Product Description

Grandad bakes Grandma a whopper of a birthday cake. Includes recipe and directions for chocolate cake.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #292629 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 40 pages

From Booklist
On Grandma's birthday, she makes this pronouncement: Now listen up, / don't make a fuss, you hear? / Land sakes! I swear your cakes are / getting bigger every year. But Grandpa has an itchin' . . . to traumatize the kitchen—and a vision too big to be contained by spousal directives, kitchen, pan, or oven. Writing in bouncy verses, the author of Bear Snores On (2003) and others chronicles the ensuing, supersize baking project as Grandpa swaps spoon for oar and blends his batter in a pickup truck. The story isn't as layered as its enormous, sun-baked dessert, but the tall-tale premise provides lots of grist for Hillenbrand's oversize paintings, which capture the messy, experimental energy of a baker gone berserk and cast everything in a decorator's sugary hues. A closing message about cleanup is well placed, especially given the impetus to traumatize the kitchen provided by the appended recipe—for a normal-size chocolate cake, alas. Mattson, Jennifer

About the Author
Karma Wilson is the author of the best-sellers Bear Snores On and Bear Wants More, both illustrated by Jane Chapman, and One Day in the Middle of the Bog, illustrated by Joan Rankin. She lives just outside of beautiful Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

Will Hillenbrand is the acclaimed illustrator of many popular books, including Counting Crocodiles by Judy Sierra and Kiss the Cow by Phyllis Root. He lives with his family in Terrace Park, Ohio.

Customer Reviews

Delightful!
Great illustrations and a fun rhyme combine for another great book from Karma Wilson. I'm buying extra copies to give as gifts, it's the perfect birthday gift!

Fun book, DELICIOUS recipe!
I borrowed this book from the library anticipating a fun but forgettable read, and was very pleased when the story and illustrations greatly exceeded my expectations. But never mind the story. While other reviewers have enthusiastically described this humorous tall tale, no one else seems to have tried the recipe. I'm here to tell you that IT'S DELICIOUS! The Whopper Cake has become our family's favorite chocolate cake recipe---slathered with thick, fudgy, homemade-from-scratch chocolate frosting, it's the perfect cake for birthday parties and other large, festive gatherings. Best of all, it's so easy to make that a child could do it, with very little help from a grown-up. This book would make a wonderful birthday gift---terrific story, terrific cake recipe. What more could you want?

My two-year-old loves it!
This is one of my two-year-old son's favorite books. We first checked it out from the library, and he wouldn't let us take it back! We later gave it to him as a gift. Highly recommended for youngsters; the cake recipe in the back of the book gives the kids a chance to learn that cakes don't have to come from a box.