First 100 Words in French

by Heather Amery

This delightful and amusing book, beautifully illustrated by Stephen Cartwright, contains a basic vocabulary of a hundred words in French.

Genres: France, Reference, Childrens, Language, Nonfiction, Spanish Literature, German Literature

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1900

About the author

Heather Amery was born and brought up in Bath, Somerset. Heather has written over a hundred books for children, including alphabet books, science and history books, craft books, classical fairy tales, a series for beginner readers called Farmyard Tales, Usborne Bible Tales, and Greek Myths.

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this. I think it would be fun and informative for any child trying to pick up German. I was greatly impressed with the pronunciation guide in the back, which described the "ü" sound (which does not exist in English), clearly and succinctly.

[Pascale · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve always enjoyed the “first 100” and “first 1000” words books by Usborne! As a child, I would lay them side by side, compare the languages and look for recognizable patterns.

Does reading this book once make me fluent in Arabic? Of course not! The only letter I can recognize is alif! However, the prononciation was written in our alphabet, and it allowed me to find a few patterns, a few words that probably have the same root as in French (camisole-kamees).

Arabic calligraphy fascinates me and you can bet I will go through that book many times!

[Andy Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

“First hundred words in Maori” by Heather Amery ; illustrated by Stephen Cartwright ; Maori translation by Huia Publishers.
Ok, but all the illustrations are obviously templates used in a European context. Some words don't accurately match up. ***

[Gladimore · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the 500 word version of this.

[Stephen Chase · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOL, so sweet, funny, and awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Just · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun short book to name objects in your household. The illustrations were fun to follow along with the family theme added to it, but unfortunately sometimes the pictures don't seem to match up.

[Pankaj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book with pictures of items along with their German translation.

[Boom! · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great started book for my littles. My kids are beginning to learn Spanish and this book offers a great introduction to the language with familiar words and pictures.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ce livre serait mieux s'il incluait des prononciations. Je vis dans une ferme et j'ai un chien, deux chats et un coq. Le français dans ce livre était assez facile à comprendre. Et bientôt, il sera temps pour moi de cueillir aussi les pommes dans mon verger. Maintenant j'ai juste besoin de trouver une personne française à qui cette conversation serait pertinente et intéressante ... Peut-être un enfant de 2 ans?

This book would be better if it included pronunciations. I live on a farm and have a dog, two cats and a rooster. The French in this book was fairly easy to understand. And soon it will be time for me to pick the apples in my orchard as well. Now I just need to find a French person to whom this conversation would be relevant and interesting... Perhaps a 2-year old?

[Margaret Chind]

-- Using in substitute of First Thousand Words In English.

[Stacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorites. Very simple but not too much on each page

[Brent · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is great for our whole family and we want more.
Wish our edition had the stickers! Could I have forgotten?
We reread this so many times because the illustrations captured our child.

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this. Not only do you get pictures with the words, there are scenes for an eye-spy aspect as well. Very clever.

[Isaac Jessop · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mummy is biased with this book because she can remember books illustrated by Stephen Cartwright when she was a kid. However I liked all the words when mummy told them to me!

[Jenna Mills · Rating 3 out of 5]

What it says. It would have been better with photographs rather than pictures.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Je souhaite que ce livre ait les prononciations à côté des mots et non à la fin.

I wish this book had the pronunciations beside the words and not at the end.

[Kathryn Thornton · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book when I was younger. It is a great fun way of helping children to learn french. It uses real life situations and lots of pictures to support french learning.

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book to get a feel for some of the language, though I wish there was a description of how to pronounce the words.

[Em's Adventures · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic vocabulary to build onto, I use these everyday. A fun way to learn them too.

[MissV · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of those books that was always around when I was a kid. Just a nostalgic add.

[Ang · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple and easy to follow, good information at the end on pronunciation and other tips.