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  🎉📚Ils sont là! They are here! Our first books for the Rentrée Littéraire have arrived! We have some absolute coups de cœur to tell you about plus many we haven’t read yet but are so excited to! Want to participate first hand in the magic of this very special French phenomenon of the new literary season? Come to your local French bookstore and find the books everyone is talking about plus lesser known treasures we think you will love. Many more arriving every week! Vive la Rentrée Littéraire!

  Today we welcomed a new favorite character to Bonjour Books DC:Meet BEEP BEEP, an adorable little red car who speaks French and English and LOVES to travel! Come follow her adventures in Paris, New York and the countryside (la campagne) with her friend Chocolat, the chat gourmand named after his favorite food.The Beep Beep books were written and illustrated by Pauline Leveque, a French journalist who lives in New York and is raising bilingual children. Text is written in both French and Anglais.Ideal for ages 2-6, we are loving them for older readers too! The stories have much more...

Quel talent! ⭐️ What talent! Once again we are honored to have local French students’ work on display in our window—perfectly timed to inspire 🌞summer reading! Un grand Merci to Madame Magali’s 6ème/6th grade class at @myfrenchclassesbethesdamd who created a beautiful display of poems, book reviews and interesting reports —all inspired by their readings in class. Need inspiration for summer? From Petit Prince to Alexandre Dumas to Molière you will find it! Plus remember everyone: a beautiful poem can spring from whatever inspires YOU. 🏟Le football? Oui! ✏️Your awesome school?👩‍🏫A favorite teacher? Absolument! 🌊La plage? Bien sûr! P.S. Why not...

Bravo to our intern, 15-year old Isaac, who polled his friends and helped us make sure our “Coin des Ados” is stocked with books teens REALLY read. Turns out we already have some crowd-pleasers —and more recommendations en route! Plus he wrote up reviews for a few of his personal favorites! Merci Isaac!

Great News DC Dwellers! We are bringing the French bookstore to you for our next FRENCH BOOK FAIR at the beautiful Alliance Française!Stop by the AFDC at 2142 Wyoming Ave TOMORROW, Saturday May 23 from 10am to 4pm! You'll find tables chock full of books en Français for all ages. Best of all, 10-15% of sales will be donated back to the AFDC Library! Would you like to organize a book fair for your school or organization? Did you know that we offer fundraisers --in-store, online AND in person where we give back 10-15% of all sales?Contact us for more...