Where to find French Books, Periodicals, Audiovisual Materials and Objects
Want to start up your collection of French literature but not sure where to find the hottest new titles? Would you like to add French flair to your home by decorating à la provençale? Here is a list of websites and stores where you may find French books, DVDs, language learning materials, home furnishings, and much more.
Bookstores with French collections in the New York area
– Albertine – A reading room and bookshop that brings to life French-American intellectual exchange offering more than 14,000 contemporary and classic titles from over 30 French-speaking countries worldwide. They also offer online shopping.
972 Fifth Avenue (at 79th Street), New York, NY 10075
info@albertine.com (212) 650–0070
– Ideal Foreign Books
Kids to adults, classics, textbooks and new books. Shipments for customers’ special orders come often.
132-10 Hillside Ave. Jamaica, NY 11418
Tel: (718)297-7477
Also try these used bookstores for their collection of language-learning materials, dictionaries, and French language books:
126 Crosby St, New York, NY
Tel: 212-334-3324
828 Broadway New York, NY 10003
Tel: (212) 473-1452
French periodical subscriptions
– Culturethèque A wide selection of French magazines is offered for free to members of participating Alliance Française chapters by
the Institut Français.
Subscriptions to French magazines
Tel: 1-877-363-1310
– Unipresse Magazine subscriptions
– Mitchell’s New York For home and office newspaper delivery. Also offers certain French magazines.
Children’s Materials
– Songs for Teaching
Children’s songs (music and lyrics) to purchase as download. Be careful – there are many ads on this site.
– Bayard Jeunesse
Magazine subscriptions to children’s periodicals for learning to read in French.
– Muzzy
Access this proven method for teaching kids a new language, developed by the BBC. Now
available as an online subscription.
– Yadeeda
Easy-to-learn French songs for children
– La Souris qui Raconte
A new “all digital” publishing house for kids 5-10 years old. You can read with your child or let
your child be read to.
Posters and Maps
– Poster Classics
Vintage posters
– EPS Maps
Offers a variety of maps of countries and cities worldwide.
Flags (All countries, all sizes)
– AAA American Flag Co.
40 W 37th St New York, NY 10018
Tel: (212)989-1190
– Ace Banner and Flag Co.
107 W. 36th St New York NY 10001
Gifts
Specializes in French tablecloths, fabrics, bedspreads, and souvenirs of Provence.
P.O. Box 593 Moorebank NSW 1875, Australia
Carries culinary delights as well as soap and bath products from France.
– Playaboule
Pétanque sets and accessories
– Maison 140
Traditional French-inspired decor and modern chic housewares, the majority of stock is imported
from France.
140 Ninth Ave at 19th St, Tel: 212-255-0022
North American Online Bookstores
French Online Bookstores
– The FNAC
NY PUBLIC LIBRARIES WITH FRENCH MATERIALS
– New York Public Library: World Languages Collection
For circulating materials, the largest branch of the NYPL is the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) 455 Fifth Avenue (at 40th Street) New York NY. Multilingual materials are available across the many branches in Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island.
– New York Public Library: General Research Division(collections do not circulate)
5th Ave & 42nd Street New York, NY 10018
Tel (212) 930-0831
– Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch: Multilingual Center
Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY
Tel (718) 230-2417
Central Library: 89-11 Merrick Blvd. Jamaica, NY 11432
Tel : (718) 990-0714
Buy French magazines
– A&A Discounts One
838 Lexington Ave (bet. 63rd & 64th St) New York, NY 10021 Tel: (212) 888-1064
Resources for learning French
– Ideal Foreign Books
Specializes in French language learning, but also carry contemporary and classic French titles.
132-10 Hillside Ave. Jamaica, NY 11418
Tel: 718-297-7477
A wide range of French language learning materials, dictionaries and textbooks.
76A Mount Auburn St. PO Box 182 Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617) 547-8855
Books, DVDs, posters, software, etc.
85 Fernwood Lane Roslyn, NY 11576
Tel: (800)227-5287
Find French language learning materials as well as popular novels and films.
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