Blue-eyed Herbie - Herbie aux yeux bleus: Tales in English and French

By Jasmin Heymelaux and Morgane Siméon

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.

When Shirley and her mother find a stray alligator peacefully sleeping on the living-room sofa, there’s going to be big trouble ! Herbie, the blue-eyed alligator awakened by the screams and taking advantage of the wave of panic runs away into the house…
Will he be found out ? Shirley is looking for him… but which of the two will get the bigger surprise ? And will Herbie manage to find his parents again ? Let's listen to Charlotte the otter tell us his story...

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: 9782511036495

Book preview

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Bonjour les filles,

bonjour les garçons !

Hello girls,

hello boys !

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Je suis Charlotte la loutre

et je vis cachée dans les roseaux

du Rupt de Mad, une petite rivière

de France qui serpente

dans les prés de Lorraine.

I am Charlotte the otter

and I live hidden in the reeds

of Rupt de Mad, a little French

river winding

in the meadows of Lorraine.

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Ma tanière est installée

entre les racines

d’un grand arbre centenaire

qui borde le cours d’eau.

My den is laid out

between the roots of a big

hundred-year-old tree

along the stream.

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Mais ce n’est pas n’importe

quel arbre car il possède une partie

creuse qui me permet d’entendre

résonner les voix de toutes

mes cousines du monde entier.

However, it is not just

any tree as it has a hollow part

allowing me to hear

the ringing of the voices

of my cousins all over the world.

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Ma cousine Sofia,

qui vit en Amérique du Nord,

m’a raconté l’histoire d’Herbie,