Let's go shopping! These words mean very different things depending on where you live and shop in the world. If you're in Bangkok, Thailand, you might want to go to the floating market where boats are filled with coconuts and mangoes and durians and pomelos. For a special treat you can stop for a fried banana. This beautifully illustrated book explores the cultures and the markets of India, Peru, Egypt, and New Jersey looking at what is for sale and how the market is organized. Will you come by camel or boat or train? Exotic places become more familiar as we see them through the light of our shared experience: shopping for treasures.
40 pages 978-0688175528 Ages 5-9
Recommended by: Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com
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How much for...
fried bananas in Bangkok,
a mandolin in New Jersey,
llama-wool ponchos in Peru,
or a camel in Cairo?
With Caldecott Honor artist Ted Lewin′s richly colored and detailed landscapes, how much? takes readers deep into the heart of bustling marketplaces all around the world. So come along with us -- you never know what treasures you′ll find!---from the publisher