'My Granny went to market - A round the world counting rhyme' by Stella Blackstone and Christpher Corr.
I admit I have a bit of a thing for stories published by Barefoot Books. If you haven't come across them yet you are in for a real treat! Barefoot Books seem to have a way of finding beautiful stories, often traditional stories, and matching them up with incredible illustrators that bring them to life.
My granny went to market is a counting rhyme. It tells the story of a granny who buys a flying carpet and flies around the world collecting bits and bobs. In Australia she picks up boomerangs and in Thailand some cats, and so the list goes on. As you can imagine by the end of the trip her flying carpet is quite laden down!
This story has so many learning opportunities and children I have read it to loved it! There is a map at the back showing granny's journey around the world. This started all sorts of discussion about how long it would take to fly from one place to another and if a flying carpet would go as fast as a plane?!
Where would you go on your flying carpet?
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