Dual Language Book French English: Naughty Monkey Helps Mr. Carpenter - Singe Filou aide M. Charpentier. Study French with Naughty Monkey. Learn French Collection

By Colin Hann

Naughty Monkey has a special talent for getting into trouble. In this story, Mr. Carpenter attempts to replace a door that Naughty Monkey has broken, but that is not easy when Naughty Monkey is watching.

This illustrated story has been designed for bilingual children and others wishing to read a dual language text in French and English. This book is divided into four sections. In the first part, for ease of understanding the two languages are displayed together mostly one or two sentences at a time. Showing the languages together helps compare words and common expressions easily. The second part, the French only version, allows intermediate students to test their understanding. The third part is in English only and lastly a mobile friendly bilingual English - French version. Reading this fun bilingual story will help you learn French.

Excerpt from the tale:

Naughty Monkey loved to swing on doors. He liked the kitchen door best.
Singe Filou aimait se balancer aux portes. Il aimait particulièrement la porte de la cuisine.

"Monkey! Stop swinging on that door," said Mum. "You will break it!"
The door stopped swinging.
« Singe ! Arrête de te balancer à cette porte », lui dit Maman. « Tu vas la casser ! »
La porte cessa de bouger.

"Ah!" Monkey said. "What happened?"
« Ah ! » dit Singe, « qu'y a-t-il ? »

• Language: English
• Publisher: LingoLibros
• Release date: Sep 2, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310113833

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Naughty Monkey Helps Mr. Carpenter — Singe Filou aide M. Charpentier

Naughty Monkey loved to swing on doors. He liked the kitchen door best.

Singe Filou aimait se balancer aux portes. Il aimait particulièrement la porte de la cuisine.

Monkey! Stop swinging on that door, said Mum. You will break it!

The door stopped swinging.

« Singe ! Arrête de te balancer à cette porte », lui dit Maman. « Tu vas la casser ! »

La porte cessa de bouger.

Ah! Monkey said. What happened?

« Ah ! » dit Singe, « qu'y a-t-il ? »

Get down Monkey! Come here! Mum said angrily.

« Descends Singe ! Viens ici ! » lui dit Maman en colère.

Monkey jumped to the ground and looked at Mum.

Singe sauta au sol et regarda Maman.

Not too bad, Monkey thought.

He had seen Mum look angrier. Naughty Monkey was very good at making Mum angry.

« Pas trop mal », pensa Singe.

Il avait déjà vu Maman plus en colère que cela. Singe Filou était très doué pour mettre Maman en colère.

Look what you've done, said Mum.

Mum pointed up at the door. The top of the door hung away from the wall. Monkey looked up. He could see a big gap between the wall and the top of the door.

« Regarde ce que tu as fait », dit Maman.

Maman pointa la porte du doigt. Le haut de la porte était complètement décollé du mur. Singe jeta un œil et vit un grand espace entre le mur et le haut de la porte.

Monkey, do you know why we have doors? Mum asked.

"The door