Allons, enfants! French book festival includes virtual reality, art, comics and authors - NOLA.com

"My French Book Fest" gathers authors, kids and adults for a solemnisation of Francophone lit aimed astatine children.

The three-day event, Nov. 3-5, volition beryllium astatine Alliance Française, 1519 Jackson Ave., New Orleans, and volition features beaucoup events.

Sponsored by the Consulate General of France, Villa Albertine successful New Orleans and the alliance, the festival is simply a besides a concern with Garden District Book Shop, which volition beryllium holding a French publication just with respective authors present.

Included successful the events volition beryllium a storytime by noted Louisiana Cajun authorization Dr. Barry Ancelet of ULL, a store connected French comics, a accidental to make cartoons with "Éditions Animées," virtual world experiences and a show of the writer Wilfrid Lupano's communicative "Le Loup en Slip" ("The World successful Underpants") by Amélia Parenteau.

In concern with New Orleans French immersion schools, tract trips volition beryllium held Thursday and Friday.

The fest is portion of a children's lit season, an inaugural of the consulate wide that provides nonrecreational improvement for French teachers, penning competitions and acquisition materials.

The lawsuit volition beryllium 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday. 

For much information, sojourn af-neworleans.org.