TRANSITIONING

My favorite way to transition from the final days of summer to the start of autumn is to treat myself to a visit to Claude Monet's gardens at Giverny. It's never a disappointment. Ce n'est jamais une déception.

Vocabulary

une échinacea:  a coneflower

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AND SOME MORE

An old wooden wheelbarrow seems to have been planted as a focal point and extra treat for the eyes along a path in Monet's Garden at Giverny. Brouette is the French word for wheelbarrow; you'll sometimes hear it used in the expression "et des brouettes," meaning some more or a little more. This use came about because a wheelbarrow is generally used to carry inexact or variable quantities.

Get cosy with a French children's story!
Anyone at any age can boost his French proficiency by reading . . . and there is no better starting place than a fully-illustrated and vocabulary enhancing children's story like Le Lapin et le Roi Grenouille. It and its English version, The Rabbit and King Frog, were written by Marianne Lecron and are available on worldwide Amazon sites. Click on the titles to take a peek!

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END OF SUMMER MAGIC

At summer's end and until the first freeze, dahlias are undeniably the stars of Claude Monet's garden at Giverny.

Vocabulary

le premier gel:  the first frost

Story time!
Promote early literacy and encourage your little ones to curl up and read. We'd like to suggest an imaginative and illustrated children's story, Le Lapin et le Roi Grenouille, to read in French, or its translation, The Rabbit and King Frog. Both are available worldwide on Amazon. For the young and old alike. Click on the titles to take a peek!

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