

Little Paper France : Make a little paper model of France that you can use to decorate. In addition to the France location, it includes the Taj Mahal (which looks awesome), the Tokyo Tower, Big Ben ( Doctor Who program!), and the Sydney Opera House, to name just a few.Īnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkinsįrench Manicure : Have a spa day and give yourself a French manicure. This book would be a great addition to our previous Eat and Read Around the Globe program outline that includes things like making postcards from each city and tasting the foods of the region. so you can, in fact, make a little paper city. In addition there are some basic fun projects like a house, car, stop sign, park bench, etc.


The section on Europe includes a few French landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower, the Le Louvre Pyramid and the Arc de Triopmhe. After a brief introduction giving you basic instructions and explaining the symbols used in paper folding, the various origami project are divided into geographic regions. Origami City: Fold More Than 30 Global Landmarks by Shuki Kato & Jordan Langerak does exactly what you think it would do – it gives you step by step instructions for folding more than 30 landmarks out of paper. But I’m finally dusting it off and sharing it with you as part of our Quarto Week because of the book Origami City. This post for a Paris themed TPIB has been sitting in my drafts folder for a really, really long time. The Tween collects a variety of memorabilia and we tend to collect and read books that take place in France. (Sept.In my home, Paris is a dream destination. Agent: Michelle Wolfson, Wolfson Literary Agency. Her romantic interpretation of artistic temperament, inspiration, and beauty will tempt even the most grounded readers to vicariously enter the world behind painted images. Whitney’s anecdotes about artists and their works create a solid foundation from which magic springs. To prevent the destruction of dozens of masterpieces, Julien tries to locate the source of the trouble, with help from fellow art-lovers, Renoir’s favorite model, and at least one of the nine muses. Just as he becomes enamored with a girl in a Renoir work who returns his affection, other paintings begin changing and behaving strangely, and reports surface that paintings in America, Great Britain, and Russia are doing the same. Seventeen-year-old Julien, whose mother runs the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, has recently learned that the museum’s paintings come to life by night. A cross between The Da Vinci Code and The Night at the Museum, this sophisticated fantasy from Whitney (When You Were Here) borrows from art history and ancient mythology as chaos erupts at museums around the world.
