Meet Penelope Fletcher, who runs two Paris bookshops, side by side near the Luxembourg Gardens.

The shops: The Red Wheelbarrow and The Red Balloon

The Red Balloon is just for children's books, and is almost certainly the most likely of all shops in Paris to have all our own children's books. 

Addresses: 9-11 Rue de Médicis, 75006.

This episode is from The Earful Tower podcast archives. 

Here are all the books that Penelope mentioned, in order:

Books for adults

Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa'xaid, by Cecil Paul. 

A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway.

Selected Letters, by Madame De Sevigne.

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, by Gertrude Stein.

The Flight Portfolio, by Julie Orringer.

Almost French, by Sarah Turnbull.

Circe, by Madeline Miller.

Walking on the Ceiling, by Aysegül Savas.

Demystifying the French, by Janet Hulstrand.

Books for children

Paris Chien, Adventures of an Expat Dog, by Jackie Clark.

Marielle in Paris, by Maxine Schur.

I'm sure you can find these and more at The Red Wheelbarrow. Check out the site here.

Music in the episode was from Pres Maxson, his take on the classic Charles Aznavour song Hier encore.

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