Le Grand Livre des Petits Tresors

Written by Nadine Robert
Illustrated by Aki

This book is so fantastic.  First off, it's a book about a boy picking up garbage in the street that he is fascinated with (a beloved pastime of all children), and his grandmother who takes this pastime seriously enough to arrange outings and give him a little backpack to store his treasures in (basically the kind of attention and love that every kid dreams of receiving from an adult).

This is a great book for beginner French kids.  It isn't extensive, like a picture dictionary, or Imagier, but it has general terms for objects, and more specific explanations for them, and even talks a bit about each one in the back.

 The boy and his grandma have lovely little conversations in French, too, which might go over a beginner's head, but are great for a more advanced student.

Best of all, after each excursion, the reader is asked to match up the found object with its origin.

My daughter doesn't have a firm grasp of French, but she's still totally and completely in love with this book.  It has really big pages, really cute pictures, and great variety of vocabulary.  We originally got it out of the library, but after we read it we immediately bought our own copy.