Re: 2 books of stories in French to develop student vocabula

Catherine Lheureux

Posted on 11/26/10

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"Ma Grand-mère fait du judo et autres histoires courtes" is
now available on Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Grand-m%C3%A8re-fait-autres-histoires-
courtes/dp/0983101612/ref=sr_1_1?
ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1290797802&sr=8-1

"Le Piano magique et autres histoires bizarres" will soon be
available as well. I will let you know!

Catherine

On 11/02/10, Catherine Lheureux wrote:
> Hello fellow teachers of French!
>
> I (a native French speaker and middle school/high school
> teacher) recently published two books which might be
> helpful to you if you are looking for reading material, or
> material to TPRS in class:
>
> "Le Piano Magique et autres histoires bizarres": Jacques
> travels to Belgium with a huge dog in his handbag; a hippo
> swims in Lake Washington every night; Grégoire gets a
> strange piano for his birthday; Julia's elephant
> disappears; Rosalie sells a newspaper to her favorite movie
> star... I wrote this collection of 26 funny French stories
> to give French I students something more useful, enjoyable
> and challenging to read than their regular French textbook.
> They can be used in the classroom, or as assigned reading
> at home. Each story has a list of 15 words or expressions
> and their translation which students must learn to
> progress.
>
> http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1597645
>
> and
>
> "Ma Grand-mère fait du judo et autres histoires courtes": A
> multilingual taxi cab driver picks up his worst client
> ever; a child shouldn't have forgotten to reward the honey
> bird; a magical sock brings trouble; a dog coaxes a wolf
> into becoming tame; friends discuss in French slang who
> will pick up the restaurant bill... Intended for students
> in their second year of French, “Ma grand-mère fait du judo
> et autres histoires courtes” uses the vocabulary and
> grammar found in scholarly textbooks in 26 funny,
> provocative, thought- provoking, or strange stories. Tenses
> used in the stories include present, future, passé composé,
> present conditional, present subjunctive, and passé
> simple.Each story has a list of 20 words or expressions and
> their translation which students must learn to progress.
>
> http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1597613
>
> These books are also available in a Kindle version.
>
> Catherine

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