Madeline and her friends become very upset when Genevieve, a dog that has become a cherished school pet since rescuing Madeline from an accidental fall into the Seine, is tossed out by the school board chairman.

"The smallest and bravest one is Madeline, whose adventurous spirit and outrageous antics have delighted boys and girls for over seventy years. Now even the youngest readers can enjoy this timeless favorite in a sturdy board book format"--Page 4 of cover.

A big snake comes to live in a town in France where he makes friends with the children who even use him for a jump-rope.

In this retelling of a European folktale set in China, three wise monks trick a poor, frightened community into finding happiness by teaching them the magic of generosity.

On a chase to retrieve her new dog, a longtime resident of Paris ascends the Eiffel Tower for the first time, discovering how much beauty she has been missing all these years and deciding to try something new each week.

"Jacques, Jojo, Simon, and Marcel were looking for buried treasure when they explored a cave in the south of France in 1940. But the treasure inside was not what they expected, and in fact far more valuable: the walls were covered with stunning prehistoric paintings and engravings, preserved within the sealed cave for over 17,000 years. This is the true story of the boys who discovered the cave of Lascaux, bringing to the modern world powerful examples...

"In Paris, France, twins Ethan and Ella must find a stolen painting and a secret bakery without giving themselves away"--

Introduces students to the history, culture, people, geography, cuisine, holidays, plants, animals, and cities of France.

While Napoleon goes about robbing priceless treasures from Egypt, he decides to take home a crocodile as a living souvenir of his conquests, yet the poor captured crocodile isn't ready for such travels and has a hard time coping with his new Parisian surroundings.

Brown's illustrated translation of Perrault's tale in which Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper in her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect won the 1955 Caldecott medal.