Handa's Surprise
(16 reviews with an average rating of 4 out of 5)
Publisher: Walker Books
Handa fills her basket with seven delicious fruits - one for each of her friends. But as she walks, the basket balanced on her head, she is unaware of the crafty animals intent on stealing her fruits: a monkey grabs the banana, an ostrich the guava, a zebra the orange, an elephant the mango, a giraffe the pineapple, an antelope the avocado and a parrot the passionfruit.
Finally, a goat charges into a tangerine tree, filling Handa's basket with its fruit. When she reaches her friend Akeyo, Handa is astonished to find her basket full of tangerines, but Akeyo is delighted as tangerines are her favourite fruit!
Glorious images of an African village convey the sights, smells and colours of the landscape, its animals and its food in a story told as much through pictures as through words.
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What you thought...
Average rating:
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busy bear, 02 April 2017
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Really good
Grace, 30 January 2017
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I loved this book as a child my mom used to read it to me all the time.
Lucy, 15 September 2016
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This book was amazing. We loved counting the fruits.
Cool Kid, 22 March 2016
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I love it a lot!
Anubookreader, 12 February 2016
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I thought the story could have different objects in it like veg, toys or toothbrushes
Gabriella, 16 January 2016
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DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED.
Haleemah, 18 November 2015
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i think this book is so ideal especialy for african teachers
Hanan, 22 October 2015
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Just read this last Wednesday in our bookstart sesion :) Our 27 months old is keep On wearing her headband she made there and she is still talking about Handa & fruit. We love it :)
MummyLily, 10 October 2015
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We love this story and read it every year. We use the story sack to act out the story. The children love pretending to be the animals and they enjoy tasting all the different fruits at snack time. We were very disappointed when the reporting inspector told us this was not suitable as a foundation stage story!!! Of course we disagreed.....
Downpatrick Nursery School, 06 October 2015
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Love this book! Have read it a few times working in nurseries. The children love learning and talking about the animals, which is a great way to lead into the topic of animals. Talking about the various fruit is a great way to encourage children to try new foods too!
The Disney's, 29 September 2015
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Borrowed it from the library and kept renewing it.My boy request to read it at every opportunities .it helps with fruit names.the colour is bright it keeps him interested .
Ify, 06 May 2015
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Loved this book! We re-enacted the story and ended up eating lots of fruit! The story is ideal for under 5's and invites questions about fruit, Africa and different animals. My DS adored the story and I'm looking forward to sharing it with my newborn x
Ashleigh, 01 May 2015
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We love to count the fruits and match them to the animals. Great for introducing new tastes too! The avocado went down really well.
Blanky Bear, 30 June 2014
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Loved this book, talked for ages about the animals, and had to find another books with animals in. Wanted to try the different fruits. loved the pineapple
EllieBel, 17 February 2013
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we started reading this book as my daughter loves fruit and I love the illustrations. She loves the happy surprise at the end
marz90, 10 October 2012
I love this book because it is all about friends.