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Staake, Bob

The Donut Chef

40 pp. | Golden | September, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-84403-4 $14.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-94716-2 $17.99
(3) K-3 Two competing doughnut shops try to out-specialize each other, good taste be damned. The percussion-tight rhymes and comic escalation ("We've donuts laced with kiwi jam, / And served inside an open clam!") evoke Dr. Seuss; Staake even enlists a Cindy Lou Who–type in Debbie Sue, who likes her doughnuts plain. Like pastries, Staake's round-edged illustrations are delectably decorative.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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