Originally published in 1964, "La petite famille" serves as an entertaining manual for learning French for young English-speaking children.

Simple sentences are constructed from everyday words and then repeated and added to form true plays. Four delightfully absurd stories are featured in the book - "La petite famille"; "le banque "t; "le cole"; "la belle dame" - and a bilingual glossary of the vocabulary used. John Alcorn's colourful illustrations are the perfect accompaniment to these amusing stories.

The reprinting of the book in its original form will allow young French-speaking readers to hone their reading skills and learn English vocabulary themselves.