Il Etait Une Fois - Once Upon a Time

by Francoise Savigny

Familiar stories told in simple French, with key words repeated frequently to help children learn to read them quickly. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844214337
• ISBN13: 9780844214337
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Age Range: 9 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 4

Customer Reviews

Il Etait Une Fois (Once Upon a Time)

I'm an adult wanting to learn French the way children learn their first language. This book has 3 stories, The Little Red Hen, Goldilocks and The Boy and His Donkey. The first time I heard the cassette, I didn't understand "a" word. But I continued to listen and to look at the pictures and eventually I figured out the story. Because I was familiar with Goldilocks, I didn't use a dictionary to translate any of the text; on the otherhand, I used a dictionary for a few words for the other 2 stories--The Little Red Hen, and for The Boy and His Donkey. Today I understand the stories completely and I can hear the proper pronunciation in the back of my head when I read it to myself without the use of the cassette. I'd buy more of this series in a heartbeat were it available.