Age: France

Materials from France

Dog

By Book Importer | Published: February 15, 2011

Rescued from certain death by a kindly dog at the city dump, an abandoned puppy grows up fending for himself until he finds a home with a willful little girl. Could she be the mistress of his dreams?

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Out of Sight

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2011

In this big, beautiful, astonishing book, more than 50 animals are hiding. In elegant drawings and graphic, eye-catching layouts, Out of Sight will enthrall children with the amazing variety of the animal kingdom.

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The Secret Cave

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2011

Jacques, Jojo, Simon, and Marcel were looking for buried treasure when they explored a cave in the south of France in 1940. But the treasure inside was not what they expected, and in fact far more valuable: the walls were covered with stunning prehistoric paintings and engravings, preserved within the sealed cave for over 17,000 [...]

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Seasons

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2011

Five senses, four seasons. From the sounds of the birds singing in the trees to the feel of the first snowflake, its a whole year of discovery and changes, a whole year to grow and learn with nature…

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Big Wolf and Little Wolf: The Little Leaf that Wouldn’t Fall

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2011

Big Wolf and Little Wolf, The Little Leaf That Wouldn’t Fall is the second book about Big Wolf and Little Wolf. Sweet and humorous, the story is amplified and deepened by Tallec’s illustrations, which are bold in perspective and rich with feeling. The book begins, “High up in a tall tree was a little leaf,” [...]

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Big Wolf and Little Wolf

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2011

Big Wolf has always lived alone at the top of a hill under a tree, so when a little wolf suddenly arrives one day, he does not know what to think.

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The King’s Day

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2011

A day in the life of France’s King Louis XIV, focusing on the elaborate ceremonies which took place when he dressed in the morning, ate his meals, conducted affairs of state, entertained, and finally, when he prepared to go to bed at night.

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No and Me

By Book Importer | Published: January 20, 2011

The international award-winning story of two girls from different backgrounds, united in friendship Parisian teenager Lou has an IQ of 160, OCD tendencies, and a mother who has suffered from depression for years. But Lou is about to change her life—and that of her parents—all because of a school project about homeless teens. While doing research, [...]

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The Death-Defying Pepper Roux

By Book Importer | Published: January 20, 2011

Having been raised believing he will die before he reaches the age of fourteen, Pepper Roux runs away on his fourteenth birthday in an attempt to elude his fate, assumes another identity, and continues to try to outrun death, no matter the consequences.

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Resistance

By Book Importer | Published: December 23, 2010

Fighting on a secret front of World War II Paul and Marieas bucolic French country town is almost untouched by the ravages of WWII, but the siblings still live in the shadow of war. Their father is a Prisoner of War, kept hostage by the Germans. When their friend Henrias parents disappear and Henri goes [...]

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