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Matching Readers to Resources: French resources

Helping teachers connect students with great books, magazines, newspapers, ebooks, and audiobooks

Newspapers/Magazines

La Press de Tunisie
Le Bulletin Regionale
Quebec
Canoe.ca
News from Montréal, including the Journal de Montréal
ICI Radio-Canada.ca
Radio (AM and FM) and television website for Canadian Broadcasting System
Elle
French fashion and lifestyle
Le Figaro
News, based in Paris
Sudouest
Regional news from Bordeaux and SW France
L'Express
News from Switzerland

Video

National Film Board of Canada
My French Film Festival
An annual online film festival. Runs from 1/18/16-2/18/16. All short films are free. You have to pay for feature films.
Open Culture
Search for free movies

Radio/Podcasts

Podcasts from Cultural Services of the French Embassy
Radio France podcasts
Histoires des Objets
Canadian podcast--brief histories of common objects.
Teen Radio Stations on Streema
News in Slow French
The title says it all. Has transcripts, too.

Books

International Children's Digital Library
Thousands of books for grades PreK-8 in many languages. Free!
Project Gutenberg
Try these search commands:
--lit in French
--juvenile lit in French
Minuteman Library
If you find something you like, we can order it for you and deliver it to you in school.