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Clever Jack Takes the Cake

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This deliciously funny, original fairy tale—now available in paperback—follows a boy named Jack who bakes a cake and faces an exciting journey as he tries to deliver it to a princess for her birthday party. Take a bite out of this deliciously funny original fairy tale,... Read More
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Clever Jack Takes the Cake

Take a bite out of this deliciously funny original fairy tale by a bestselling picture-book duo. While girls are sure to love a storyabout a princess's birthday party, Jack's adventures with trolls, bears, and gypsies make this an ideal read for boys, too. Full color.

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This deliciously funny, original fairy tale—now available in paperback—follows a boy named Jack who bakes a cake and faces an exciting journey as he tries to deliver it to a princess for her birthday party.

Take a bite out of this deliciously funny original fairy tale, which received four starred reviews and was named a Best Book of the Year by Booklist, School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and the Bank Street College of Education.

What would you do if you were invited to the princess's tenth birthday party but didn't have money for a gift? Well, clever Jack decides to bake the princess a cake. Now he just has to get it to the castle in one piece. What could possibly go wrong?

Candace Fleming and G. Brian Karas, creators of the bestselling picture book Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!, have teamed up again to bring us a modern fairy tale starring a determined boy and a story-loving princess with a good sense of humour. While girls will fall for a story featuring a princess's birthday party, Jack's adventures with trolls, bears, and gypsies make this the perfect read for young boys as well—ideal for storytime.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780593813515

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 November 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Random House Inc

Illustration: FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 229.0mm

Height: 267.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 40

About the Author

Candace Fleming is the clever author of The Great and Only Barnum, a Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year; The Lincolns, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and Ben Franklin's Almanac and Our Eleanor, both ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Books. Her books also include Imogene's Last Stand, Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!, Gabriella's Song, and the Aesop Elementary School series. She lives in Oak Park, Illinois. You can visit her at www.candacefleming.com. G. Brian Karas is the prolific, versatile, and acclaimed illustrator of many books for children, including How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara, winner of a Christopher Award; Are You Going to Be Good? by Cari Best, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming, an ALA-ALSC Notable Book; and Home on the Bayou- A Cowboy's Story, which he also wrote and which received the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. He lives in New York's Hudson Valley. Visit him at www.gbriankaras.com.

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