Summer Book Review - M is for Mango

I'm very happy to share with you a fun book for young children from Candlewick Press - M is for Mango by Atinuke and illustrated by Angela Brooksbank. If the children you love are learning their letters and particularly love monkeys and mangos, then this is a book which could quickly become one of their favorite books.

Favorite Features -

• I love the detailed, colorful, engaging illustrations.
• This is a fun story which highlights things which start with the letter "M".

Candlewick Press says, "From the award-winning creators of Baby Goes to Market comes a delicious tale of mischievous toddlers, juicy mangoes, and cunning monkeys—starring the letter M.

Oh look . . . M is for Monkeys!
Oh NO! M is for Mine!
M is for My Mango!

M is for morning, and M is for little Mo and his beloved mu mu. M is for Mama pouring milk in a cup, and M is for the moi-moi in Mo’s bowl which is mushy! Outside, a man tinkers with a motorbike, playing music which sets Mo to dancing. But when Mo spies a perfectly ripe mango in a tree, only to see it snatched by a monkey, it’s mayhem! Time for Mama to shake her mop and shoo some monkeys away! Are there enough mangoes to share? Wait, where is Mo? In a follow-up to B Is for Baby and L Is for Love, Atinuke’s exuberant alphabet book, set in Nigeria, doubles as a cozy family story which opens into happy chaos, perfectly tuned to the youngest readers."

I enjoyed M is for Mango and the fun it brings to the letter of the day, M! Little ones will have fun taking a look into life in another place where monkeys and mangos capture the attention of a little boy - and his Mama, too! It would be lots of fun to help the ones you love make up their own story about the first letter of their name after reading M is for Mango!