Beginner's French Reader

This is an enjoyable beginner's French language reader. It's short and un-intimidating. The vocabulary develops naturally, incrementally with the story lines, in a way that builds confidence. 'Children's book' is an apt description of the characters and situations, but it doesn't cloy for an adult learning the language. The illustrations are a pleasure and useful because they support the text. Unfortunately this is a very pricey introduction to French at just less than sixty pages. It's as if the publishers tossed it into a very crowded market without much forethought. Better to have planned a series of these booklets to develop a following or as an incentive to adopt a packet of them in an educational setting.

Excellent. I highly recommend it to beginners (I am a French teacher). The book is unfortunately very thin, it's a booklet, and expensive.

Sometimes you read a book for learning and feel that you are in the hands of a true teacher. This is one of those books. The 27 stories are short simple and engaging. I came away with a consolidated confidence of what I had learned in my beginners French class.

Aimed perhaps at teenagers, it still hit the spot for me; a middle aged man. The vocabulary is good and repeated in different contexts, the vocab glossary is complete, and the pictures are engaging and provide clues to the content. Simple optional exercises consolidate learning.

I would recommend this as a 'fun activity' for personal learning or for a class context. The author has put a considered effort in the development of this book. Well Done, I want more!

I'm a beginner learner and the way they present the story in the book is very amusing and quite easy, with a vocabulary list on the back and questions after each two- page "story". I'm glad I got it.

If you took French back in high school, and that's more years ago than you'd care to remember, this is a great little refresher book to get you reading and thinking in French again.