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Locating French Children's Books
To find children's books written in French, go to the library catalog and do a Subject search for French language books -- Juvenile fiction.
Books can be found on the second floor of the Library in the Youth Collection. The first part of the call number will indicate the collection:
- BOARD = Board Book Collection
- PICTURE = Picture Book Collection
- CHAPTER = Chapter Book Collection
- YOUNG ADULT = Young Adult Collection
Bilingual Books
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L'ours a la Maison = Bear at Home
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Call Number: PICTURE SCI/ANIMALS / BLACKSTONE, S. / BEAR AT HOMEBear gives a tour through each room in his house, describing what he likes, such as the comfortable chair in the study. -
L'Ours au Soleil = Bear in Sunshine
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Call Number: PICTURE SCI/ANIMALS / BLACKSTONE, S. / BEAR IN SUN.Bear likes to play in all kinds of weather. -
Boucle d'Or et les Trois Ours = Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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Call Number: PICTURE FOLKTALES / LOMBA, A. / GOLDILOCKSGoldilocks comes across a cottage in the woods and explores. -
Hiéronyme de Carmot et Ses Drôles d'Animaux = Hiéronyme Betts and His Unusual Pets
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FAMILIES / ROBERTSON, M. / HIÉRONYMEHieronymus Betts lives with some very unusual pets. All are dreadfully disgusting, but Hieronymus knows of something slimier than the Slugapotamus, more gruesome than the grizzly hare, and greedier than the Saber-Toothed Rhino Toad . . . and it's living right in his house!
Picture Books
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L'Arbre Genereux [The Giving Tree]
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Call Number: PICTURE FAVORITES / SILVERSTEIN, S. / ARBRE GÉNÉR.The story of the relationship between a boy and a tree. -
Bonsoir Lune [Goodnight Moon]
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Call Number: PICTURE FAVORITES / BROWN, M. / BONSOIR LUNEThroughout the book, the main character says goodnight to all the things he/she sees around the house. -
Le Chat Chapeauté [The Cat in the Hat]
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Call Number: PICTURE FAVORITES / DR. SEUSS / CHAT CHAPEAUTÉPoor Dick and Sally. It's cold and wet and they're stuck in the house with nothing to do . . . until a giant cat in a hat shows up, transforming the dull day into a madcap adventure and almost wrecking the place in the process! -
Chenille Qui Fait des Trous [The Very Hungry Caterpillar]
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Call Number: PICTURE FAVORITES / CARLE, E. / CHENILLE QUIFollows the progress of a little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep and turns him into a... -
Histoire de Babar le petit éléphant [The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant]
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Call Number: eBook (click title)An orphaned baby elephant goes to live in the city with an old lady who gives him everything he wants, but eventually returns to the forest where he is crowned king of the elephants. -
Horton Entend un Zou! [Horton Hears a Who!]
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Call Number: PICTURE FAVORITES / DR. SEUSS / HORTON ENTENDHorton hears a small cry for help but no one believes him. He does everything he can to help them and prove to the others that the Whos are real. He quickly learns that you can not teach everyone the greatest lesson of all. "A person is a person no matter how small." -
Je Vais Me Sauver! [Runaway Bunny!]
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Call Number: PICTURE FAVORITES / BROWN, M. / JE VAIS MEA little bunny keeps running away from his mother in an imaginative and imaginary game of verbal hide-and-seek. -
Madeleine
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Call Number: PICTURE FAVORITES / BEMELMANS, L. / MADELEINE [FR]Set in picturesque Paris, this tale of a brave little girl's trip to the hospital is as appealing today as it was in 1940. -
Max et le Maximonsters [Where the Wild Things Are]
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Call Number: PICTURE FAVORITES / SENDAK, M. / MAX ET LESA naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king. -
La Princesse Dans un Sac [The Paper Bag Princess]
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/IDENTITY / MUNSCH, R. / PRINCESSE DANSThe Princess Elizabeth is slated to marry Prince Ronald when a dragon attacks the castle and kidnaps Ronald. In resourceful and humorous fashion, Elizabeth finds the dragon, outsmarts him, and rescues Ronald—who is less than pleased at her un-princess-like appearance.
