French Foundations, French in Conversation
and French on Your Own are a written course, A1 to B1 — 72 chapters,
pronunciation under every line, and not one French word before it has been taught.
Beside it, the picture books, in cut paper: My First 1,000 Words, Everyday French, The French Sentence Builder, The Sounds of French, French Verb Tenses, French Nouns, Genders & Articles. Each stands alone and needs no other book.
Most French nouns tell you their gender in their last few letters. This book takes the endings one family at a time, each with a cut-paper picture and its real exceptions, then shows how le, un, du and au work. You stop guessing and start knowing.
95 pages · 40 endings and articles
Every rule comes with how far to trust it, and the exceptions worth knowing
How to say every word, and a "Your turn" with answers on every page
Say what you do, what you did and what you'll do. Each tense is taught the same way in pictures: what it's for, how to build it, the verbs that break the rules, and when not to use it.
89 pages · 33 lessons
Stem and ending shown as paper tiles
How to say every line, and an exercise with answers for each tense
French spelling looks wild and is in fact quite regular. This book takes it one sound at a time: a cut-paper picture where every label holds the sound, then how it is spelled, how to make it with your mouth, and the trap. By the end you can look at a French word you have never seen and say it.
65 pages · 24 sounds
Every labelled word has the letters that make the sound marked
Word pairs to say side by side, with how to say every one
Stop collecting phrases and start making your own. 25 patterns show how a French sentence is put together, with paper tiles you can see moving: who, verb, what, where, when. By the end you can say no, ask a question three ways, and put le, lui, y and en where they belong.
71 pages · 25 patterns
220 sentences, each with how to say it
Four to build yourself on every pattern, with the answers
Walk into a bakery, a station or a pharmacy in France and know what to say. Each of 30 real situations gives you the whole exchange, how to say every line, and the replies you'll hear back, so the answer doesn't throw you.
79 pages · 30 situations
Every line with how to say it, and what you'll hear back
One real trap on every page: a false friend, a sound, a point of manners
1,007 everyday French words you can see, in 42 cut-paper scenes — the kitchen, the café, the station, the beach. Every word is stuck on the thing it names and coloured by gender, with how to say it written out in plain English. Each scene adds one phrase you would really say there and one trap worth knowing.
127 pages · 42 scenes
1,007 words, coloured le / la / les
Look words up both ways: French–English and English–French
A letter from the village calls Colette back, in 24 chapters. The future and the conditional, the subjunctive without the fear, relative pronouns and reported speech — plus a reference section you can look things up in. The point of B1 is doing it without help, so this is the book that stops holding your hand.
The summer Léo comes to stay, in 24 chapters. Both French past tenses and the choice between them, reflexive verbs, object pronouns and comparisons — a story in every chapter, the sound written out in plain English, and an answer key that explains why. Follows French Foundations and assumes every word it taught.
A year with Colette and Filou, in 24 chapters. Every chapter teaches one piece of grammar and one piece of pronunciation, with the sound written out in plain English under every French line — and not one French word appears before the book has taught it.
Every Cocoon French book in one payment: the three-book written course and all the picture books — and every future title in the range is added to your download page for free as it ships.
A PDF, emailed to you the moment you pay. Print it, write in it, or read it on a screen — it is yours to keep. Nothing expires and there is no subscription.
Do I need the Club as well?
No. The books stand alone. The Club is the same material made interactive — flashcards that come back just before you forget them, saved progress, and new lessons every week. Plenty of people use only one or the other.
Are the videos still free?
Yes, and they always will be. The lessons on the channel stay free. The books are for practising away from the screen.
Which one should I start with?
If French is brand new, French Foundations — it starts from nothing and takes you
through in order. French in Conversation follows it, and
French on Your Own after that. The picture books (My First 1,000 Words and the others in cut paper) each stand alone,
so they sit beside any of them. If you are unsure, start a 7-day free trial
and try the lessons first; where they start to feel easy tells you which book to pick.
Can I get a refund?
Yes — reply to your receipt within 30 days and you will get your money back, no questions asked. You can keep the PDF.
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