From the award-winning creators of Baby Goes to Market comes a delicious tale of mischievous toddlers, juicy mangoes, and cunning monkeys—starring the letter M.

Oh look . . . M is for Monkeys!
Oh NO! M is for Mine!
M is for My Mango!

M is for morning, and M is for little Mo and his beloved mu mu. M is for Mama pouring milk in a cup, and M is for the moi-moi in Mo’s bowl that is mushy! Outside, a man tinkers with a motorbike, playing music that sets Mo to dancing. But when Mo spies a perfectly ripe mango in a tree, only to see it snatched by a monkey, it’s mayhem! Time for Mama to shake her mop and shoo some monkeys away! Are there enough mangoes to share? Wait, where is Mo? In a follow-up to B Is for Baby and L Is for Love, Atinuke’s exuberant alphabet book, set in Nigeria, doubles as a cozy family story that opens into happy chaos, perfectly tuned to the youngest readers.

BIO

Atinuke is a Nigerian-born author of children's books and an oral storyteller of traditional African folktales.

REVIEWS

"The humorous conflict with the monkeys elevates the text beyond a simple alphabet primer and makes the story one that young children will want to hear again and again.Atinuke uses punctuation effectively to vary her short sentences and encourage lively read-alouds. . . . [Brooksbank’s] detailed work captures typical toddler mood swings. . . ." -- The Horn Book

[H]  Candlewick Press (MA)  /  June 24, 2025

0.5" H x 11.2" L x 10.0" W (1.1 lbs) 32 pages

For ages 3 to 7