We Come From: France - Tapa dura

Further titles cover Africa, Europe and Asia, and if their particular topic-web pages offer as much information I'm sure that it will be the staff rather than the students who will be developing added strength and knowledge! (Books for Schools 2000, Issue 82)

Young readers are invited to experience real French life with Pierre Batiste and stay in his home with his family in Toulouse, where they eat a breakfast of croissants dipped in a steaming bowl of hot chocolate; find out which delicasy pigs on leads find in the forests and learn how to play a game of boules. This book is one of a series which is intended to give young children a first introduction to daily life in different countries. Each country is presented through the experiences of a child who lives there. The books explore themes that children will be able to relate to such as food, school and play.