Les Aventures d'Isabelle

by Karen Rowan, Contee Seely (Editor)

Isabelle is a 8½ year-old girl who can t seem to keep herself out of trouble on a visit to Paris with her mother. She wants to be the president when she grows up. Or a ballerina. Or the president and a ballerina. She s dramatic. She sings on the subway, eats screams like a baby after eating a cheese that is too strong, and convinces her mom to buy new shoes for a big family. No matter how often her mom asks her to sit down like a normal little girl, she just can t help getting up to take more pictures of her adventures. When will Isabela ever sit down? Les Aventures d'Isabelle is a Fluency Fast novella for true beginners. It uses a vocabulary of only 230 words to tell a 2300-word story. It is repetitive and simple and uses many cognates to make the book comprehensible to beginning adults and children.

Genres: School, Spanish Literature

50 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Jenee Antoniu]

This book is very, very basic Spanish. There is a glossary in the back with EVERY word in it. Great for beginners, very repetitive.

[Samy Deloera · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the plot. Had interesting details.

[Nina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super sweet and warm story of a mom and her mischievous daughter living in Mexico. Great for Spanish students of all ages, and perfect for level 1 Spanish. My favorite part was the shoe store!

[Sonia · Rating 5 out of 5]

First book en français ✨

[Summertime Readaholic · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute short story that could easily be used a collection of short stories instead of a chapter book. Reasonable repetition without being overly so. My HS students who struggle with reading comprehension enjoy this book as a first time independent read because it uses high frequency words and is extremely easy to understand for even novice learners.

[djoeke · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well it was of course a children book, but the daughter gets everything she wants. I do not think that is the right way to behave so no, maybe not the best example. Even though it was a fun, short read, I wouldn't read it to children.

[Kaycee1976 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first novel that I have done in seventh grade. The kids find it really easy. I will use it again.

[Gary Paulson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story for Comprehensive Reading in Spanish. 200 word Vocabulary. 2200 words. Lots of good repetition.

[Andrea Brown]

This one is really cute!