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I can just imagine how tickled I would have been at 13 or 14, in full francophile and feminine bloom, to have received a series of biographies of great women in French — and in graphic novel format.
Naïve is a small independent French publisher of books and music, and they’ve come [...]
Some entertaining interactive games on this site. We failed miserably at the cheese game, (shot above), but had fun nonetheless!
We just love the look of Paper City Paris! | Made by Joel. Cut out the Eiffel Tower and more, in addition to these little people and the classic car. Rainy-day fun for your little francophile? We’re sure you can think of many more uses for these adorable–and free–paper cutouts!
Old French Fairy Tales by la Comtesse de Ségur reminded us of the books we used to get at the library as kids… Look to the left and you’ll notice you can download a PDF of the whole book.
Seen @brainpicker.
French artist Blexbolex has charmed the world with his playful cartoons and illustrations, to which he brings his wonderfully eclectic creative background — classically trained as a screen-printer in 1980s France, inspired by the whodunits of the 1950s and 60s, and having directed a German art studio in the 1990s, he blends elements [...]
With Mots Interdits, a language-learning game you can print out, you have your students try to get others to guess the word in bold without using any of the words below it. Be sure to check out the other teaching tools this teacher has created and uploaded to this site (look to the [...]
Gabrielle Rothschild is a 14-year-old francophile fashion designer in California. J’adore this dress! Here’s what she says about her inspirations:
The inspiration for my clothing line mostly comes from places in France, such as the Arc de Triomphe, Monet’s garden, 31 Rue Cambon, and especially la Tour Eiffel (the Eiffel Tower)! I [...]
In 2009, the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) had an exhibit on the history of French games called Jeux de princes, jeux de vilains. Fortunately, the site is still up, offering great images, games (ludothèque), teaching aids (action pédagogique) and lots more.
Game buff? Also see Five Centuries of [...]
Photographer couple Max & Charlotte have created a series of Where’s Waldo-inspired photos at iconic locations all over Paris. We’re not sure there actually is a Charlie to find in these photos, but it’s tons of fun to study the details.
Seen @pollyvous
Through collaboration with artists representing a variety of disciplines, F.A.C.E. (French-American Creative Exchange) endeavours to inspire and empower local urban communities by way of a creative, micro-political exchange. Interactive arts projects draw from their imagination and input in order to highlight social issues such as civic preservation and revitalization, education and progressive urban planning, all [...]
Marcel Marlier illustrated the stories of Martine, an icon of 20th-century French pop culture. Written by Gilbert Delahaye, there were 60 titles published with more than 65 million copies sold in French and 35 million sold in other languages.
Know a little francophile? You can buy Martine titles (in French!) at [...]
France is to start teaching philosophy to younger pupils, in some cases as young as four, provoking a row over whether the discipline is being dumbed down.
(We think it’s a brilliant idea.)
via Montreal Gazette
Mac Guff, the Paris-based animation company behind Despicable Me, will take on the Gauls in a new 3D adventure fronted by Alexandre Astier.
via Collider
