The Cheeky Crow likes to break windows and enter properties, getting himself covered in various coloured substances.  With a clever repetitive storyline, he flies around Paris adding more and more colours at the end of each page. This is a fantastic introduction to learning French (or English). Subject = Colours .  There is a vocabulary section in the center of 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!  Beautifuly illustrated in pen, ink and watercolour, by Alain Blancbec   Bilingual French-English book for children ages 3-11.