French History For Children

The French and Indian War: 1660-1763 covers much more than the few years during which the English and French fought over the division of the North American continent in one of the most neglected periods of American history. In this volume in the Drama of American History series, authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier trace how England’s other rivals for control of America were eliminated over this period until the only source of conflict left would be between the British and their own colonists.

Do you want to learn French the fast, fun, and easy way? And do you want to master daily conversations and speak like a native? Then this is the audiobook for you.

This audiobook helps kids learn French through easy-to-follow instructions for lessons on various topics such as the alphabet, common expressions, culture and community, and more. Each lesson is followed by a short review section to ensure that the child has mastered what they learned.

The French Revolution came about because of a long-held displeasure at how the rich lived. While the rich lived comfortably, the common people were forced to pay taxes too high for them to pay. And there was not enough food produced for them to eat. French peasants became so impoverished that visitors to France said many of them were as skinny as skeletons.

This step-by-step French course follows the relaxed approach of best-selling language coach, Paul Noble, who guides children gently through the basics, with no mention of grammar or text books. Simply listen carefully, repeat and most of all, have fun....

Listen to the key words and phrases in French, then repeat, practise and refine! A relaxing way to pick up the language. All essential words and phrases for modern life in France are here, with topics covering home life, work and school environments, shopping, food and drink, sport and leisure, transport, technology and the environment. Great care has been given to represent modern French culture and enhance your experience of France and its people, including food and drink, customs, celebrations and festivals.

French Kids Eat Everything is a wonderfully wry account of how Karen Le Billon was able to alter her children’s deep-rooted, decidedly unhealthy North American eating habits while they were all living in France. At once a memoir, a cookbook, a how-to handbook, and a delightful exploration of...

If you want to learn French fast and in a variety of fun ways that actually work then keep reading...Most people don't have a huge amount of extra time to spend learning a new language. Could you be one of them? You see, most people make the same mistakes when learning French and this is causing their progress to stagnate. The problem is that they are only sticking to one way of learning French. But now, you can maximize your chances of learning French in less time compared to reading boring textbooks.

In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found her “true calling.” From the moment the ship docked in Le Havre, en route to Paris, in the fall of 1948, Julia had an awakening that changed her life. Soon...

Les Denbe semblaient sortir des pages de magazines glamours : un mariage modèle, une belle situation, une ravissante fille de quinze ans, une demeure somptueuse dans la banlieue chic de Boston… Une vie de rêve. Jusqu’au jour où ils disparaissent tous les trois. Pas d’effraction, pas de témoin, pas de motifs, pas de demande de rançon. Juste quelques traces de pas et des débris de cartouches de Taser sur le sol de leur maison. Pour la détective privée Tessa Leoni, l’enlèvement ne fait aucun doute. Mais que pouvait donc bien cacher une existence en apparence aussi lisse ?

During the late years of the 18th century, the spirit of Enlightenment thinking and revolution were in the air. The world was changing, moving away from ingrained beliefs about religion, reason, society, and the rights of the individual and turning more toward the laws of nature as interpreted by the scientific method. Nowhere was the influence of this radical new way of thinking more apparent than in France, and the upheaval this caused would come to bloody fruition in the form of revolution.

If you are a French language learner looking to advance your reading skills and enhance your vocabulary, then this book will guide you through dialogue and story listening in your second language. We often are instructed with conventional activities in the form of worksheets, overlooking that words are 20 times more likely to be remembered if they are a part of a story (Bruner, 2017). Language learners retain more in the context of a story and become accustomed to the natural syntax of that language.

The first and most successful in the Baroness’s series of books that feature Percy Blakeney, who leads a double life as an English fop and a swashbuckling rescuer of aristocrats, The Scarlet Pimpernel was the blueprint for what became known as the masked-avenger genre. As Anne Perry writes in...

Are you sick and tired of not being able to learn French fast? Have you tried endless other ways of learning French but nothing seems to stick? Do you finally want to say goodbye to your tendency to "forget most of what you've studied" and discover something which works for you? If so, then you’ve come to the right place. This audiobook will give you the basic grammar rules, but also many fun exercises for you to practice; it will provide you with everything you need, especially if you are planning on traveling to France!

Jim Weiss guides listeners on a journey to encounter the fascinating people, high ideals, and bloody battles of the French Revolution and Napoleon's empire. Enter the whirlwind of the French Revolution and follow Napoleon's relentless march of conquest. From the burning desert sands of Egypt and the frozen plains of Russia to the lush jungles of Haiti and the sweeping prairies of North America, Jim Weiss guides listeners through the story of a tumultuous worldwide struggle for liberty.

Rolf, son of Hiarandi the Unlucky, is a character who exemplifies the effect of Christ's teachings upon the Icelandic people during their heroic age. The book is set in Iceland in the days when Christianity has come to the island though the old customs still linger. Hiarandi, at the urging of his wife, does an unprecedented thing: he lights a signal fire on a dangerous point of his land, thereby challenging the accepted custom which places lucrative salvage at higher value than the saving of life.

Originaire de Champagne, en France, Paul de Chomedey sieur de Maisonneuve s’initie très tôt à l’art militaire. Mais cela ne le satisfait pas : il rêve de voyages et d’aventures. Nommé gouverneur de Ville-Marie, il fonde la bourgade avec une quarantaine de colons prêts à relever le défi. L’homme d’honneur et de parole tentera toute sa vie de surmonter les nombreux obstacles qui se dresseront sur son chemin pour assurer le bien-être et la postérité de Ville-Marie. Aujourd’hui, Paul de Chomedey sieur de Maisonneuve est reconnu comme un cofondateur de Montréal.

Plus d'un demi-siècle après l'indépendance de l'Algérie, est-il possible de raconter sans manichéisme et sans œillères la guerre au terme de laquelle un territoire ayant vécu cent trente ans sous le drapeau français est devenu un État souverain ? La conquête et la colonisation au XIXe siècle, le statut des différentes communautés au XXe siècle, le terrible conflit qui ensanglanta l'Algérie et parfois la métropole de 1954 à 1962, tout est matière, aujourd'hui, aux idées toutes faites et aux jugements réducteurs.

French Club is packed with songs, rhymes, jokes and tongue twisters designed to be engaging, memorable and enjoyable. Children as young as 3 and as old as 12 will enjoy singing along to the catchy rhythms of French Club. Learning language from a young age should be a fun, stress-free activity. By listening and joining in as native speaking French children have fun in French, your child will be learning without even realising it.

An overview of how French Colonies have retained French traits. This article covers France's legacy in Cambodia, Canada, Laos, Morocco, and Vietnam.