Tingpur Money · Book 7
How Much Is a Mango?
PricePRICE12 pagesAges 3–7₹225ISBN 978-81-183533-6-2
Why does one mango cost five coins at first and only two coins in summer? Plodu and Tiddu wait, watch and find out. A juicy story about price.
Only a few? The PRICE goes UP! Lots and lots? The PRICE goes DOWN!
Learning outcomes
What your child learns
Ages 3–4
Your child uses ‘more’ and ‘less’ to compare.
Ages 5–7
Your child can explain why a price goes up when there are only a few.
Builds: Comparing, early numeracy and knowing the local market. 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 mangoes cost five coins at first and two coins later?
- Were the cheapest mangoes the best?
- What do you see at the shop that costs more or less at different times?
Try at home
At the market, notice one fruit’s price this week and next month. Talk about why it changed.
