Cake

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"Easy to read text with rebuses explores the different varieties of cake"--Provided by publisher. (more)

"Easy to read text with rebuses explores the different varieties of cake"--Provided by publisher. (less)

Wilma Sue is wary of the eccentric sisters, Ruth and Naomi, at her new foster home, but wonders if she might have a true... (more)

Wilma Sue is wary of the eccentric sisters, Ruth and Naomi, at her new foster home, but wonders if she might have a true home with them, baking and delivering cakes and tending their chickens, until she is implicated in a series of neighborhood crimes. (less)

Alysa Levene looks at cakes both ancient and modern, from the Fruit Cake, to the Pound Cake, from the ubiquitous birthda... (more)

Alysa Levene looks at cakes both ancient and modern, from the Fruit Cake, to the Pound Cake, from the ubiquitous birthday cake to the Angel Food Cake, all the way up to competitive baking shows on television and our modern obsession with macaroons and cup cakes. Along the way, she shows how cakes are so much more than just a delicious sugar hit, and reflects on how and why cakes became the food to eat in times of celebration. Cake reflects cultural differences, whether it is the changing role of women in the home, the expansion of global trade, and even advances in technology. (less)

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When Cake is invited to his first birthday party, he goes out and buys a new hat so that he will look his very best at t... (more)

When Cake is invited to his first birthday party, he goes out and buys a new hat so that he will look his very best at the party. (less)

A very independent, die-hard party girl gets stuck as the editor of a bridal magazine while being pursued by two eligibl... (more)

A very independent, die-hard party girl gets stuck as the editor of a bridal magazine while being pursued by two eligible bachelors. (less)

After surviving a car accident, Claire joins a chronic pain support group and befriends the husband of a woman who commi... (more)

After surviving a car accident, Claire joins a chronic pain support group and befriends the husband of a woman who committed suicide. (less)

A look into the darkly funny world of Claire Bennett who initiates a dubious relationship with a widower while confronti... (more)

A look into the darkly funny world of Claire Bennett who initiates a dubious relationship with a widower while confronting fantastical hallucinations of his dead wife. With her feisty housekeeper-cum-caretaker ever at her side, Claire searches for human connection and self-forgiveness in this tale of personal redemption. (less)