children's books in french – creating fantasy world for french speaking kids Books are everybody's friends. They are highly knowledge enhancing for anybody who reads them. Books are the most popular way of time pass and increasing confidence in terms of knowledge. They come in different categories and forms. Books have retained their place in spite of the onslaught of the electronic and digital media. They have retained their old world charm and in this way, preserved the bygone era in a very special way. Books are love by all, old and the young equally. Reading starts from the very childhood and people love to read something or the other. There could be difference on the subject one reads but everybody, irrespective of their age, sex, nationality, religion etc, is into the habit. Like there are children's books in french which are for french speaking and any body could learn french from them also. So it has its own unique value. This way it is similar with other languages. Although English is spoken most widely in the world, other languages are spoken by the natives.
English is only used when there is communication between people's of different nationality, origin, place, etc. so the use of native languages would always remain there and there could be children's books in spanish as well as any other languages. The national or multinational languages are more important than English because it is the native people’s identity. So language is close related and hooked to a nation's identity and its place in the world. That cant be denied at any cost. More than language, there are other factors, such as traditions which form the identity of a person. For example there is dress, eating habits, festivals, rituals and many more things which create one's identity. So there are books in every single language of the world. Yet another example could be chinese children's books which is a widely spoken language in the world. In fact, it is very little known that apart from English, french and Chinese are the other two official languages of the world. That is, they are recognized by the united nations. So it goes on to prove how common a language is, describes its importance. This importance is globally because there are languages such as Chinese which are not spoken in one country but in bunch of countries. So the popularity of language or the number of speakers of the concerned language determines its value or importance and that is why there are three official languages of the united nations. Children's first language is their mother tongue. So reading books in their mother tongue makes children the most glued to the books. English could be the second language in some countries but children learn and pick up their mother tongue which is only natural. about the author: The author is an expert on books such as chinese children's books. Here he talks about them with respect to children. Reference Url: http://goarticles.com/article/Children-s-Books-in-French-Creating-Fantasy-World-for-FrenchSpeaking-Kids/9107896/