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Handa's Surprise

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Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne, and Eileen Browne

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By Eileen Browne, and and, Eileen Browne

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151 reviews

In this picture book classic, a delightful surprise colourfully unfolds when a little girl called Handa puts seven delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend.

Reviews

01 Dec 2023

It was a really nice story.

15 Nov 2023

I love loved when the fruit fell into her basket and came out by the animals.

19 Sep 2023

Very good and loving

05 Sep 2023

I liked seeing the pictures of this book with lots of animals and fruits. I would recommend this fiction story

29 Aug 2023

The animals took the fruits. My favourite part was the tangerines in the basket.

25 Aug 2023

I liked Handa best because she surprised her friend Akeyo. The animals were stealing the fruits from Handa's basket; they were very cheeky! I would definitely recommend this book.

24 Aug 2023

I thought it was really good and colourful. My favourite character was Handa and my favourite animal was the Elephant. I would recommend this book to other children.

20 Aug 2023

Very funny

18 Aug 2023

Beautiful book and illustrations

17 Aug 2023

I liked the story and I liked that it was surprise for both of them.

16 Aug 2023

Simple book for younger readers. Has a fun twist that children may not expect. Educates on different cultures and helping friends. Words tell one story and pictures tell another so lots to engage and discuss with children

11 Aug 2023

I think it is funny when the animals take the fruit.

08 Aug 2023

I liked this book as it was about a girl who wanted to surprise her friend and that was very nice

08 Aug 2023

The animals take all the fruit and the tangerines fall in.

02 Aug 2023

I liked the pictures and the naughty animals. And Akeyo got her favourite fruit.

02 Aug 2023

It’s a great book!

31 Jul 2023

We have this at school

31 Jul 2023

I liked that Handa was surprised by the animals taking her fruits.
I liked learning about some differen5 types of fruit.

28 Jul 2023

It was surprising.

28 Jul 2023

it was a little bit funny when an animal got an orange

23 Jul 2023

An excellent book & cultural

09 Jul 2023

I liked the story

26 Aug 2022

I love this book because it had my favourite fruit passionfruit in it and I loved when the animal steal the fruit it was really cute

25 Aug 2022

'I would recommend this book to someone else because it's very interesting. I learned some new fruits and new animals. I thought the story was really funny.

25 Aug 2022

Handa because she is the main charter and she is a Nigerian just like me! Because it was all about her getting a big surprise for her friend then animals stared tacking the fruits from the basic and then a antelope crashes into a tangerine tree and then little tangerines started falling from the tree and then when she got back to her friend it was a big surprised for Handa to!

24 Aug 2022

Good book

22 Aug 2022

The pictures are really lovely and I like that she is being kind to her friend even when the animals are cheeky.

22 Aug 2022

It’s a lovely book with a very interesting end. I enjoyed reading it. My favourite fruit was tangerine too!!!

19 Aug 2022

This funny African tale is about a girl called Handa and she puts in her basket 7 different types of fruits to take to her friend Akeyo as a suprise. But some cheeky creatures have cheated on Handa and when she does arrive she herself gets a suprise when some knid of miracle happens. I would recommend this book to an early reader

14 Aug 2022

I enjoyed spotting the different animals and fruit

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