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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...

  We are thrilled to announce Bonjour Books DC is sponsoring a LOCAL FRENCH AUTHOR PAVILION as part of the 16th annual Kensington Day of the Book festival on Sunday, April 23 from 11am to 4pm!https://www.dayofthebook.com/The Kensington Day of the Book Festival is a family friendly street festival spanning three blocks of Howard Avenue in the heart of historic Kensington. Come meet authors, poets, literary and community organizations. Live music on a few stages, special guest speakers, poetry readings, cookbook demos, children’s program, and much more. Not your average book festival! Now in its 16th year, this festival offers something for everyone!The French...