Which colour? We used the orange, blue and green. They were a bit dry but I loved the little comprehension passages that started each chapter. I remember Marie France going to market and Claudette talking to her mother about "le petit dejeuner," papa, Jean Claude et amie Pierre watching the Tour de France and the boys being late for school with Monsieur Lafayette.

I think I'd be intimidated to speak French around native speakers, in books and on TV they always seem to be looking down on tourists' attempts at French. Does art imitate life?