Join Charlie Rabbit and his impatient friend Snail on a delicious adventure that begins with one simple question: “Where’s the pizza?”
 
When Charlie Rabbit invites his friend Snail to a pizza dinner, Snail naturally thinks that it will be that evening, but Charlie knows that good things take time!  As they wait, Charlie takes Snail on a journey to discover where the ingredients really come from — from growing tomatoes and olives, to wheat being harvested and turned into flour, cheese being made from milk, and dough being carefully mixed and left to rise.  By the time the pizza finally arrives, Snail has learned that there is much more to our food than simply buying it from a supermarket.
 
The story introduces children to the recurring Charlie Rabbit theme that good things take time, while naturally building French vocabulary and phrases around food, ingredients, cooking, nature and everyday activities. The accompanying song reinforces the story with the wonderfully memorable refrain “Les bonnes choses prennent du temps” – “Good things take time.”
 
But this is much more than a story about making pizza. Charlie's Slow Food pages encourage children to think about local and seasonal food, growing their own ingredients, learning to cook and considering where the food they eat actually comes from. The Dive Deeper section takes these ideas further with questions and discussion about food, cooking, healthy eating, food miles and the Slow Food movement.
 
Inside the workbook:
📖 The complete Charlie Rabbit Makes a Pizza story in French and English
🎵 Bilingual Charlie Pizza song lyrics
🥕 French vocabulary activities linked to the story
✏️ 10 worksheets, providing progressive language-learning activities
🍕 Activities based around food, ingredients, cooking and the natural world
🌱 Charlie’s Tips for ‘Slow Food’
💭 Dive Deeper discussion and thinking activities
👩‍🏫 A suggested lesson plan
📈 A progress card to help track learning
 
The workbook is designed to be used alongside the Les Puces videos and online resources, allowing children to hear the language, join in with the songs, follow Charlie and Snail's story and then reinforce what they have learned through the workbook activities.
 
A complete Les Puces learning journey — combining story, song, vocabulary, worksheets and real-world ideas to help children learn French naturally and enjoyably.