At the Market
The child goes to the market with a parent and discovers where food comes from, meeting the people who grow and make it.
"We visited our real market the next day and they wanted to find every person from the book!"
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The Story
Every Saturday morning the big canvas bag waits by the door, empty and folded flat. At the market, your child asks the same question at every stall: who made this? Each answer is a small surprise. Honey comes from thousands of bees working all summer. The bread comes from a baker who started before your child woke up. The cheese took longer to make than your child has been alive.
By the egg stall your child is answering the question on their own, and by the end they are hauling the heavy bag with everything they have. That night at dinner every food on the table has a story, and your child is the one telling it. It is a calm, rhythmic book with no villains and no scary moments, built around a repeated question that toddlers start answering before you turn the page.
Where Food Comes From, One Stall at a Time
Every stop answers the question your child keeps asking: who made this?
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Honey
Made by bees, thousands of them, all summer long.
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Bread
Baked by a man with flour on his nose, who started before your child woke up.
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Cheese
Milk from a cow, pressed and left to wait a long, long time.
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Eggs
The one your child works out alone, without asking.
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Tomatoes and flowers
Grown by a farmer in muddy boots, from a seed small enough to sit on a fingertip.
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Jam
Fruit cooked with sugar by a grandmother until it changes into something new.
Questions About At the Market
What age is At the Market for?
Ages 2 to 6. The sentences are short, the foods are ones your child already knows, and the same question comes back on almost every page, so younger children can join in long before they can read.
Can the grown-up be Mom instead of Dad?
Yes. The story is written for your child and one parent, and you choose Mom or Dad when you create the book. Whoever you choose is illustrated from their own photo on every page they appear in.
Is At the Market a good bedtime story?
It works well at bedtime. Nothing frightening happens, it takes about five minutes to read aloud, and it ends quietly at the dinner table with your child retelling the day.
How is At the Market personalized?
You upload a photo of each character and type in their name. The story is already written, so your child's name goes into the text and every illustration is drawn from your photos, keeping them recognizable from the first page to the last. Before anything is printed you get the full editor: change any word, regenerate any illustration you are not happy with, and write your own dedication.
How much does it cost, and how long does delivery take?
$34.99 for the 26-page premium hardcover, plus shipping at checkout: $8.24 to the United States or $6.65 to Australia. Each book is printed to order once you approve it and arrives in 7 to 11 business days.
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