Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke, illustrated by Angela Brooksbank
Baby goes to market on Mama’s back – and is so charming that all the vendors give him gifts! First the lady selling bananas gives him “six bright bananas”. He eats one and puts five bananas in the basket. Then the man selling oranges gives Baby “five juicy oranges”. You guessed it: “Baby sucks one orange… and puts four oranges in the basket”.
Mama’s basket gets heavier and heavier – and baby gets fuller and fuller.
A lively, colorful counting book with subtraction patterns set in a marketplace somewhere in West Africa, by Nigerian-British author Atinuke.
Recommended age: 3-5
