Books and writers are heavily respected and supported in France. Read about Paris and France, visit small or large bookstores and keep the art of reading alive.
The author couple of this volume (Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the French by Nadeau & Barlow) had a grant to live in Paris to research and write the manuscript. If that statement makes you jealous, this is the book for you....
Renoir, My Father is not just a book about the painter. It's a book about Paris, history, other artists, geography and much, much more. You may want to read it more than once; I have. Although Renoir was born in Limoges, he grew up in Paris, actually within the...
Like the Smurfs (or Schtroumpfs), other beloved characters from children's literature have different names. In France, Waldo is known as Charlie. But his birth name is Wally. He was created by Martin Handford in Great Britain in 1987. Wally has travelled all over the...
Do you recognize this meal? You're right! It's Les oeufs verts au jambon. Ulysses Press (USA) has released a French language edition of the beloved book "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss. Foreign language children's books are a great way to learn a new...
On Saturdays and Sundays, there is a marché dedicated to antique and used books (livres d'occasion) in the 15th arrondissement. It's inside covered pavilions which was nice since I visited on a day with intermittent showers. It's located on the site of a former...