THE ALTERNATIVE CHILI PEPPER

Des piments doux or sweet peppers fresh from Martinique. These have the same flavor as hot peppers, but without their intense spiciness, and are a favorite in Caribbean cuisine. The pepper is also known as "le piment végétarien" and is used as an alternative to the hot and spicy piment antillais.

Vocabulary

piquant(e):  spicy hot; bitingly humorous

Take your pick. . .

Discover the latest adventure of Papa Lapin and his entourage in Le Lapin et le Roi Grenouille, which is also available in English, The Rabbit and King Frog. Click on the titles to take a peek. Both illustrated children's books are available on Amazon sites.

©2018 P. B. Lecron

UNBOXING POMPON

This blog's mascot, Pompon, poses to illustrate l'unboxing-- or le déballage for purists of the French language. Pompon is a Sacré de Birmanie, or Birman, the third most popular cat breed in France.

More from Pompon

This cat does have a following. For those of you who would like to revisit some of his favorite pages, here are a few links:

A French Education: DOG-TIRED
A French Education: LEARN FRENCH WITH POMPON
A French Education: LONG LIKE A DAY WITHOUT BREAD
A French Education: HOW DO YOU SAY 'TO HAVE A CRUSH ON' IN FRENCH?
A French Education: FOR PITY'S SAKE

Speaking of unboxing
Perhaps you have the same problem as my French daughter who expatriated to the USA has--finding French children's books for her kids can be difficult. She decided to take matters into her own hands and has started writing her own books...and the results have been serendipitous! She has so far published Le Lapin et la Lune as well as Le Lapin et le Roi Grenouille.

It works both ways, expatriated English speaking mothers also have trouble finding books in English for their children, so the books my daughter has written and that I have illustrated, are also available in English: The Rabbit and the Moon and The Rabbit and King Frog.

All are available on Amazon sites. Click on the titles to take a peek!

©2018 P. B. Lecron

FANCIFUL

Beautiful dreamer

An unexpected, fluffy thistle seed resting on the brow of this iron ornament in a private garden in Saint-Omer gives this child figure a dreamy and wistful quality.

Vocabulary
rêveur, rêveuse:  dreamy
un rêveur:  a dreamer
chimérique:  fanciful


Time to read!
There's nothing quite like the unexpectedness of an imaginary tale to incite children to read! Here's an enchanting, fully illustrated story to delight both young and old alike! Papa Lapin, whom some of you might have already met in our first children's story, Le Lapin et la Lune, is the protagonist in Le Lapin le Roi Grenouille. Both books gently teach moral lessons and use an enhanced vocabulary to stimulate young readers' curiosity. They are also available in English: The Rabbit and the Moon, and The Rabbit and King Frog. Click on the title to take a peek!

©2018 P. B. Lecron