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Mad about Madeline
• Ludwig Bemelmans
• Anna Quindlen
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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This omnibus is a treat indeed: all six of Bemelmans's "Madeline" stories, collected in a single volume.
(FRN327, $35.00)
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This is Paris
• Miroslav Sasek
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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First published in 1958, this is a facsimile edition of Sasek's classic portrait of Paris for children. The Louvre, Eiffel Tower and other attractions are depicted with bright, stylized illustrations. Ages 4-8.
(FRN466, $17.95)
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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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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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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, $10.99)
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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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Vero and Philippe
• Caroline Hatton
• Preston McDaniels
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An episodic, unassuming book about the exploits of Veronique Vo and her haughty older brother Philippe, Vietnamese-French children who have recently moved from Normandy to Paris.
(FRN323, $14.95)
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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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A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
• E.L. Konigsburg
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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A marvelous fictionalized portrait of Eleanor of Aquitaine, 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. For young adults.
(GBR245, $5.99)
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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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The Red Balloon
• Albert LaMorisse
• LITERATURE
• FAMILY
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The boy and the balloon traipse through Paris, until finally the balloon takes flight high, high above the rooftops. This abiding children's classic consists of still images (taken from the "Red Balloon" movie, shot in Paris) and no text.
(FRN326, $12.95)
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