Steven is sent out for groceries on to the mean street of the city with only a shopping basket for protection. There are several shady characters about who are offering to lighten the load of the basket by helping themselves to his provisions! Stephen's having none of it and with the help of some of the city's less attractive sights he outsmarts all of them and makes it home in time for tea. With the pictures telling as much of the story as the text, children and adults alike will appreciate the humour and observations from this well known children's author.
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"A classic story" (Nursery World )
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"The language of children is Burningham's" (TES )
"One of the best writers in the business" (Financial Times )
"The language of children is Burningham's" (TES )
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Tea-time is looming, and Steven is sent out to the corner shop. Along the way he meets several shady characters who are only too willing to lighten Steven's basket by helping themselves to his shopping! Only by his quick wits can Steven outsmart the bullies and save his tea.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This is a favourite of mine. My mum read it with different voices for each of the animals and it had us rolling about with laughter. The pictures are great and its a bit surprising because he doesnt look like the sort of boy who would stand up to bullies. I will read this book to my children.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By S. Prosser
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This book was fantastic fun for my Reception class. We used it first as a funny story and secondly as a way of talking about subtraction. Excellent fun to act out too!.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Stevie B
Format:Paperback
We got The Shopping Basket out at the library and my son loved this book. We had to buy it as we couldn't just keep on re-newing it every month. He loves the humour and how the boy Steven outwits each animal that tries to take from his shopping basket on his route home. The pictures may seem a bit dated now but the story more than makes up for it. It's helped my son learn to read and he gets great enjoyment telling me what happens to each animal as they fall for Steven's plan to get away from them. I didn't hold any high hopes for it when we first sat down to read it, but what a suprise. A simple but really clever story. Well worth reading.
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super book for recpetion class
Lovely book with great pictures and a story with a twist. A classic that still works today. Good for prediction.
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The Shopping Basket
Fabulous book, needed new copy as other one worn out! Arrived promptly, good value for money, can't say more really
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Good book but I wanted and was expecting a mini book so was rather...
Good book but I wanted and was expecting a mini book so was rather disappointed.I do not wish to write any more thank you! Happy christmas and a good New Year!
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I remember reading this as a child and I got a copy for my own daughter. She really enjoyed it especially as there are plenty of voices to be done throughout the story. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Muhammad
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A good book which the children I work with loved. They liked trying to remember all what the character had to go for and loved all the characters that he met. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2011 by Owl
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My children, now teenagers, loved this book. We unearthed it during a recent 'clear out' and under no circumstances could we get rid of it! Read more
Published on 23 May 2010 by G. Murphy
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Passing it on
I remember reading this book as a child and thinking it was fantastic. I now read it to my 4 year old and he tells me the story from the pictures. Read more
Published on 6 April 2010 by Mrs. D. M. Dean
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good quality
As I usually say, I am very pleased with the product I got. The relationship quality price is really balanced.
Published on 10 Feb 2010 by Irene Roquet Arboix
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You can't help but smile every time you read this book.
The Shopping Basket is a well written, humourous and intelligently written book, that a child can't help but return to time and time again to read with amusement awe and admiration... Read more
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