Grammar Is a Sweet, Gentle Song

I love, love, love, love, heart, heart, heart this book. I read it in French a few months ago, and I was curious about how some of the elements were translated (like the gender of nouns, as English doesn't have that feature). Obviously, for those who need it, this is a way of accessing a foreign language book. I was just a little disappointed by the force of the profanity. It's one of the hardest things to translate, but... Read Full Review

I received this book as a gift from my former colleagues. Although I don't like reading too much I was through with this wonderful written novel in one day. It is the story of two children who are stranded on an island - an island consisting of people with love for language and words and shops with wonderful words: long words, short words, rare words, nonsense words. Jeanne and Thomas are fascinated by the beauty, wealth,... Read Full Review

I am a French teacher and *cannot wait* to get this book into the hands of my students. It has such a cute way of explaining essential grammatical concepts without being pedantic at all. Set on a magical island where the protagonist lands after a shipwreck, the novel talks about adjectives, for example, wanting to "marry" nouns (for gender agreement); about how adverbs are loners, and how verbs need a "time" (and there are... Read Full Review

I'm not sure whether or not every francophone would love this book, but I did. You might not think that a book about grammar is something to read outside of French class, but this one is worth it. Yes, there is a plot, and the grammar that is presented in the book is done in such a way that you won't forget it. C'est vraiment une belle histoire!

I wish I read this book when I was learning French in High School. The story is fun and the concept is fresh. Since I am still learning French, I think I had to look up every 20 words or so in a dictionary. It was worth it.