author
Lucie Vos
Known for helping young learners into French through lively, approachable reading lessons, this early-20th-century educator is best remembered for Entre Nous. The book was created for primary schools and blends simple stories, poems, and classroom-friendly language practice.
1 Audiobook
Entre Nous: Lectures françaises à l'usage des écoles primaires - I
by Lucie Vos, Jan Ligthart, H. (Hendericus) Scheepstra
About the author
Lucie Vos is associated with Entre Nous: Lectures françaises à l'usage des écoles primaires, a French reader prepared for elementary pupils in the Netherlands. Contemporary editions present her as a teacher at a secondary school in The Hague, and the work was published in the early 1900s, with a second edition appearing in 1906.
What makes her work stand out is its practical, welcoming tone. Entre Nous was designed to help children learn French through short readings rather than dry drills, and it was developed with the collaboration of noted Dutch educators Jan Ligthart and H. Scheepstra. The result is a classroom book that feels gentle, clear, and strongly rooted in everyday learning.
Little biographical information about Vos appears to be widely preserved online today, so most of what can be confirmed comes through her surviving schoolbook. Even so, that book gives a good sense of her contribution: making language learning more engaging and accessible for young students.