Seeking recommendations for French audio books

[seastar]

Hi all,

I am attempting to teach my 2 year old French. I used to speak it in school, although with a very poor accent. She ADORES our French lessons so I am looking for recommendations for French books suitable to read to a 2 year old that come with a CD. Any ideas?

[lois1]

Hi, I'm looking for something similar, would be happy with just some regular french early readers. What are you using with her at the minute?

I found a French speaking contact on here, I pm'd her & I'm waiting to hear back from her.. I'll ask her about audio books too & get back to you.

Lois

[lois1]

Oh I just remembered, I have a couple of Spanish audio books by "twin sisters" publications. The cd has the story read aloud, then sung, then there are about 10/12 more Spanish songs. I wonder if they do something similar in French.

[NadiaD]

http://www.earlylanguagelearner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/WWY222450-Readers-Flyer-50-Off.pdf



http://www.earlylanguagelearner.com/products/french.html

Many of readers from this website include CD, and fun activities.

[seastar]

http://www.earlylanguagelearner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/WWY222450-Readers-Flyer-50-Off.pdf



http://www.earlylanguagelearner.com/products/french.html

Thanks for the link - I just ordered Le rêve de Sophie. Hopefully, it is what we are looking for.

What are you using with her at the minute?

Lois

Just a few LR lessons I made myself and some I downloaded from the BK library. I also have Baby Boom Boom songs in English & French, and she listens to Baby Mix French radio station. What are you using?

I found a French speaking contact on here, I pm'd her & I'm waiting to hear back from her.. I'll ask her about audio books too & get back to you.

Lois

That would be great, thanks!

[SarahLoo]

I have recently become addicted to learning langauges online in order to help start etaching my child, I think it helps if you have a grasp of the language first before you start teaching them or you just get very confused. 
I ahve tried a few different sites for purchasing them from so recommed one from Groupon.ie has a deal on for languages ! Think French is on there. or there is rosettastone but that can be very pricey if it is not on offer so I would try purchassing form thirs parties sites.

[lois1]

Thanks NadiaD

As far as French goes, I'm only using the files that are downloadable from here. Thanks to hypatia for all her great files, very comprehensive.

Book wise I was recommended:

Petit Ours Brun,
Pomme d'Api,
& Tchoupi
which I think are for little ones. I haven't purchased them yet. They don't have accompanying cds.

aangeles has a video of her Ella reading in French & I would love to know what series that was from .

[seastar]

I have recently become addicted to learning langauges online in order to help start etaching my child, I think it helps if you have a grasp of the language first before you start teaching them or you just get very confused. 

Thanks for reminding me of this. I must dig out my Michel Thomas French CDs. I used them a few years ago and found them great.

Book wise I was recommended:

Petit Ours Brun,
Pomme d'Api,
& Tchoupi
which I think are for little ones. I haven't purchased them yet. They don't have accompanying cds.

Wow, those books look great, thanks! Seeing as they don't come with a CD, maybe you ask a native French speaker to record themselves reading it?

[lois1]

That's a good idea about getting a native french speaker to record them for us... never thought of that. I think I have someone in mind, Canadian french but french none the less:-)

Here are some more recommendations I got:
Petit Ours Brun by Danièle Bour is a series; "they are very easy to read and use repetition sometimes which would help a lot."

T'choupi by Thierry Courtin, think I already mentioned that one.

A ce soir by Jeanne Ashbé

Les petites histoires du Père Castor by different authors
http://www.amazon.fr/Petites-histoires-Castor-faire-petits/dp/2081219824/ref=pd_sim_b_2

Arc-en-ciel, le plus beau poisson des océans by Marcus Pfister

Père Castor's DVDs - whoever he is, am off to google him!

Hope this helps,
Lois

[seastar]

Sorry Lois, for some reason I didn't see your reply till now. Thanks for those book ideas. I've ordered some & I also got some from the library. One that is proving most popular is Un Deux Trois (Dual Language French/English): First French Rhymes (Book & CD) www.amazon.co.uk/Deux-Trois-Language-French-English/dp/1845076230/ref=pd_sim_b_5 My daughter has been asking for 'French music' both at home & in the car since I started playing this, and today I noticed her singing along to a few of the songs.

I've downloaded the audio for each word in the Usborne First 100 words in French from www.usborne-quicklinks.com/uk/uk_menu_areas_pages/languages/french.asp?type=subject&menu=s6 which I am planning to play while we look at the pictures. I've also used the audio for LR presentations I have made and today she asked me for 'proper French' which I think is her way of asking for the new LR French files, rather than me just saying the words!

[lois1]

This is from another thread that aangeles started, thought I would quote it here in case you missed it;

The book Ella is reading is called Les Couleurs and is part of a 4-book series called Learn French with Max et Mathilde: http://www.maxetmathilde.com/colours.php

Here is our list of other French books that Ella has enjoyed reading:

Berlitz kids Adventures with Nicholas series (with CD)
Bali early reader books - Ella just loves the character Bali and the cartoon in French, so these books were a big hit.
Zoe et Theo early reader series
Ana Lomba Easy French Storybooks (with CD)
Plaisir de Lire series of fairy tales and fables (with CD) - These are her favorite.
http://www.earlylanguagelearner.com/products/french/plaisir-de-lire-serie-verte.html
http://www.earlylanguagelearner.com/products/french/plaisir-de-lire-les-plus-belles-fables.html
Reading a-z graded french readers

Most of these books are also available in Spanish and other languages and we have been using those as well.

Hope this helps!

[Oana86]

Seastar I'm not sure if you're still looking for French resources...but you might want to check www.little-linguist.co.uk. They have various resources on either hardcover format or dvd one; they also have flashcards and games.

I've never actually ordered from this website, but am planning to for Italian and Spanish as I think they're good and the price is reasonable.

[lois1]

More from sixtine charlotte:

An Imagier by Gallimard et Jeunesse 
http://www.gallimard-jeunesse.fr/Catalogue/GALLIMARD-JEUNESSE/Les-Imagiers .

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