在非洲西南部奈及利亞熙熙攘攘的市場，媽媽揹著寶寶一起採購，因為小寶貝太可愛了，香蕉攤販忍不住給了他一串六根香蕉，寶寶吃了一根後，把剩下5個放進媽媽頭上的籃子，但忙碌的她沒注意到。

寶寶可愛魅力持續發威，市場的攤販們又陸續給了寶寶五個柳橙、四塊餅乾、三根烤玉米和兩片椰子，直到媽媽注意到她的籃子越來越重…….

你是否也遇過，大家誇著自家小寶貝好可愛，於是忍不住塞給他好吃食物的經驗呢？

透過這本繪本，除了體驗一段母子間的有趣故事，也可以跟著小寶貝一起認識不同文化風情，在非洲的市場，原來婦女買菜的籃子是放在頭上的，當地的Taxi是摩托車而不是汽車，也是一種有趣的閱讀經驗！

Join Babyand his doting mama at a bustling southwest Nigerian marketplace for a bright,bouncy read-aloud offering a gentle introduction to numbers.

Market is very crowded.
Mama is very busy.
Baby is very curious.

When Baby and Mama go to the market, Baby is so adorable that the banana sellergives him six bananas. Baby eats one and puts five in the basket, but Mamadoesn’t notice. As Mama and Baby wend their way through the stalls, cheeky Babycollects five oranges, four biscuits, three ears of sweet corn, two pieces ofcoconut . . . until Mama notices that her basket is getting very heavy! PoorBaby, she thinks, he must be very hungry by now! Rhythmic language, visualhumor, and a bounty of delectable food make this a tale that is sure to whetlittle appetites for story time.