Cathedral Square French Market

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Come and enjoy a taste of French culture. Le toboggan will be there with our French books.
Food • Handcrafted good • Live Music • French entertainment • Family Fun ☀️
Step into a little corner of France in the heart of Perth 🇫🇷
Wander through Cathedral Lane, taste authentic French flavours, discover talented French makers, and enjoy a relaxed, joyful atmosphere all day long ✨
 Free entry
📅 Saturday 11 April 2026
⏰ 9am – 3pm
📍 Cathedral Lane, 1 Cathedral Avenue, Perth
(near COMO The Treasury Hotel & State Buildings)
🌟 What’s on :
🍰 Authentic French food & gourmet delights
🎨 Handmade crafts & unique artworks
👗 French costume competition : prizes to win for the most creative outfits!
🎶 Live music by Little Miss Squeezebox
🎨 Free Face painting for kids
📸 Free Photo booth to capture your French moments

Fun for all ages🐶 Dog-friendly
With the support of Alliance Française Perth and French Australian Chamber of Commerce 🇫🇷🤍
📸 Don’t forget to dress French, take photos & share the vibes!
À bientôt at Cathedral Square! 🥖✨
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‘Je peux tout lire avec Capitaine Maya: l’ile de l’oubli’

'Je peux tout lire avec Capitaine Maya: l'ile de l'oubli'

In French, from 6yo.
Captain Maya must rescue the children of an island bewitched by magical seashells, at Soro’s request.

This book uses specific reading cues to help children gain confidence in their reading abilities, such as silent letters in grey, complex sounds and graphemes in colour, and accompanying illustrations.

Follow Captain Maya and help her in her adventure in the ‘ile de l’oubli‘.

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‘Cahier d’exercices de francais – CP’

In French, from 6yo.

This is a great exercise book to learn or review Year 1 French. It presents exercises with games, colouring in, stickers and filling in blanks, etc. It is very engaging and makes learning fun. Children will increase their reading and writing skills through playful activities. First, they will learn the simple sounds, then the complex sounds. They will be able to check their answers with the correction pages.

Learn how to read and spell in French with Cahier d’exercices de francais – CP Year 1.

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‘Le pigeon a besoin d’un bon bain!’

le pigeon a besoin d'un bon bain

In French, from 4yo.

Our favourite pigeon is dirty and does not want to take a bath. Why would he? The flies around him do not mean that he is smelly. The pigeon needs convincing to soak in a bathtub wand wash the dirt off.

What will it take to get the pigeon in the bathtub? A rubber duck? Warm water? Cold water? Could you help him take his bath?

Find your copy at https://bit.ly/4ln4SwS

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‘Bonne nuit petit lapin’

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In French, from 6mo.

Gorgeous board book that will make your little one’s bedtime routine much easier. Collect a piece of the puzzle from each page. Assemble the puzzle when the story is read. It is time for bunny to go to bed. Let’s say good night to the kitten, the mouse and the tortoise.

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‘Au lit’

Au lit

In French, from 6mo.

This gorgeous board book is perfect for babies a few months old. The black and white illustrations make it easy for babies to see better the contrasts. Each page has a cut out and parents can point to to teach more words. With illustrations that are based on bed time (teddy bear, nigh light, bathtub…), make this book part of your nightly routine.

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‘Un petit dessin pour connaitre les grands personnages’

Un petit dessin pour connaitre les grands personnages

In French, from 6yo.

This is a beautiful book that uses visual to help the readers to memorise facts about famous people. This book presents short biographies of scientists, artists, army generals, writers.. from around the globe. Leonardo Da Vinci holds tools to illustrate that he is an engineer. The X from Antoine de Saint Exupéry is a plane as he not only wrote the classic “The little prince”, he was also famous for flying his plane across the Mediterranean Sea. The H in Shakespeare is the balcony from “Romeo & Juliet”.

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‘Martine au Louvre’

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In French, from 4yo.

Another classic story from Martine. This time Martine is visiting the Louvre museum with her class. She will discover so much wonderful art, such as the Mona Lisa, the large paintings, the Egyptian artefacts…. Fun way to prepare or remember holidays in Paris or to introduce a bit of culture in your child’s readings.

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‘Vraiment peur !’

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In French, from 4yo.

A dad is going to read a bedtime story to his son. The boy wants a really scary story. Not a story with a mice wolf, with a witch who invites her friends the unicorns, nor a story of a vampire who has soft teeth and can only chew gum. He picks a book for dad to read and gets ready for a scary story… but not too scary.

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‘Hugo et les rois – apprendre à accorder avec être et avoir’

Hugo et les rois - mon cahier 2 je sais accorder avec etre et avoir - le toboggan bookstore

In French, from 7yo.

Great activity book to learn how to agree participles with ‘to be’ and ‘to have’ in French. Learn the rules with easy to understand lessons, fun exercises and stickers.

Become more proficient with your French conjugations.