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PARIS, PROVENCE & THE RIVIERA
For Kids
Mad about Madeline
• Ludwig Bemelmans
• Anna Quindlen
LITERATURE •
2001 •
HARD COVER
• 352 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
This omnibus is a treat indeed: all six of Bemelmans's "Madeline" stories, collected in a single volume. That's 352 pages of Parisian schoolgirls, poor beset Miss Clavell and (could we ever forget him?) Pepito, the Spanish ambassador's irrepressible son. Ludwig Bemelmans wrote the Madeline books with very young readers in mind, yet here we are all full-grown adults -- and we still love Madeline!
(FRN327, $35.00) |
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This is Paris
• Miroslav Sasek
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 64 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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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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 middle 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 •
2000 •
HARD COVER
• 238 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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. The teenaged Marie is almost of marrying age, and the future is full of possibility. An entry in Scholastic's "Princess Diaries" series, for ages 9 to 12. The book is designed to feel like a real princess's diary, with gold-embossed pages and a sturdy binding.
(FRN342, $10.99) |
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The Family Under the Bridge
• Natalie Savage Carlson
• Garth Williams
LITERATURE •
1989 •
PAPER
• 123 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
Armand was a hobo back in the days when hoboes threw Christmas parties -- and were Parisian! This charming, wonderfully human story recounts the Parisian adventures of Armand and the three homeless children who made him shed his grumpy ways. It won a Newbery Medal. With illustrations by Garth Williams, of "Little House" book fame. Ages 9-12.
(FRN313, $5.99) |
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Vero and Philippe
• Caroline Hatton
• Preston McDaniels
LITERATURE •
2001 •
HARD COVER
• 120 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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. The big city is a new and daunting place, but the Vo children are irrepressible, and they soon make all of Paris their playground. This book -- geared for middle readers -- is published by the good people at Cricket Magazine.
(FRN323, $14.95) |
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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) |
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The Red Balloon
• Albert LaMorisse
LITERATURE •
1976 •
PAPER
• 44 PAGES
• FAMILY
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. It's captivating visual storytelling, popularized in French-language classes throughout the world. Ah, Paris! Ah, mon ballon rouge!
(FRN326, $12.95) |
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