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  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...

We are SO EXCITED that our very own (Kensington MD-based!) Carole Geneix Auteure 's brand new crime novel, #ManhattanPalace, released TODAY. It is IN STOCK at Bonjour Books and ready to thrill you.We are several chapters in and it is already a HUGE coup de 💓 It is set in a fictitious #NYC luxury hotel owned by the mega-rich Sharp-Sterling family, whose matriarch Jacklyn is dubbed the “Queen of England”.The family members and all the staff are abuzz getting the hotel ready for a lavish wedding: of the dilettante grandson George Sharp Junior to Coco, the trending French Instagram star.As the scene of...