That is an interesting coincidence. Maybe it could be a beginning of early childhood education for children who love books.
Incidentally, the book that first got DD to read sentences/books was Have You Seen My Cat by Eric Carle, which is one of my least favorite books of his but I found a big book copy of it at a library sale and the repetitive nature as well as the size of the book (bigger print and more spacing) might have helped.
On a slightly related note, some Piggie and Gerald books are available in French too. The Pigeon is still there at the end of each book, much to DD's delight.
