Surprise, surprise: due to my name, as a little girl, I was given the Emilie books by Domitille de Pressensé. Emilie wears a red bonnet, a red dress, has a hedgehog (as you do) and lives with her family in a little house in the woods. The stories are simple and they enchanted me. Out of nostalgia I tried to find the the books for my daughter but they had been long taken out of print.

There now seems to be a bit of a retro revival in France regarding children’s books and a few of the Emilie books are back in print. Unfortunately they have not been translated, but for those of you who read French, I highly recommend them!

-Emilie