Graded French novels · A1 to B2
Real stories, real Paris — read your way to fluent French.
Short, adult novels written for your level. Every new word is in bold and explained in easy French, with a glossary, a summary and three questions after each chapter.
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Try it free: chapter 1 and a printable worksheet
Read the first chapter of Le vélo bleu on its page, with the glossary and questions. Then print the free worksheet. No email needed.
How graded reading works
Pick your level
Each book is written inside the word and grammar limits of one level, so you understand almost everything without a dictionary.
Read for the story
Read each chapter once for what happens and once for the words in bold. Guess first, then check the glossary.
Check yourself
Three quick questions after every chapter, with the answers at the back. No homework, no drills.
Move up a level
The same characters carry on from A1 to B2. When a level feels easy, the next book is waiting.
One cast, from Paris to Quebec
The series follows Léa Garnier, who runs a bike workshop by the Canal Saint-Martin, and her neighbour Sam, a Londoner learning French like you. A bike left at her door opens a family story that runs from Paris to Lyon, Marseille, Brussels and Quebec. Each book stands on its own; read in order, they make one long novel.
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Compare the levels →- A1 · Book 1
Le vélo bleu
A blue bike. A hidden key. No owner.
$5.99
A2 · Book 1Le train pour Lyon
The wrong suitcase. The right city.
$5.99
B1 · Book 1Mort au Vieux-Port
Dry boots. Two cups. One dead fisherman.
$5.99
B2 · Book 1L'hiver à Québec
A letter: 'Your father didn't die that night.'
$5.99
Bundles
Buy the books direct and you get the EPUB for any e-reader, a PDF of the print edition and a printable workbook for every book. A level bundle saves 25–29% on buying the books one by one, and the complete series about half.
A1 bundle · 6 books
$24.99 was $35.94
- EPUB ebook
- PDF of the print edition
- Printable workbook
A2 bundle · 6 books
$24.99 was $35.94
- EPUB ebook
- PDF of the print edition
- Printable workbook
B1 bundle · 5 books
$20.99 was $29.95
- EPUB ebook
- PDF of the print edition
- Printable workbook
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