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32 pp.
| McElderry |
July, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-0-689-83844-6$16.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Will Hillenbrand.
Before birthday-girl Grandma runs her errands, she implores Granddad not to make a fuss: his cakes have been getting bigger every year. He disregards her wishes and creates a doozy, using the back of a pickup truck as his mixing bowl. The expansive art and inventive Western-flavored rhymes propel this yarn. A recipe for a scaled-down whopper cake is included.