BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL(K-3) - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Princess Arabella loved her birthday party and is excited to celebrate her grandmother's upcoming birthday as well. Her friends--who also love Grandma!--all want to bake Grandma a cake for her birthday. Each child bakes a cake but Princess Arabella declares that hers will be the biggest and yummiest of all! The creator of the biggest and yummiest cake will be revealed at the party, and the end result is an unexpected surprise!
The best thing about this story is the variety of cultures represented amongst Arabella and her friends. The illustrations are bright and colorful and its wonderful to see different nations celebrated and portrayed as royally as the next. The story itself feels a little stilted--probably because its a translation from an original story in French--but the main fun still comes across. Its not the greatest book I've ever read, but it was still nice.
Reviewer: TC
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