The Little Crooked Bookshelf

This week's pick is by Cottager: Anika Denise

How To Bake A Book
by Ella Burfoot
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What it's all about . . .

A little girl learns the recipe for making the perfect story. A pinch of good, a dash of bad, some big words, and carefully cut out characters are the ingredients for a truly delicious read.

Why it’s on the Crooked Bookshelf . . .
We are a Cottage of writers who also happen to love baking—so this book tickled both fancies.

Our favorite lines . . .
"Turn up the heat-
the bubbles quicken.
And then my plot
begins to thicken."

Our favorite illustration . . .

From HOW TO BAKE A BOOK. Copyright 2014 by Ella Burfoot.

Why kids will love it . . .

The clever rhyming text and whimsical illustrations will tempt young readers to bake up a book of their own.

Why grown-ups will love it . . .

Adults (and teachers, especially) will find this a fun way to introduce children to the essential ingredients of a great story.

Quote of the Week

"When a kid finishes a picture book, a bit of the tiny universe they just explored stays with them in this one."

--Ame Dyckman, author of Boy + Bot


Visit the Picture Book Month website to read Ame's entire post, "Why Picture Books Are Important."


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"In today’s fast moving, bells-and-whistles, 24-hour news cycle world, picture books afford us time. They give us proximity and closeness. They give us connection"
—Heidi E. Y. Stemple


Read Heidi's entire essay, "Why Picture Books Are Important," on the Picture Book Month blog. 

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"We hold our favorite books dear, and read them until we know them by heart. And when the time comes, we share them with our own children, which has to be one of the great joys in life."

--Sophie Blackall, illustrator of the Ivy and Bean series and The Baby Tree

 

Read Sophie's entire essay, "Why Picture Books Are Important," on the Picture Book Month blog.  

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