Tingpur Money · Book 1
Plodu and the Great Swap
What money isMONEY16 pagesAges 3–7₹225ISBN 978-81-183533-0-0
Plodu has 10 juicy mangoes and wants a spinning top. But the twins want bananas, Granny wants wool, Hoo-Hoo Uncle wants a pencil… Can one shiny coin fix everything? A funny first story about what money is.
Swap? Swap? Who will swap?
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Learning outcomes
What your child learns
Ages 3–4
Your child knows that coins are used to buy things.
Ages 5–7
Your child can explain why a coin is easier than swapping things.
Builds: Early numeracy, language and thinking skills. Linked to the development areas in India’s National Curriculum Framework for the Foundational Stage (NCF-FS 2022). See all 10 books.
For grown-ups
After you read
Talk about it
- Why did nobody want Plodu’s mangoes?
- What does a coin let us do that a swap cannot?
- What would you swap if there were no money?
Try at home
Play “swap shop” with three toys, then play again with three pretend coins. Which was easier?
