Bright colors, rhyming, and counting make this book a must-have for babies and toddlers.
There is enough detail in the illustrations to hold the attention of older children, as well.
You can breeze through this book in a few quick flips as you count from 1-10, or spend a lot of time counting and noticing details on each page.
On the page with five market ladies, each also has five bunches of fruit, and on one table, there are five bunches of five bananas each! An slightly older child could easily get into a discussion of multiplication, while anyone might delight in recognizing the other local fruits shown: watermelon, genips, pineapple, and breadfruit.
Donkeys, chickens, and cats, Caribbean houses, sugar mills, and beaches, steel pan music, cricket, and jump up or carnival all feature in this rich little gem.
The details for this Caribbean children’s book:
- Island: “One little island in the Caribbean Sea.” Not specified in text, but author’s reference is likely Montserrat.
- Author/illustrator: Frané Lessac, who lived in Montserrat.
- Language: English
- Recommended for: babies, toddlers, younger children.
- Available in board book and picture book formats.
- Links to more information and purchasing: Book on Author’s website and Book on publisher’s website. Find it in a library.
Caribbean Children's Books 