Book Sharing Monday

The kids and I have so many favourite books that I find it easier to give myself a theme to follow for each month.

This month of May I decided to share a few books that were my favourite when I was a child. My birthday is in a few days so I thought it was suiting to make this "my month"!

I grew up in France so the books are in french, but I hope you will enjoy them anyway, even if you don't speak french. My mother passed on to me the love of beautiful books and art, I hope you will enjoy the illustrations of my choices. I kept the selections based on the few books that I still have in my possession. I was an only child growing up and loved reading, so there are many other favourites, but I don't have the actual books anymore.

"Youkou-Lili et sa nouvelle poupee" by Louise Grant is probably one of my first books. I am not sure how old I was when I received it, but I always remember having it around.

This is the story of Youkou-Lili, a young girl who lives on an island in the South Seas. She spends most of her days playing with her wooden doll, made by her father.

Youkou-Lili even takes her doll to bed and fall asleep with it.

One day, a big sailboat comes to the island and one of the sailors gives Youkou-Lili a surprise, a beautiful porcelain doll. Youkou-Lili plays with her new doll all that day, taking off her clothes and putting them back on again, adding flowers in her hair...