My French Book Fest invites you to discover children's French literature
and to meet authors from November 3 to 5 at the Alliance Française de La Nouvelle-Orléans. This event is for everyone, from
ages 3 to 99 years old.
November 3 & 4 — 4:00 to 6:30 pm
November 5 — 1:00 to 6:30 pm
Volunteer
to help run the show!
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French Book Fair in partnership with the Garden
District Book Shop
Purchase French books and have them autographed by the children's authors present
Throughout the festival– Backyard of the Alliance Francaise
Performance of the Story « The
Wolf in underpants”/
Le Loup en Slip by Wilfrid Lupano
A bilingual performance by Amélia Parenteau for children and parents
Follow the wolf and his adventures in a forest that resembles our society
Friday, November 4, at 5:30pm – Backyard de l’Alliance Francaise
Saturday,
November 5, at 5:30pm – Backyard de l’Alliance Française
Virtual reality experiences— Art
can also tell us stories!
Discover France’s most famous monuments and paintings through virtual
reality!
Throughout the festival in the AFNO library
Create your own cartoons with Éditions Animées
Create a cartoon inspired by the Fables by Jean de La Fontaine with your children!
Throughout the festival in the AFNO library
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Workshop focusing on comics of the Francophone world
A workshop with Laurence Lechat to discover the diversity of various French-speaking comic
books.
For children and adults, 1h30 – free and open to all
Saturday, November 5, at 3:00pm – Alliance Française
Storytime for children
Children can enjoy hearing their favorite French storybooks read aloud
Saturday, November 5, from 1:30pm to 4:30pm – Children’s classroom of the AFNO
Autographs from the authors present during the Festival
Meet Francophone authors and have their books autographed
More detailed schedule to come – Backyard of the Alliance Francaise
Barry Jean Ancelet is Professor Emeritus of Francophone Studies and Center for Louisiana Studies Research Fellow at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is part of the research team that produced the Dictionary of Louisiana French as Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009). In 2016, he published Jean-le-Chasseur et ses chiens, a French story set in Louisiana, among other publications for youth.
Get your copy of "Le Loup en slip" signed from 4:30 to 5:30 Saturday!
Wilfrid Lupano is an author-screenwriter of comics for adults and French children's books. He is very popular for his series "Les Vieux Fourneaux", with illustrator, Paul Cauuet. A story that mixes humor, tenderness, nostalgia, social issues (work, ecology, politics,) and a certain vision of the current world. In 2019, he continued the adventures of "Loup en Slip" with Mayana Itoïz, a series for children, derived from the universe of "Vieux Fourneaux", the first volume of which was published in 2016. Strong and glaringly topical social themes, dear to the author, are approached from a child's perspective.
This festival is made possible thanks to the generous support of the French
Institute of the United States / Villa Albertine and
in collaboration with the Villa Albertine in New Orleans.
In partnership with New Orleans French Immersion Schools, the Alliance Française will host field
trips
on Thursday, November 3 and Friday, November 4.
My French Book Fest is part of a 2022-2023 children's literature season, an
initiative of the Consulate General of France in Louisiana / Villa Albertine. This season provides other highlights, such as professional
development for local French teachers,
writing competitions open to schools, and the creation of educational material available to French teachers in Louisiana.
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