This book introduces colours via different typical French places or things:

• blue – Côte d’Azur on the French riviera
• white – Mont-Blanc, the highest point in the Alps
• red – strawberries
• black – olives
• yellow – sunflower fields from Provence
• purple – grapes from Bordeaux
• grey  – slate roofs, commonly found north of the Loire river

Pupils can easily and quickly read this short, attractive, highly-illustrated French book for a sense of enjoyment and achievement. The book can be used to introduce children to reading in French and help them to improve their reading skills.

It strongly supports Intercultural Understanding by making a point of revealing, via the texts and the pictures, various cultural aspects of life in France or French-speaking countries.