lord by day and a daring genius by night. Here's the rip-roaring classic, set during the French Revolution.
(FRN363, $9.95)
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This is Paris
• Miroslav Sasek
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A classic portrait of Paris for children. First published in 1958, this is a facsimile edition of Sasek's charming original. The Louvre, Eiffel Tower and other famed attractions are depicted with bright, stylized illustrations. Ages 4-8.
(FRN466, $17.95)
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The Three Musketeers
• Alexandre Dumas
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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This French standard is page-turning fare for young adults, who'll stay up 'til the wee hours to find out what became of D'Artagnan, Aramis, Athos, Porthos and the nefarious Lady DeWinter
(FRN362, $12.95)
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Vincent Van Gogh, Portrait of an Artist
• Sandra Jordan
• Jan Greenberg
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A compassionate, unsensationalistic biography, well written and geared for kids ages 9-12. With an eight-page insert of color reproductions.
(NTH60, $6.99)
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The Yellow House, Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin Side by Side
• Susan Goldman Rubin
• Joseph A. Smith
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An illustrated book depicting the two months Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin spent together in Provence. Intended for children, but appropriate for anyone with an interest in the painters and their friendship.
(FRN285, $18.95)
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