Francophone classics / Classiques francophones

Must-have children's books from French-language literature.

Des livres jeunesses incontournables de la littérature francophone.

Updated June 26, 2025
Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries NLPL French
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A potato on a bike. [online electronic book]
Gravel, Elise
Paper Book
Get ready for the giggles! This delightful board book will make the little ones in your life laugh at the absurdity of a fly on the phone and a carrot in the tub. The text's repeated asking Have you ever seen...?preceding the refrain No way!will have toddlers yelling "No way!" themselves...
Diary of a young girl
Frank, Anne, 1929-1945
Paper Book
A young girl's journal records her family's struggles during two years of hiding from the Nazis in war-torn Holland
Le petit prince /
Saint-Exupery, Antoine de, 1900-1944
Paper Book
Delightful French tale relates the adventures of a young prince, from a distant asteroid, whose rocket has been forced down in the African desert.
Le petit Nicolas /
Sempe, 1932-
Paper Book

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