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Alana's Recipe for Kindness

By Coco Simon
Series: Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch
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With eye-catching glitter on the cover! Alana's Recipe for Kindness shows what Alana has learned about kindness in this eighth book in the Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch chapter book series, the little sister series to the bestselling Cupcake Diaries. Includes black and white illustrations throughout!... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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With eye-catching glitter on the cover!

Alana's Recipe for Kindness shows what Alana has learned about kindness in this eighth book in the Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch chapter book series, the little sister series to the bestselling Cupcake Diaries. Includes black and white illustrations throughout!

When a new after school programme starts taking up all of Alana’s cupcake baking time, her Mini Cupcake Club friends feel neglected and worry she’s repeating old mistakes. Alana doesn’t want her friends to feel that way, but she knows she has learned from the past. Now it’s time for her to teach her friends to learn from their pasts and remind the Mini Cupcake Club that the most important ingredient in any recipe is kindness.

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  • Alana's Recipe for Kindness
    Alana's Recipe for Kindness
    With eye-catching glitter on the cover! Alana's Recipe for Kindness shows what Alana has learned about kindness in this eighth book in the Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch chapter book series, the little sister series to the bestselling Cupcake Diaries. Includes black and white illustrations throughout! When a new after school programme starts taking up all of Alana’s cupcake baking...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9798347106592

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 May 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Simon Spotlight

Illustration: f-c matte uv cvr w- spot glitter uv front & back; b-w int illus

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Manuela López

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 194.0mm

Weight: 77g

Pages: 96

Collections

Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Coco Simon Education & Reference Series: Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch

About the Author

From cupcakes to ice cream and donuts! When she’s not daydreaming about yummy snacks, Coco Simon edits children’s books and has written close to one hundred books for children, tweens, and young adults, which is a lot less than the number of cupcakes, ice cream cones, and donuts she’s eaten. She is the author of the Cupcake Diaries, Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch, the Sprinkle Sundays, and the Donut Dreams series. Her newest series is Mia in the Middle.

Manuela López is an artist, introvert, and tea drinker. She works as an illustrator of children’s books and freelance projects.

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