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The Bake Shop Ghost
by Jacqueline K. Ogburn and Marjorie Priceman
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780618445578 |
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Powells.com Staff Pick
Two very exciting
things in this world are tiramisu and spiritual beings, and The Bake Shop
Ghost has both. Annie Washington is our fearless heroine, challenged to a
celestial bake-off in an attempt to appease a stubborn ghost. Marjorie
Priceman's jaunty illustrations perfectly capture such lively yet haunting
cities as New Orleans and Savannah. This is perfect for a story channeled
from old folktales and a Charlie Daniels song. The author has updated the
tale to give us not just a happy ending, but a sweet partnership between the
living and the dead.
Recommended by Shannon B., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Cora Lee Merriweather baked the best pies and cakes for miles--fluffy meringue pies, flaky strudels, layer cakes, sheet cakes, and cakes with frosting finer than Irish lace. But now Cora Lee haunts the shop she used to own.
When new bakers arrive to take over her empty bake shop, Cora Lee scares them away, each and every one. Then Annie Washington comes to town . . .
Jacqueline K. Ogburn and Marjorie Priceman combine their talents to give us an enchanting baker's battle in this story about how to unlock the secrets of the perfect recipe and a lonely heart.
Review:
"Chock-full of fluffy meringue pies and a forlorn poltergeist, this culinary ghost story shows how, with a little determination, two cooks can learn to share a single kitchen. Miss Cora Lee Merriweather's bakery is 'the best bake shop in these parts — maybe even in the whole state,' and 'the chocolate in her Mississippi mud pie was darker than the devil's own heart.' After Cora Lee's death, her cantankerous ghost chases away succeeding owners of the bake shop, but she finally meets her match in tenacious Annie Washington. Ogburn's (The Magic Nesting Doll) languid, Southern imagery brims with delicious food puns and alliteration (in her quest to please Cora Lee, Annie 'made tortes and tarts, babkas and bundts, pound cake and panforte'), and closes with a 'Ghost-Pleasing Chocolate Cake' recipe. Priceman's (Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin) free-flowing, Bemelmans-style artwork, on the other hand, at times seem mismatched, depicting scenes that look as if they are set in France. Even the 'preacher' at Cora Lee's funeral is pictured in an elaborate church wearing a formal priest's cassock. Still, Priceman's energetic, loose lined paintings show as much comedy as spookiness, while Cora Lee swoops around the kitchen breaking plates and eggs and strewing flour. Miss Cora Lee Merriweather's 'lemon-pucker mouth' is finally transformed to sunny, buttercream yellow when Annie comes up with the perfect way to make peace. Readers will likely enjoy this unusual contest, and the surprise twist ending. Ages 4-8." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
Review:
"Chock-full of fluffy meringue pies and forlorn poltergeist, this culinary ghost story shows how, with a little determination, two cooks can learn to share a single kitchen." —Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Marjorie Priceman has worked in an ice cream parlor, but luckily for us, she decided to be a painter. She has illustrated many wonderful books such as Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin, which was a Caldecott Honor Book. And though Marjorie has also written and illustrated a bookPrincess Pickyabout vegetables, she still considers cake to be one of life's great and necessary pleasures.Jacqueline K. Ogburn, in spite of a lifelong fondness for cake, has never worked in a bake shop. Her family's favorite recipe for birthday cake is the one in this book. Ms. Ogburn lives with her husband and two daughters in Durham, North Carolina.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780618445578
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Illustrator:
- Priceman, Marjorie
- Author:
- Author:
- Author:
- Author:
- Location:
- Boston
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Cake
- Subject:
- Ghosts
- Subject:
- Bakers and bakeries
- Subject:
- General Juvenile Fiction
- Copyright:
- 2005
- Edition Description:
- HARDCOVER
- Publication Date:
- July 2005
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Grade Level:
- Children/juvenile
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- , Y
- Pages:
- 32
- Dimensions:
- 11.24x9.36x.36 in. .83 lbs.
- Age Level:
- 05-08
