Humanities Languages Beginning French Reading Resources Easy reading for beginning French students Share Flipboard Email Print Languages French Vocabulary Basics Pronunciation & Conversation Grammar Resources for Teachers English as a Second Language Spanish German Italian Japanese Mandarin English Grammar by ThoughtCo Updated March 17, 2017 Are you or your students ready to try reading in French? Here is a selection of French readers for beginning to intermediate students, including short stories, novel excerpts, non-fiction, and poems chosen or written especially with beginning students in mind. 01 of 08 Beginner's French Reader, Anne Topping You save: Buy from Amazon More than two dozen simple stories about everyday situations with pictures, exercises, and a complete glossary. For absolute beginners. 02 of 08 Easy French Reader, by R. de Roussy de Sales You save: Buy from Amazon Learn French as you read fiction and non-fiction: short stories, historical sketches of France, biographies of famous French people, and more. Includes margin translations and comprehension exercises. This progressive reader can be used by absolute beginners to intermediates. 03 of 08 Poursuite à Québec, by Ian Fraser Part of the "Aventures canadiennes" series - a mystery and adventure story with simple vocabulary and sentence structure, illustrations, exercises, and a glossary. Beginning French. More » 04 of 08 Dialogues sympathiques: A Reader for Beginning French Students, by Anne Moreau You save: Buy from Amazon Thirty brief, humorous dialogues and stories, with illustrations, exercises, and depictions of cultural characteristics of Francophone countries. Beginning French. 05 of 08 Joie de lire!, Harcourt School You save: Buy from Amazon This series of three books aimed particularly at children includes a reader for each level: beginning, intermediate, and advanced. 06 of 08 Danger dans les Rocheuses, by Ian Fraser Part of the "Aventures canadiennes" series - a mystery and adventure story with simple vocabulary and sentence structure, illustrations, exercises, and a glossary. Beginning French. More » 07 of 08 Graded French Reader, Camille Bauer You save: Buy from Amazon A collection of simplified exerpts of French novels, with pre- and post-reading activities, grammatical explanations, and footnote translations. Beginning to intermediate French. 08 of 08 Petits Contes Sympathiques, by June K. Phillips You save: Buy from Amazon For high-beginning French students: more than two dozen humorous short stories about everyday situations in simple, authentic language. citecite this article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation ThoughtCo. "Beginning French Reading Resources." ThoughtCo, Feb. 26, 2018, thoughtco.com/beginning-french-reading-resources-1369622. ThoughtCo. (2018, February 26). Beginning French Reading Resources. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/beginning-french-reading-resources-1369622 ThoughtCo. "Beginning French Reading Resources." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/beginning-french-reading-resources-1369622 (accessed April 24, 2018). copy citation Continue Reading