How to Make a Cherry Pie and see the U.S.A. by Marjorie Priceman. Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. PICTURE BOOK
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In this companion story to How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World (Knopf, 1994), a young baker takes a folksy trip across the U. S. A. in search of items to make a cherry pie. She travels to New Mexico to get clay for making a mixing bowl and to Hawaii for sand to make a glass measuring cup. She arrives back home in time to make the pie for the fourth of July.
It seems strange that the actual ingredients for the pie are not collected, just the raw materials needed to make the cooking equipment. And while the art work is fun and lively, there are many random distractions that make the story somewhat hard to follow. Purchase if the companion book is popular in your library. The story could be included in a unit on the United States.
Janell Pearce-Mattheus, Youth Services Librarian, Whitmore Library.
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In this companion story to How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World (Knopf, 1994), a young baker takes a folksy trip across the U. S. A. in search of items to make a cherry pie. She travels to New Mexico to get clay for making a mixing bowl and to Hawaii for sand to make a glass measuring cup. She arrives back home in time to make the pie for the fourth of July.
It seems strange that the actual ingredients for the pie are not collected, just the raw materials needed to make the cooking equipment. And while the art work is fun and lively, there are many random distractions that make the story somewhat hard to follow. Purchase if the companion book is popular in your library. The story could be included in a unit on the United States.
Janell Pearce-Mattheus, Youth Services Librarian, Whitmore Library.
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