Fun With French

by Lee Cooper

Informal introduction to the French language in songs, games and short stories. Vocabulary

Genres: Nonfiction

Library Binding

First published December 1, 1963

About the author

Lee Cooper is the author of several popular and successful books on language arts and folklore for children, including Fun with Spanish, Fun with French, Fun with Italian, and Fun with German. An award-winning writer, Lee Cooper is listed in Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Contemporary Authors, and the Directory of British and American Writers. Her home is in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Reviews

[Yoon · Rating 4 out of 5]

A charming, semi-immersive introduction to French aimed at children (later grade school, I'd guess). It goes through the alphabet with approximated pronunciations and makes clever use of cognates, pictures, repetition, and parallel structure to introduce basic elements of the language through a number of short stories. There's also a glossary at the back for when context isn't enough to help you figure out a word. I took six years of French so in all fairness I'm not entirely sure how well this book works for beginners, but I enjoyed it nevertheless.

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I used this with my eight year old son, and it was perfect. Great little stories with great context clues. What a wonderful, fun way to learn! We will be rereading this book immediately.... my son will read out loud this time so I can check pronunciation, and then I will read out loud so he can translate without seeing the words.

[Tessa Ramos · Rating 3 out of 5]

An asset to a language education, written like an early phonics book.