French-American Class: It's a Long Way to France

In 1970, as a college professor confronted with the decline of the teaching of foreign languages in America, André Girod thought of a well known program in France for fifth graders: "the Snow class." He decided to offer an opportunity to American fifth graders to participate and travel to France. The "French-American Class" became a huge success in schools districts. Forty thousand American fifth-graders went to France and forty thousand French children came to America. It was the largest ever exchange program in the United States.

This book is their story, their adventure as children of ten years of age. The program now has made friends forever.