We specialize in easy French readers and audiobooks for the K-12 French as a second language and immersion classroom.
Aquila readers are not translations or adaptations: They are original, authentic, age and level-appropriate stories and dialogues with follow-up exercises especially written and narrated for the young student of French as a second language.
Easy French readers especially written and carefully levelled for early language learners of French as a second language.
Grades 3 and up - Low beginner through high beginner.
Each book features four short stories followed by easy activities and a French-English lexicon.
17 titles
Short, simple, age and level-appropriate thematic dialogue stories written in easy, levelled, authentic, conversational French. Great for drama-based teaching!
Grades 5 and up - High beginner/Low intermediate
Each book features four short stories followed by activities and a French-English lexicon.
20 titles
Short, easy, humorous thematic comic book style stories written in simple conversational French. Visually attractive, easy, age-appropriate in a format students associate with reading for fun.
Grades 3-6 - Low beginner to high beginner
Everyday themes - Pets, sports, friends, school, food and many more. Books include exercises and a lexicon.
16 titles
Short, level and age-appropriate, humorous, thematic stories for teenagers learning French. Conversational, easy and fun!
Grades 6-8 - Beginner to Low intermediate
Hockey, ordering food with friends, health and nutrition, a visit to Montreal, sports, vacations and more. Books include exercises and a lexicon.
12 titles
Grades 7 and up - Intermediate
Dialogues! Each book features four short, age-appropriate dialogue stories followed by activities and a French-English lexicon.
9 titles - Everyday themes - Friends, sports, health and nutrition, shopping, careers, vacations and many more.
Grades 7 and up - Intermediate
11 Short novels - Everyday teenage situations
Each book features a three-chapter dialogue story followed by activities and a French-English lexicon.
Themes teenagers can relate to. Anti-bullying - Anti racism - Drugs - The environment - Snitching - Social media - Media literacy and more...
Four new short novels written in simple French for young adult sports fans! Hockey - Basketball - Soccer - Extreme Sports
Each reader features an original, 3-chapter fiction story followed by a separate fact section that describes interesting details about the sport. These books also include comprehension and vocabulary exercises and a French-English lexicon.
64-page each - Grades 7 and up, Low intermediate/intermediate.
A series of fascinating age and level-appropriate readers for the intermediate student of French.
True stories, fiction, unexplained phenomena, each book is features 14 chapters followed by a wide range of oral and written exercises.
12 Titles - Grades 7 and up.
Illustrated Classics - 23 of the greatest classics ever written carefully abridged for the intermediate student of French.
Jules Verne - Victor Hugo - Alexandre Dumas - R.I. Stevenson - Charles Dickens - all wonderfully illustrated and carefully edited for the foreign language student. Every book features a French-English lexicon.
23 titles - 64 pages each.
Low intermediate - Grades 6 and up - 11 Titles
These short, straightforward dialogues were carefully selected for their high interest and simple vocabulary structures.
Short, real-life, easy, authentic dialogues in simple everyday conversational French. Familiar everyday settings: Ordering meals, shopping, fashion and clothing, and more...
Each book contains four short stories with follow-up exercises and French-English lexicons.
A series of fascinating age and level-appropriate readers for the Low intermediate/Intermediate student of French.
True stories, fiction, humour, unexplained phenomena, science, each book features 20 short chapters followed by exercises and a French-English Lexicon. 48 pages each.
Grades 7 and up - 14 Titles
These three books contain 18 short, true, unbelievable stories, carefully levelled for the high beginner/low-intermediate student of French as a second language.
Each book features six short stories followed by activities and a French-English lexicon.
