Weekly Book Recommendations from our Library #week6

Every week, our Librarian Renée will share with you some book recommendations for both children and adults. Recommendations are found at Culturethèque Digital library. Register here for the Alliance Française member benefit. Join today!

Weekly Book Recommendations from our Library #week5

Every week, our Librarian Renée will share with you some book recommendations for both children and adults. Recommendations are found at Culturethèque Digital library. Register here for the Alliance Française member benefit. Join today!

Weekly Book Recommendations from our Library #week4

Every week, our Librarian Renée will shared with you some book recommendations for both children and adults. Bonne lecture ! Preschool – 3+ / French Level: Beginner Une touche de by Laurie Cohen and Marjorie Béal Time for a little art refresher. Learn (or remember) all about mixing colors in this fun book that encourages creative exploration. Culturethèque Digital Library, Storyplayr audiobook.

Weekly Book Recommendations from our Library #week3

Every week, our Librarian Renée will shared with you some book recommendations for both children and adults. Bonne lecture ! Preschooler - Ages 3+ Je serai Empereur ! by Tulio Corda, edited by Lirabelle Not satisfied by his mother’s answer to questions about his future, a young chick seeks to convince his barnyard friends that he is destined for greatness. Livre numérique, Culturethèque Digital Library, with Storyplyr audiobook option.

Weekly Book Recommendations from our Library #week2

Every week, our Librarian Renée will shared with you some book recommendations for both children and adults. Bonne lecture ! Preschooler - Ages 3+ La Cuisine de Gudule by Fanny Joly and Rose Capdevila A precocious girl and her baby brother surprise busy parents with a most delicious dinner concoction. Set in simpler-yet-hectic times. Read-aloud. French: beginner/intermediate. Storyplayer Audiobook. Culturethèque Digital Library.

Weekly Book Recommendations from our Library

Every week, our Librarian Renée will shared with you some book recommendations for both children and adults. Bonne lecture ! Preschooler Qui a vu l’ours? by Jean Alessandrini et Sophie Kniffke Preschoolers learn their colors with the help of an adorable white bear. In French, Culturethèque Digital Library, Storyplayer Audiobook.

French Revolution Collection at the Newberry Library – and a Chance to Hone your Translation Skills!

Did you know that a piece of French history sits just steps from the Alliance? Since the early 1960’s, our neighbor, The Newberry Library, has been home to a massive collection of over 38,000 pamphlets published during the French Revolution era. That amounts to over half a million pages! The collection contains everything from issues of well-known Parisian periodicals to more provincial publications, and even court proceedings and music.

Read our interview with Sophie Loubière!

[caption id=“attachment3110” align=“alignleft” width=“231”] _Sophie Loubière[/caption] Sophie Loubière is a French journalist and writer who already published more than ten novels. She is urrently working on a new one, B__loody Coffee and this one will be set in Chicago! Before listening to her next week, come read about her in our exclusive interview;

Library Recommendations: Francophone African Literature

The Brown Médiathèque at the Alliance has a great selection of Francophone novels from Africa. Culturethèque, the online French library, also offers Francophone African literature. Alliance members have FREE access to Culturethèque! Register here. You can browse the online selections for ‘Littérature Afrique du Nord’ here and ‘Littérature Afrique Noire’ here.