Bilingual Fairy Tales in French and English: A Story Collection from Charles Perrault and James Planché

I am now 2 years deep in the journey of learning French myself and teaching it at my homeschool co-op. I've found on-the-go kindle reads to be a great fit for improving my language skills, and choosing scrolling stories and guides over social media. I decided to snag these fairy tales in French and English because I felt it would be a good choice for my co-op lessons. The children already know many of the tales in this text as the selection is a nice mix of common and unique stories. We have read them through the lens of other cultures prior, as well, which will make this next material less obscure. It was a perfect choice, as I imagine their innate knowledge of the stories will make digesting it in french that much simpler. I went through the book to ensure it's what I was looking for before planning lessons around it, and as a moderate speaker/reader, I highly suggest this to even novice students hoping to sharpen their French reading skills. The way the stories are organized makes retention and practical application possible, even for young audiences! I also found the audio files for the kindle version to be SO useful in a group and personal setting. This takes reading comprehension a bit further and enhances speaking/listening capacity without the repetitive annoyance one can find in an online language class. If you got the kindle version, again, MAKE SURE TO GET THOSE DOWNLOADS. They are available right at the front of the book, and especially if you're learning for application, is it the way to go. Books like these are really what learning a new language should be like. Fun, relatable, familiar, applicable, versatile. Looking forward to sharing these stories with my students!

Helpful to have English and French next to each other for reference. Good resource when reading stories to my kids.

The idea of stories, especially those not known in the US is good, but this is for my granddaughter for Christmas, so I haven't used it yet. Her mom will have to download the audio. I like that. However, I wish the presentation could be a little more attractive for children, and maybe some stickers could be added per story to make it more interactive. Highlighting some word in English and their French translation could be useful.

As someone who has been interested in the origins of fairy tales and has also been studying French off and on, this book will help me approach my French language-learning more immersively.

This was a great book and I'm glad I got it. The introduction was a beautiful way to start off and I agree with it. The artwork is very engaging for children especially and it's a great way to learn french since my family and I have just started wanting to learn recently. The audio was a great bonus because I can play it for my children while preparing a meal which helps. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn French and anyone who enjoys family time with great stories.

Description says this is suitable for children of all ages but the very first fairy tale "Blue Beard" is super violent, about a man who kills women.

Very nice layout and flow, helps to see both languages and help to remember vocabulary.

So much fun to read to my grandchild who is learning French. And although my own French is very stale, this format made it easy to pronounce and animate my out loud performances with him.

L'ouvrage est destiné à la lecture, de préférence aidée par les parents, de récits et contes bien connus. Les illustrations laissent à désirer. Le livre conviendra à des enfants de 12-13 ans ou de petits adolescents.

Its a great way to learn, I find it very interesting to read. To see phrases and words in a different context.

I was disappointed there were no coloured pictures in this book

Enjoyed my purchase

Loved the Charles Perrault tales growing up in France, so I bought this for my friend's 9 year old son who's learning French here in the UK. He read the whole thing in two days and kept telling me the new words he learned the next time I saw him. Glad I bought this.