This list contains ratings of valence given by children age five, age seven and age nine for 600 French items. The data comprise the percentage distribution of children within each respective age group who provided ratings on a scale ranging from negative to neutral to positive, with each age group being treated as making up 100%. It is additionally divided by gender (male, female). The present list further contains ratings of the same items given by adults in Syssau and Font 2005. The items were chosen based on the emotional databases by Bonin et al. 2003 and Syssau and Font 2005, licensed as Emotional Source in the dataset. While these original studies were conducted using pictures, the present study used only the corresponding words, either spoken (age group five) or written (age groups seven and nine).