French books

gooch2k9

I've recently been trying to teach myself french. Previously did it at school, but the little toerag I was paid little attention back then, much to my regret.

Anyways, I recently read through a book in French on my Kindle and now I'm seeking others. I know the classics i.e. Alexandre Dumas and Victor Hugo's books can be had on Amazon for free, but the few pages of each I read I found very heavy going compared to the first book a read.

I'm trialling Kindle Unlimited for a month so have the full Harry Potter series. I know the story but hopefully the French would be easier to follow as they're children's books.

Has anyone any recommendations?

biko

Le Petit Prince

See if you can find comics books like Spirou, Gaston etc
And of course a fav on mine - Valérian et Laureline

InTheTrees

biko wrote: »

Le Petit Prince

See if you can find comics books like Spirou, Gaston etc
And of course a fav on mine - Valérian et Laureline

I found Le Petit Prince pretty heavy going.

I agree with comic books absolutely. They're great for learning, the pictures take care of descriptions so you're only dealing with dialogue and again the pictures help with comprehension.

Tintin is a fav, also Blake Et Mortimer. Moebius too.

InTheTrees

You can also search for "Parallel Text" books, where the french is on one page and the (word for word) English translation is on the facing page. I have a couple of penguin short story collections this way and its very helpful and easy to use.

greencap

Bandes desinees - comics.

The text tends to be brief and simple. And they're fun.

You can download them from amazon. large selection good prices.