Marie LeTourneau

Fun story about a mouse family restaurant in the heart of Paris. Le Bistrot des Sept Frères is known for their award winning cheese soup. On the day of the annual contest a key ingredient is missing! While father runs to the market, the 7 brothers and 1 sister prepare the soup and restaurant for the judge. I love how the boys are frantic and the sister casually dances through the tasks! Illustrations are lovely, with a bit of a French feel to them.

French words sprinkled throughout. Includes pronunciation guide and English translation for French words used in the text.

Readers are encouraged to try making the soup by following the recipe at the publisher's website. While a great idea, it isn't immediately clear where on the website the recipe could be found. In addition to a recipe for cheese soup, readers can find French flash cards and craft projects.… (mer)

Cute story set in a bistro in Paris. The glossary / pronunciation guide at the front of the book and the link to the cheese soup recipe at the back were smart additions -- now kids can learn a bit of French and taste the soup in question along with reading a fun story with great illustrations. I think kids will get a giggle out of the fact that all the sons' names begin with "Jean" and at the domino reactions that happen when the brothers bump into each other.

Note: I received a digital copy of this book through NetGalley.… (mer)

Argyle Fox is about a young fox who wants to play outside! He thinks of all these things to do but when he goes outside and starts to play the wind blows his stuff around making it hard to play! So he goes back home to his house in the tree and decides to never play with the wind again! his mother tells him to think and he will think of something that he can play with while its windy outside.

This was a great story! The pictures are full of colors which captures the kids attention! I liked that he was encouraged not to give up! I chose this book to share with a book club I run with my sister for home-school kids ages 5 to 9 and they had so much fun with this story! .We asked then what they would do on a windy day or if they wanted to play soccer or pirates on a windy day how they would go about doing it so the wind wouldn't be a problem! But most of all they had fun making the kites!

Thank you for sharing this story with The Mighty Mini Lites!… (mer)