Arty the art loving cat receives an invitation to visit his cousin, Spotty Leopard in South Africa.  He travels by airplane and is taken on safari. He sees lots of African animals (including meerkats, crocodiles and elephants) on the way to meet his cousin Roary Lion for a birthday party. This is a great first book for children learning another language as so many animals have the same name in French and in English.  “Just say the word with a different accent” is a fun way to build confidence in speaking a new language.  Subject = African animals. The center pages have all the vocabulary from the book.
 
The book is written in English and French.  Read the story in your native language to get to know it.  Then flip the book over and it's the same story in your target language;  it's like having 2 books in one, back to back!   Illustrated by Agatha O'Neil.   Bilingual French-English book for children ages 3-11.