Even though the girls are reading "chapter books" now, there's still room for breaking out a picture books for a quick bedtime story. They've heard it a million times, and it's really too "babyish" for them, but the girls still love to hear Madeline. What's the draw? Well, it's the drawings. The pictures mean so much more to them now. The words on each page take about two seconds, but we analyze each illustration. Have we been there? Have we seen that angle? How does it look different today?
We can play the same game with Eloise in Paris, and Téa Stilton: Mystère à Paris (Thea Stilton and the Mystery in Paris, but we have the French version), and any other illustrated books set here.
Drawing vs. Photograph, Fact vs. Fiction, Then vs. Now: I can come up with the following guide without even having to break out my camera, because all of these are photos already in my existing files:
Jardin de Luxembourg (Madeline):
Les Invalides (Madeline):
Pont Alexandre III (Eloise in Paris):
On the subject, my friend Sue sent me this T-shirt which is both à propos and très chic. It's Madeline at the Arc de Triomphe.
Tour Montparnasse (never heard anybody call it the Tour Maine-Montparnasse, whether that's its official name or not, from Téa Stilton: Mystère à Paris):
Eiffel Tower (Madeline):
We can play the same game with Eloise in Paris, and Téa Stilton: Mystère à Paris (Thea Stilton and the Mystery in Paris, but we have the French version), and any other illustrated books set here.
Drawing vs. Photograph, Fact vs. Fiction, Then vs. Now: I can come up with the following guide without even having to break out my camera, because all of these are photos already in my existing files:
Notre Dame (Madeline):
Jardin de Luxembourg (Madeline):
Sacré Coeur (Madeline):
Arc de Triomphe (Eloise in Paris):
On the subject, my friend Sue sent me this T-shirt which is both à propos and très chic. It's Madeline at the Arc de Triomphe.
Tour Montparnasse (never heard anybody call it the Tour Maine-Montparnasse, whether that's its official name or not, from Téa Stilton: Mystère à Paris):
Le Grand Escalier (the Great Staircase) at l'Opéra (Téa Stilton: Mystère à Paris):
And, of course, each book has its own views of the Eiffel Tower, such as this one with fireworks and balcony view (Eloise in Paris):
Eiffel Tower as seen from across the Seine, at night (Téa Stilton: Mystère à Paris)
Eiffel Tower (Madeline):
And finally, one that little to do with Paris, but a lot to do with book illustrations and their real-life counterparts: While we are living here, Pippa makes that huge jump in reading level where she can start to read "real" books. Her first effort (age 6, last Christmas) is to read a book of her namesake: Pippi's Extraordinary Ordinary Day. In honor of finishing her first book, I re-create the feast from it and, yes, am dorky enough to insist on staging the photo to match the Michael Chesworth illustration, too.
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