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Join Baby and his mama at the bustling marketplace for a bright, bouncy read-aloud offering a gentle introduction to numbers.

When Baby and Mama go to 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 market stalls, cheeky Baby collects five juicy oranges, four sugary chin-chin biscuits, three roasted sweetcorn, 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 humour and a bounty of delectable food make this a tale that is sure to whet little appetites for story time.

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This classic story for toddlers and very young children is absolutely pitch perfect for EYFS classrooms.

Mama is focused on shopping for rice, oil, chilli peppers and flip flops. Meanwhile, her curious Baby, strapped to her back, is busy entertaining the stallholders and making his own collection of tasty treats. The story subtly introduces simple subtraction as Baby nibbles his way through bananas, oranges, sweetcorn and coconut. Early readers and listeners can busy themselves counting up and taking away one each time he charms a new stallholder.

Threading everything together is a beautifully told narrative. Rhythmic and repetitive sentences and carefully judged word choices (Baby ‘grins’ and ‘beams’ as well as laughs and claps) encourage joining in and would adapt well to role play and writing.

Meanwhile, Angela Brookbank’s colourful and vibrant illustrations add yet another dimension, capturing the cheerful buzz of a bustling West African market, the warmth of a loving mother and the mischief of a lively baby.It’s lovely to be able to recommend a story that develops language and numeracy and all the while is great fun to share. Don’t pass this one up!

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