Buy Martine Latulippe for your French immersion students...

Martine Latulippe has written 2 great series for grade 3-4 beginning French readers.  Marie-P, and Julie.  Marie-P is about a girl who inherits her grandfather's detective hat, coat and magnifying class and solves mysteries!  Julie is a girl who has a great imagination and an Uncle who collects myths and legends from around Québec.  Julie’s imagination helps her find character’s that are similar to those in her Uncle’s stories.  You have to read this series to find out how Julie figures out if the legend has become alive. 

The second set of books that my grade 7 teacher promotes is “Un lourd silence” and “Un fleur de peau”.  These books are not overly long and the vocabulary is good for immersion students, though the content should be taught. These stories deal with what could happen if you were out babysitting and something strange is happening on the computer of the house you are babysitting at.  Find out how the main character and her friends become a team to find a solution.  In my School District the next 2 books “La grande vertige” and “Le cri” which deal with bullying are used in highschool, due to their content.

There are 2 newer series by Martine Latulippe, that I would also consider: Mouk le monstre that I am just starting to read and get student feedback.  So far, I see it as a strong grade 3/grade 4 french immersion series.  Her other new series, Emily Rose is a series for grade 6/7 immersion students.  In this series, Emily Rose learns about famous people including Terri Fox and Rosa Park in relation to her day-to-day life as a teenager.  The series “L'alphabet sure mille pattes” intended for younger students I think has too much vocabulary for French immersion students.