Easy Chapter Books
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Bébert, hamster pépère
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Call Number: eBook (click title)When Bébère the hamster is kidnapped by a creepy old woman and imprisoned with other hamsters, he realizes they may be next for her collection of stuffed pets. Taking charge, he leads a daring escape mission to save them all from the house of horrors. -
Goliath, chat pirate [Goliath, Pirate Cat]
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Call Number: eBook (click title)Goliath, a proud and food-loving cat, finds his comfortable life disrupted when his owner Lou falls for a vegetarian man with a mischievous son and a loud parrot. Forced to trade his cozy apartment for life aboard a barge, Goliath must summon his inner pirate to survive his new floating home and its chaos. -
Super Chien [Dog Man]
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Call Number: eBook (click title)When Greg the police dog and his cop companion are injured on the job, a life-saving surgery changes the course of history, and Dog Man is born. With the head of a dog and the body of a human, this heroic hound has a real nose for justice. But can he resist the call of the wild to answer the call of duty?
Advanced Chapter Books
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Les Adventures D'Alice Au Pays des Merveilles [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]
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Call Number: CHAPTER PZ7.C234937 Al 2010frYoung Alice falls into the rabbit hole, discovering a magical world called Wonderland. -
Charlie et la Chocolaterie [Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]
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Call Number: CHAPTER PZ7.D1515 Ch 2007frEach of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way. -
Harry Potter à l'École des Sorciers [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]
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Call Number: CHAPTER PZ7.R79835 Hao 2007frRescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. -
Journal d'un Dégonflé. a Fait Suer! [Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days]
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Call Number: CHAPTER PZ7.K6232 Dhq 2011frIn the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother’s other ideas. -
Le Petit Monde de Charlotte [Charlotte's Web]
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Call Number: CHAPTER PZ7.W58277 Ch 2007frThis is the story of a little girl named Fern, who loves a little pig named Wilbur—and of Wilbur's friend Charlotte, a beautiful large grey spider who lives with Wilbur in the barn. With the help of some friendly farm animals, Charlotte saves the life of Wilbur, who is Some Pig. -
Le Petit Nicolas [Young Nicholas]
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Call Number: CHAPTER PZ7.S483 Pet 1960frA little French boy recounts the many escapades that he and his classmates indulge in as they make their way through a year at primary school. -
Le Petit Prince [The Little Prince]
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Call Number: CHAPTER PZ8.S14 Li 2001frThe Little Prince describes his journey from planet to planet, each tiny world populated by a single adult. -
Les Recres du Petit Nicolas [Young Nicholas and Recess]
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Call Number: CHAPTER PZ7.S483 Rec 2007frPetit Nicolas and his friends get into mischief and adventures during school breaks.
Graphic Novels
Graphic novels/comics are available on the third floor of the Library in the Graphic Novel Collection (at the end of the Circulating Collection).
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Astérix chez les Belges [Asterix in Belgium]
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Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL GOSCINNY / ASTÉRIX / BELGESChief Vitalstatistix has learned that Caesar has called the Belgian tribes, and not the Gauls, the bravest he knows. Along with Astérix and Obelix, the chief goes to confront the Belgians--who, to his surprise, turn out to be very like the people in his own hometown. -
Astérix et Cleopatre [Asterix and Cleopatra]
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Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL GOSCINNY / ASTÉRIX / CLÉOPÂTRE & eBook (click title)To impress Julius Caesar, Queen Cleopatra promises to build the Roman Emperor a magnificent palace in just three months. Of course, Astérix has to get involved. By the time his feisty group from Gaul have finished, they've outwitted the Roman army, too. -
Astérix gladiateur [Asterix the Gladiator]
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Call Number: eAudiobook (click title)When Cacofonix the bard is taken to Rome as a present for Julius Caesar, Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue him, sailing with master salesman Ekonomikrisis, the Phoenician merchant. How do our Gaulish friends come to end up training as gladiators? The next Games in the Circus Maximus are not quite what Caesar and the Roman public expect.... -
Astérix le Gaulois [Asterix the Gaul]
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Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL GOSCINNY / ASTÉRIX / GAULOIS & eBook (click title)When Roman Centurion Crismus Bonus finds out about Getafix's magic potion, he kidnaps the druid to force him to reveal the recipe. So Astérix joins his friend in captivity and together they two plan to whip up a surprise with truly hair-raising effects. -
Astérix légionnaire [Asterix the Legionary]
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Call Number: eBook (click title)To get back one of their own, who has been forcibly enlisted (and who is also Falbala's fiancé!), our friends Asterix and Obelix join the legion: they are going to cause a real mess! -
L'Ile Noire [Black Island]
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Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL HERGÉ / ILE NOIREA gang of international forgers leads Tintin to the Scottish town of Kiltoch, where a dreaded beast is rumored to live. -
Le Lotus Bleu [The Blue Lotus]
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Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL HERGÉ / LOTUS BLEUTintin travels to Shanghai where he and his dog, Snowy, encounter Japanese spies, sabotage, and opium smugglers.
