Join Baby and his doting mama at a bustling southwest Nigerian marketplace for a bright, bouncy read-aloud offering a gentle introduction to numbers.
Market is very crowded.
Mama is very busy.
Baby is very curious.
When Baby and Mama go to the market, Baby is so adorable that the banana seller gives him six bananas. Baby eats one and puts five in the basket, but Mama doesn’t notice. As Mama and Baby wend their way through the stalls, cheeky Baby collects five oranges, four biscuits, three ears of sweet corn, two pieces of coconut . . . until Mama notices that her basket is getting very heavy! Poor Baby, she thinks, he must be very hungry by now! Rhythmic language, visual humor, and a bounty of delectable food make this a tale that is sure to whet little appetites for story time.
集數數、食物、 文化多元主題的啟蒙幼兒繪本。讓小讀者用全知的視角和寶寶一起逛市場，在西非熱鬧又繽紛的市場裡，體會溫馨的人情互動。
穿著花布裙，紮著花頭巾竹的非洲媽媽，用花布條背著寶寶，頂著購物的籃子，一起到市場買東西。
媽媽一邊買東西，背上的寶寶也和市場的小販同時進行有趣的互動。
寶寶好有趣，好驚奇，他一邊吃，一邊把收到的食物——香蕉、橘子、星星餅乾、玉米、椰肉，放到媽媽頭上的籃子裡。我們跟著寶寶走入這個非洲市場，體會異國的市場文化，感受到同樣的市井溫情。
記得和你的寶寶一起數一數，寶寶到底收到多少禮物?
By Atinuke, Illustrated by Angela Brooksbank, Hardcover, Traditional Chinese characters with Zhuyin, 32 pages, 10.3"x9"
