A FRENCH CHILDREN'S STORY

 If you or your family enjoyed reading my daughter's children's book, Le Lapin et la Lune, you will certainly like this story, Le Lapin à la recherche du Printemps. 

Thirty-one pages, distilling to a child's level character traits such as determination and initiative, demonstrate that encouragement and optimism can and do prevail. Fully illustrated with original aquarelles and available in either French or English on Amazon sites worldwide.

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COMESTIBLE?

Too pretty to eat

One of the earliest spring flowers in France is the primevère, which according to multiple online sources is comestible. Culinary and medicinal virtues are attributed to its young, tender leaves for use in soups and salads, and its blossoms for decorative effect. The primevère is both a wild and cultivated flower. When picking, it is advised to simply pinch off a few leaves and flowers and to not uproot this adorable perennial that begins to carpet the ground in early March. If any doubt persists about identifying this plant for consumption, or having an allergic reaction, then abstain!

Vocabulary

une primevère:  a primrose (Primula)

se régaler:  to feast

se régaler de:  to really enjoy

un régal pour les yeux:  a feast for the eyes

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If you are learning French, or looking for a language-rich experience for yourself or a child, 

then we suggest delving into children's books! Here's our own recommendation with text

and illustrations: Le lapin et la lune, écrit par Marianne Lecron, illustré par P. B. Lecron

ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER

De fil en aiguille

The words, fil for thread, and aiguille for needle, are used in this very old French expression for the idea that events follow a logical continuity, as in sewing steps. It's translated as "one thing leads to another," or even "gradually."

One thing does indeed lead to another! The French children's book that my French daughter wrote and which I illustrated, Le lapin et la lune, has progressed to the next logical step, and has just been released in English. It's un conte or tale with a subtle lesson about helping others. If you'd like to know more about it, click here.


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ON A RABBIT JAG

Because we're on a rabbit jag , we've selected this glass figurine to illustrate a fairly common, but unfortunate, French expression:  poser un lapin.  In every day parlance it means to stand somebody up, that is to say to not respect an appointment and to do so without informing the person with whom one has the rendez-vous.

Vocabulary

poser:  to put, to put something down, to land; to apply; to ask

un lapin:  a rabbit

décommander:  to cancel

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ONCE UPON A TIME

Il était une fois . . .

On a long transatlantic flight home when both her toddler and three-month old were finally sleeping, my daughter let her imagination soar and wrote an enchanting bedtime children's story, Le lapin et la lune. I loved it and wanted to try my hand at illustrating it as a gift for my grandsons. Marianne agreed, and our mother-daughter project evolved into a book which is now available on Amazon sites. If you want to take a peek inside you can do so by clicking here. 

Vocabulary

un bambin, une bambine:  a toddler, a little child
un nourrisson:  an infant


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