Sophie is going shopping with maman. Sophie is hungry and she tries to get maman to buy her some cake or some ice cream. What will maman do? Written entirely in French this original, fun story uses repetitive phrases and simple sentences to embed vocabulary and language structures making it ideal for French learners. With engaging, full colour pictures and easy-to-read language on every page, this book can be read to, by and with children of any age. Children with early French language skills will gain confidence, and develop their language skills, when they realise they are able to read and understand a storybook in French. A picture to colour and talk about on the last page will help to develop all four language learning skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening.