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With today being Bastille Day, a day of celebrating French culture, we’re sharing a reading list of books that are set in France. Lucky for France, Bastille Day is actually a public holiday so post offices, banks, and many businesses are closed = more time for reading.
It’s Eloise’s 60th birthday this year - though she’s not a day over six! Celebrate with a beautifully illustrated hardcover edition of the original classic storybook with gobs of bonus material! Eloise is a very special little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. She may not be pretty yet, but she’s definitely already a real person. She loves learning about people who aren’t boring. Take Eloise home with you and she’ll introduce you to life at The Plaza. You’ll be glad you did!
Download the Eloise activity kit.
Eloise: A book for precocious grownups was first published on November 28, 1955.
Lena Dunham's upcoming documentary on "Eloise" has got us thinking about some of our favourite timeless characters from children's books. Check them out below.
What characters would you add?
WATCH the trailer for Lena Dunham's upcoming documentary on "Eloise"
The writer, director and actress debuted a trailer for her new documentary short, “It’s Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise,” a portrait of Hilary Knight, the illustrator behind the beloved children’s book series “Eloise.” The film — which premiered at Sundance and will air this spring on HBO —was born from Dunham’s friendship with the 88-year-old artist and her lifelong love of the vivacious little girl at the “tippity top floor of the Plaza Hotel”. Knight, who reached out to Dunham after learning she had a tattoo of Eloise inked to her lower back, began the famed series in 1955 with Jewish author Kay Thompson. The books struck a chord with Dunham, who told the New York Daily News that the magic came from its spirited, often times troublesome, protagonist. “As a little girl you don’t see that many representations of yourself beyond a good little child with pigtails.” Duhman said. “So, it was meaningful.”
Take a trip down memory lane with these "Eloise" books.
