Reading age: 2 - 4 years old.
In this picture book classic, a delightful surprise colourfully unfolds when a little girl called Handa puts seven delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend.
A modern classic named one of the best culturally diverse picture books in the UK, this is the story of Handa, who's part of the Luo tribe in south-west Kenya. Handa decides to take seven pieces of delicious fruit to her friend, Akeyo, who lives in the neighbouring village. But as Handa wonders, I wonder what fruit Akeyo will like best?, a series of sneaky animals steal something from Handa's basket, which she's carrying on her head... When Handa reaches Akeyo, will she have anything left to offer her friend?
Richly-illustrated, brimming with luscious fruit and cheeky wild animals, this mouth-watering story is for the youngest of readers. In the best pantomime spirit, children will long to tell Handa what's happening right behind her!
Handa's Surprise
- Publisher : Scholastic (24 July 2006)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 28 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0744536340
- ISBN-13 : 978-0744536348
- Reading age : 4 - 7 years
- Dimensions : 24.1 x 0.4 x 21.2 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 3,711 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 5 in Exploring Africa for Children
- 40 in Children's Early Learning Books on Numbers & Counting
- 347 in Children's Fiction Books on Animals