French Bilingual Bridge: Classic Fairy Tales for Intermediate Readers

French Bilingual Bridge: Classic Fairy Tales for Intermediate Readers offers a unique way to practice reading French. With the side-by-side bilingual writing, you'll never be lost again. You don't need to leave the book to look up a word, interrupting the story.

This easy and low-pressure approach adapts well to incremental improvement. You'll be pleasantly surprised at how much less often you look at the English side, by the end of the third story!

These French stories for language learners have been adapted specifically for those reading at intermediate levels, mapped to B1-B2 on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) scale.

• Six classic and beloved fairy tales, faithfully adapted to preserve their original styles:
  • Sleeping Beauty, by Charles Perrault
  • Cinderella, by Charles Perrault
  • Hansel and Gretel, by the Brothers Grimm
  • Rapunzel, by the Brothers Grimm
  • The Little Mermaid, by Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Emperor's New Clothes, by Hans Christian Andersen
• Variety of tenses and synonyms, to expand your vocabulary
• Original illustrations
• Manual translations by a professional translator

--
By learning through reading fun short stories with translations, you will naturally pick up a variety of vocabulary and sentence structures without ever feeling frustrated and stuck. Enjoy the ease of reading for pleasure in French!