Visitors to Paige's Book Gallery in Guyton St last week were treated to a taste of French language and culture when they met the occupants of My Little French Book Van.
Promoting French literature, culture and language in New Zealand, French travellers Faustine Tillard and Samuel Loussouarn are on a mission to build a cultural bridge.
"Faustine works as a publisher of children's books and I am a translator of children's books, so we had this passion to share stories in different languages and we wanted to take French books to other countries," said Mr Loussouarn.
Having spent time in New Zealand when he was event manager for the 2013 Organic River Festival in Levin, he knew it was the right-sized country and Paige's Book Gallery would be an ideal venue to introduce themselves in Whanganui.
"We thought about taking the idea to the United States, but the distances between places are too big and we thought in New Zealand we could reach more people over shorter distances."