2024 DCL Kids Reading Challenge: Book Set in France | Douglas County Libraries

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Win a Denver Zoo Annual Family Pass in this year's random prize drawing of the kids challenge finishers! Read any of the titles on this list, or choose your own, for your chance to win. Win a Denver Zoo Annual Family Pass in this year's random prize drawing of the kids challenge finishers! Read any of the titles on this list, or choose your own, for your chance to win. Show less

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

A Novel in Words and Pictures

by Selznick, Brian

Book - 2007

In this half chapter book, half graphic novel, orphan Hugo Cabret keeps the clocks of a Paris train station going while trying to unlock the secrets of his most prized possession—a mechanical man left to him by his father. In this half chapter book, half graphic novel, orphan Hugo Cabret keeps the clocks of a Paris train station going while trying to unlock the secrets of his most prized possession—a mechanical man left to him by his father. Show less

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D-Day

Battle on the Beach

by Messner, Kate

Book - 2018

A time-traveling golden retriever shows up on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. A time-traveling golden retriever shows up on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Show less

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School Trip

by Craft, Jerry

Book - 2023

Jordan, Drew, Liam, Maury, and their friends from Riverdale Academy Day School are heading out on a school trip to Paris. How will the crew handle navigating a new language, unfamiliar food, and a different culture? Jordan, Drew, Liam, Maury, and their friends from Riverdale Academy Day School are heading out on a school trip to Paris. How will the crew handle navigating a new language, unfamiliar food, and a different culture? Show less

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City of Dragons

2, Rise of the Shadowfire

by Yogis, Jaimal

Book - 2023

In this graphic novel, Grace and her friends must travel to Paris while being tracked by the fearsome dragon Shadowfire in order to see her lost dragon, Nate. In this graphic novel, Grace and her friends must travel to Paris while being tracked by the fearsome dragon Shadowfire in order to see her lost dragon, Nate. Show less

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How to Be True

by Johnson, Daisy May

Book - 2022

Three boarding school friends let loose on Paris, one châuteau, one grumpy grandma, and one mysterious art thief. Three boarding school friends let loose on Paris, one châuteau, one grumpy grandma, and one mysterious art thief. Show less

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The Jules Verne Prophecy

by Schwarz, Larry

Book - 2023

Thirteen-year-old American Owen Godfrey finds himself in Paris for the summer and enrolled in a symposium to improve his French and his knowledge of Jules...Show more Thirteen-year-old American Owen Godfrey finds himself in Paris for the summer and enrolled in a symposium to improve his French and his knowledge of Jules Verne. Through a series of misadventures, he and two new French friends find themselves in a race for treasure set in motion by the father of science fiction himself, Jules Verne. Show less

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City Spies

by Ponti, James

Book - 2020

Espionage in the city of lights. Three extraordinary kids turn spies for a globetrotting adventure of a lifetime. Espionage in the city of lights. Three extraordinary kids turn spies for a globetrotting adventure of a lifetime. Show less

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The Story of Diva and Flea

by Willems, Mo

Book - 2015

Like the famous O'Malley, Flea is an alley cat and a flaneur (explorer). Diva is a small white dog, who guards the courtyard in front of the Paris apartment building where her owner is the caretaker. Like the famous O'Malley, Flea is an alley cat and a flaneur (explorer). Diva is a small white dog, who guards the courtyard in front of the Paris apartment building where her owner is the caretaker. Show less

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A Dash of Magic

by Littlewood, Kathryn

eBook - 2013

Rosemary lost her family's centuries-old magical baking book to her wicked Aunt Lily. Now she has the chance to win it back—in a live bakeoff on French TV. Rosemary lost her family's centuries-old magical baking book to her wicked Aunt Lily. Now she has the chance to win it back—in a live bakeoff on French TV. Show less

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