To Market, To Market
by Anne Miranda · Pre-K–Grade 2 · Ages Ages 3–7
A shopper goes to the market and brings home one lively animal after another. Soon the house is full of silly, noisy chaos!
Key vocabulary
A market is a place where people buy and sell food and other things.
Plump means round and full-looking.
A jig is a quick, bouncy dance.
Homeward means going toward home.
A pig is a farm animal with a snout that likes to sniff and root around.
A hen is a grown-up female chicken.
A lamb is a young sheep.
A calf is a young cow.