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The object, as much as the knowledge
Burgundy and gold cover “like a prize book,” golden lines, beautiful cream pages: a book you enjoy opening, placing on a shelf… and giving as a gift.
✦ Kidibook Editions · The Prestige Collection
The most beautiful books to learn
Two exceptional collections, hardcover in burgundy and gold : The School of Yesteryear for the entire primary school, and the All-in-One Big Manuals for middle school. Truly beautiful books — to give, to keep, to pass on.
📕 Burgundy & Gold🇫🇷 Published in France
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📚 Two collections, one same prestige
Choose your collection
From the first reading book to Brevet preparation, there is a beautiful Kidibook for every age.
Collection I
The School of Yesteryear
Read, write and count like in 1950: the syllabic method, history, period engravings. 3 volumes, from Grande Section (5-6 years) to CM2 (10-11 years).
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Collection II
The Big Middle School Manuals
All subjects of a school year in a single clear book — from 6e (11-12 years) to 3e (14-15 years), up to the Brevet. 4 volumes.
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Collection I
The School of Yesteryear
Primary school as it was learned in 1950: the syllabic method that taught generations to read, neat handwriting, calculation that is accurate — numbering, multiplication and subtraction, problem solving — and the charm of real class books — including period engravings and maps.
VOLUME I · Grande Section & CP · 5-7 years
The First Reading Book
The very first steps of reading, gently and as in the past.
- The syllabic method complete: vowels, each consonant, then sounds (ch, ou, on, oi, eau…)
- Of large clear letters, easy to follow for little eyes
- Writing, calculation up to 100, shapes and the first lessons about the world
- Nursery rhymes to recite and short moral lessons, like in the old days
12,90 €
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VOLUME II · CE1 → CM2 · 7-11 years old
The First Book of the Schoolchild
The unique textbook of the old elementary school — 100 pages.
- Of beautiful readings and recitations, chosen as in the textbooks of the time
- Grammar, spelling and calculation that is just right (the 4 operations, word problems)
- L'history of France, geography and lessons about things, with real maps and engravings
- Neat handwriting, the daily moral lesson and the end-of-year certificate
19,99 €
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VOLUME III · CE1 → CM2 · 7-11 years old
The Calculation Book
All the calculation of the school of yesteryear — with 300 exercises and their answers.
- Mental calculation and tables, to count quickly and accurately
- The four operations and fractions, explained step by step
- Mental metric system, geometry and word problems from everyday life
- 300 exercises answers at the end, for independent practice
19,99 €
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Collection II
The Big Middle School Manuals
All of middle school gathered, one book per year: French, math, history-geography, science and languages: lessons and exercises with their corrections to learn math like the rest to understand, review and succeed at the Brevet, at home and independently. One single book, the whole year: French, math, history-geography, science and languages, from 6e to 3e (ages 11-15).
6e
A smooth start to middle school: French, math, history-geography, science and English — the basics of 6e (age 11-12), explained step by step.
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5e
The Great Fifth Grade Manual
We go deeper: fractions and proportionality, the Middle Ages, geometry… a selection of 5th grade (11-12 years) topics, with Spanish as a second foreign language.
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4e
The Great Fourth Grade Manual
The milestone of 4th grade: Enlightenment and Revolution, Pythagoras' theorem, cosine, physics-chemistry… to get ahead.
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3e
The Great Third Grade Manual
The year of the Brevet: the 20th century, Thales and trigonometry, DNA… review all subjects and pass the DNB.
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What these books cover, subject by subject
These works are not decorative objects: they are real supports foracademic, usable for homework, the and keep the connection with school during the summer. It’s at home or homeschooling. Here is what you will find in them.
📖 Reading and writing (Grande Section → CP)
The complete syllabic method for learn to read : vowels, each consonant, then complex sounds. Volume I is a true CP readingmanual, where the child learns to read and write at the same time, in the most classic alphabetical order.
🔢 Calculation (CE1 → CM2)
All of numbering : whole numbers, decimal numbers and fractions. The four operations — addition, subtraction, multiplication and division — the multiplication tables, mental calculation, and especially problem solving, the king exercise of the old school.
📐 Geometry and measurements
Geometric figures, the lines and angles, the metric system and conversions. Progressive math exercises from CE1 to CM2, each accompanied by its correction so that the parent can check without being a teacher.
✍️ French, dictations and writing
Grammar, conjugation, spelling and vocabulary, with short dictations prepared dictations and recitations. A pedagogical approach slow and repetitive, the one that installs lasting automatisms — from CE1 (7-8 years old) to CE2 (8-9 years old), from CM1 (9-10 years old) to CM2 (10-11 years old).
🌍 History, geography and civic education
The history of France and geography with real maps and period engravings, lessons about things (the ancestors of science), and civic education and moral education — this subject that old-fashioned schools placed on the same level as mathematics.
🎓 Middle school, from 6e (11-12 years old) to 3e (14-15 years old)
The four Great Manuals follow the new programs of theNational Education : with their in all subjects, with to, to revise alone, prepare for evaluations and pass the Brevet. An educational support, one book per year.
❓ Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know
A burgundy and gold cover like a prize book, gold fillets, careful color printing and beautiful pages: truly beautiful books, pleasant to open, to offer and to keep in the family library.
L'École d'Autrefois (3 volumes) accompanies primary school, from Grande Section (5-6 years old) to CM2 (10-11 years old): reading, writing and arithmetic as in 1950. The Great Middle School Manuals (4 volumes) cover 6e (11-12 years old) to 3e (14-15 years old), all subjects combined in a single book per year.
Yes. The Arithmetic Book contains 300 corrected exercises, and each Great Middle School Manual offers exercises followed by their answers, to progress independently.
These are books designed to be offered and passed on: grandparents, parents and children find the pleasure of real beautiful school books, to keep for a long time.
The 1950 collection is available on Amazon (Kidibook Editions) and the Great Middle School Manuals on the Kidibook Editions shop. All are printed on demand and delivered to your home.
Offer a beautiful book that transcends time
From learning to read to preparing for the Brevet, Kidibook Editions accompany the child with real beautiful books — to keep and to pass on.