Books with title Handa's Surprise

Handa carries seven delicious fruits to her friend Akeyo as a surprise, but meets some hungry animals along the way.READ AND SHARE is a unique first library for parents and children that helps build early readers’ confidence. Grouped in four progressive levels, Read and Share books - available individually for the first time - are specially selected for qualities that encourage literacy skills and a love of reading.Sixteen top-quality books with notes for extending reading fun inspire the confidence parents and children need to experience the joys of reading . . . together. Plus an informative Parents’ Handbook!What is Read and Share?—An expert selection of sixteen high-quality picture books by superb authors and illustrators, featuring a multicultural array of subjects, including poetry and rhymes, traditional songs, stories, and information books —Four progressive levels - Beginnings, Early Steps, Next Steps, and Taking Off - each including four fabulous picture books—Two full spreads inside each book offering suggestions and activities inspired by the story, designed to help parents and children get the most out of each book - and build a foundation for reading success—A separate 24-page, full-color Parents’ Handbook providing extensive practical information and detailed answers to many of the questions parents ask about encouraging their children’s literacy

Handa puts seven delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend, Akeyo. But as she walks, carrying the basket on her head, various creatures steal her fruits. A monkey takes 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 passion fruit. Handa walks on, wondering which of the fruits her friend will like best, oblivious to the fact that her basket is now empty. But then, behind her, a goat charges into a tangerine tree and fills Handa's basket with the fruit. "Hello, Akeyo," she greets her friend. "I've brought you a surprise." But when she lifts off her basket, it's Handa who gets the biggest surprise. Akeyo, meanwhile, is delighted, because tangerines are her favourite fruit! Eileen Browne also created "Through My Window" which was shortlisted for the Smarties Book Prize (1986), "No Problem", "Tick Tock" and "Where's my Bus?".

DUAL LANGUAGE BOOK IN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH Synopsis: Handa puts seven delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend, Akeyo. But on Handa's walk she passes a variety of animals who find the fruit very inviting.When she arrives at her friend's village she finds...Children will enjoy following Handa on her journey through Eileen Browne's exuberant African landscape.

Hannah Beiler loves her life in the Amish community in Ephraim, Pennsylvania, but sometimes the routine makes her wonder if there is more to life. When brother and sister Jacob and Miriam Hostetler arrive from Ohio under a cloud of mystery, several members of the community are put out by Jacob’s progressive suggestions for bettering the community through commerce at the local market. They want rid of him and his dangerous ideas.Hannah has an immediate connection with Jacob and is horrified to hear that the elders intend to vote on whether or not the Hostetlers may stay in Ephraim. Will she lose the man she has grown to love before her affections are sealed in marriage, or does God have plans to open the eyes of the elders to a new way of living?

Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield love being identical twins. They look and dress alike, and they do everything together.Now the twins are about to celebrate their seventh birthday, and they are going to plan their own party. First they invite their whole second-grade class. Then they decide on the food and decorations. Jessica and Elizabeth also buy each other surprise presents. And when they see what they've bought each other, they get the biggest surprise of all!Don't miss any of the books in this exciting series!

"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 has an even bigger surprise in store! Ideal for reading aloud, Handa’s Surprise is available as a Big Book suited for sharing with groups of young children.

Hannah’s Surprise is a sweet and up-beat story of a child and her ever-present toy bear. Each page is decorated with a bright and colorful water color picture sure to keep the child’s interest in this charming story. Readers both young and old will relate to the love and attachment the child feels for Cody Bear, as they, too, may have had a ‘Cody Bear’ in their young lives. This lovely and colorful book is sure to be a favorite the child comes back to time after time.