Night Belle/Belle de Nuit: Tales in English and French

By Morgane Siméon and Fabien Mary

Age: from 8 years old Reading Level: from 3rd Grade

Thanks to these short bilingual stories, children will learn to master both French and English.

Nightbelle is a bat, perfectly adapted to her environment. If she had been born in China, she would have understood straightaway she was the symbol of happiness. Her whole life would not have been turned upside down so much!
And we’d have had to do without her story! For Nightbelle, who does not know anything about all this, believes she lacks something essential : beauty…

About the series:

Children growing in a bilingual environment will love the short and educational stories published by the Éditions Ipagine. Richly illustrated, these tales will help them understand the similarities and the differences between French and English.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Ipagine
• Release date: Apr 23, 2015
• ISBN: 9782511036488

Book preview

Bonjour les filles,

bonjour les garçons !

Hello girls,

hello boys !

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Je suis Charlotte la loutre,

j’aime rêver

à l’abri des roseaux

qui bordent la petite rivière.

I am Charlotte the otter,

I enjoy daydreaming

in the shelter of the reeds

along the small river.

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Un soir, alors que j’observais

les étoiles naissantes,

j’ai été heurtée par Belle de Nuit,

une jeune chauve-souris

qui voletait gaiement

tout en poursuivant les insectes.

One evening, as I was

observing the rising stars,

I was hit by Night Belle,

a young bat

cheerfully fluttering about

while chasing after insects.

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- Excuse-moi, Charlotte,

je ne t’avais pas repérée,

dans ces roseaux…

- Sorry Charlotte,

I had not spotted you

in those reeds…

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Oh, il faut que je te raconte

ce qui m’est