Princesses+oublies+ou+inconnues

Connaissez-vous les princesses Ephémère de Chine, Confidente, Dîng et Dông, Forêt...? Les textes de cet album vous révèlent tout sur leurs goûts, leurs qualités et leurs défauts ou encore sur leur mode de vie. Les illustrations permettent d'imaginer un palais, de rêver allonger à côté de la princesse, de choisir un blason...Dans Princesses, il y a Cendrillon et quelques autres célébrités mais on y trouve surtout des princesses oubliées, des princesses injustement ignorées. Ce n'est pas tout. Dans Princesses, il y a des histoires, des anecdotes, des secrets et des portraits. Il y a des choses qui font rire, qui font peur, d'autres encore qui font rêver. Et ce n'est pas tout. Dans Princesses, il n'y a pas que des princesses. Il y a aussi des cailloux, des ombrelles et des baisers. Des jardins, un prince, des papillons noirs. Un planisphère, des mystères. De l'amour. Comme toujours. Mais il n'y a pas que ça. Princesses parle de princesses comme personne ne l'a jamais fait, les montre comme vous ne les avez jamais vues. Mais ce n'est pas tout...[|Amazon Fr]
 * Princesses oubliées ou inconnues**...un livre de Rébecca Dautremer, Philippe Lechermeier


 * Quelques Activités** (more to come as I get time to upload them)

1. Surtout pour les débutants - - Description Make sufficient class sets of the illustrations in jpg form which are attached here (copied from notecards I purchased) and cut them apart. (You will need to right click on each illustration and save it before printing.)Then follow the instructions here:

2. Listening - Les Princesses sur mp3 (accompanying handouts to come later) media type="file" key="02 - Connaisez-vous_.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="03 - L'art de la danse.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="04 - Zoulou Zazou.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="05 - Ephémère de Chine.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="06 - Fatrasie.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="07 - Fric-Frac.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="08 - Petipythie.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="10 - Ce qu'il faut savoir sur les Princesses.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="11 - Dorémi.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="13 - Les baisers de princesses.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="14 - Crapaudine et Papagnasse.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="15 - Bouder.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="16 - Badaboum.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="18 - Trucs et astuces.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="19 - Esperluette.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="20 - Les Larmes de Princesse.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="23 - Mathûvû.mp3" width="240" height="20"

3. Quelle princesse êtes-vous? media type="file" key="22 - Quelle princesse êtes-vous_.mp3" width="240" height="20" Quelle princesse êtes-vous? Faites le quiz qui est dans le livre (ou bien, écoutez le mp3 ci-dessous) et partagez votre réponse avec vos amis.

4. a. Using this handout, read the "proverbs" and discuss/do the activities (associated with some, not all of them).Note that the proverbs are given in three languages - French, Spanish, and German - because this book is available in all these languages -plus, more recently - English.)

b. Explain/illustrate your understanding of the "proverbs" concerning the Princesses in your own, creative way. You might, for example, invent and act out scenarios involving the princesses (or other characters, including yourself.)

5. Watch video clips and read articles about the royal weddings in summer 2011. Do princesses Kate and Charlene fit the descriptions of any of the princesses in this book? If so, how? If not, invent your own description for each, and illustrate them, or find a princess from a well known fairy tale that best illustrates them, and explain how/why. (les contes de fées ). Hold a debate about whether "fairy tale weddings/marriages" really exist.

6.. Research the life and activities of another real life, modern princess (do not use Kate, Charlene, or Grace...there are MANY princesses!) Write and illustrate a proverb depicting the princess you have chosen to research, and present it along with a biography of the Princess. There are links to information about the royal families of Europe on this page (scroll down the page toward the bottom to locate them).

For Spanish students and teachers: 7. Some ideas and activities for Spanish classes, cited with the author's permission (and using the Spanish edition of the book) are located [|here].

8. [|Online, interactive games] based on the English version of the book

[|The Princess book - English version - is on Facebook]. Nice page !