Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Concepts - Counting & Numbers

Ho Choy is the fifth son in a very large family in a very tiny village. Everyone is always busy, so no one pays much attention to him except when he whistles. "Go whistle somewhere else " they tell him, and he obeys - until he finds a treasure that changes everything But he must convince his family of its importance. Trilingual story in Chinese, English and Spanish that encourages good banking practices. It also contains the numbers from 1 - 10 in three languages and on the abacus.

Pig got caught in a big rainstorm, but he managed to find a big tree to stay beneath while waiting for the rain to stop. Why, then, is he running up to Goat’s house all wet? Pig proceeds tells Goat a wild tale of how he was joined under the tree by one mouse, two porcupines, three buffaloes, and so on! Join Pig and Goat as Goat tries to figure out why Pig is all wet, even though he says there was enough room under the tree for everyone. The ending won’t be one you expect!



As Pig describes all the animals who seek shelter under the tree, your children will love...

Why is Pig all wet? Did he get caught in the rain? No, he found shelter under a great big tree. But then a mouse joined him, and then two porcupines, three buffaloes, and so on, until there were enough animals under that tree to fill a zoo But there was room for everyone, so why is Pig dripping wet? Goat thinks he knows . . . but young readers will be tickled to find out that the answer is not what they expect

"In the best pantomime spirit, readers long to tell Handa what s happening just behind her." The Guardian (U.K.)
Handa puts seven delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend, Akeyo. Which fruit will Akeyo like best, she wonders - the yellow banana, the sweet guava, the juicy orange, the ripe mango, the spiky pineapple, the creamy avocado, or the tangy passion fruit? As Handa makes the long walk to the next village, carrying the basket on her head, a monkey, ostrich, zebra, elephant, giraffe, antelope, and parrot steal her fruits, one by one. But little do they know that Handa...