This collection of 18 short, attractive, highly-illustrated French information readers for primary schools:

• Introduces children to reading in French and provides practice so they can improve their reading skills
• Consolidates and extends pupilʼs vocabulary
• Provides information and pictures of the French-speaking world to support Intercultural Understanding by broadening pupilsʼ perceptions of their own society as well as of another culture
• Makes children aware of the value of reading in order to find out information and to build their vocabulary, and encourages them to become independent readers
• Can be read easily and quickly making them motivating and enjoyable

In-built progression

To ensure progression and differentiation, there are three easily identifiable levels of difficulty, with 6 books in each stage:

• Level 1: Usually a single short sentence per page
• Level 2: Usually 1–3 short to medium sentences per page
• Level 3: Usually 3–4 sentences per page, varying in length

Each book contains a fun multiple-choice quiz at the end to check understanding.

The books are packaged by level, together with a teaching guide and a CD–Rom containing audio files of the information books as well as e-pdf versions to enable them to be displayed on an interactive whiteboard.

The information readers in Level 3 are:

• Un tour de France
• Jeunes francophones
• Des parcs d'attractions
• Pourquoi la France ?
• Petite histoire des transports
• Des Français célèbres

6 pupil books, teacher's notes and CD-Rom