Easy French

Easy Languages

by Katie Daynes

Presents a series of lessons outlining the basic rules of French grammar and vocabulary, accompanied by puzzles and episodes showing everyday French in action from a story about how three friends found the Camembert treasure.

Genres: France, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published February 22, 2002

About the author

Katie has been writing non-fiction children's books for almost half her life and loves questioning the world from a child's point of view. She's developed some of Usborne's bestselling series, including the See Inside books and the Lift-the-Flap Questions & Answers series.

Reviews

[Dr Dabbler · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good concise summary of French grammar taught chapter by chapter, with a reasonably entertaining comic book episode in each chapter. Most grammar is covered except preterite and subjunctive tenses. Vocabulary included is partly dependent on the story and examples given.
It makes a good revision text for those who have studied the language several years prior. For someone learning from scratch I'd say that more work would need to be done per chapter to absorb it. Perhaps the included internet links provide that; I didn't check.

[Lindsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

It would take a lot more work to go through for an absolute beginner, but as an A2 learner, I found it very helpful.