I Make a Cake

The beguiling little penguin is back, this time creating all sorts of things—ponds and pictures, an airplane and a house. These activities make a mess, but the little penguin makes it tidy. Quick, lively text and enchanting child-like illustrations are sure to please. Filled with bright colors and familiar activities and language, this warm, reassuring text is perfect for toddlers at bedtime or anytime.

The beguiling little penguin is back, this time creating all sorts of things--ponds and pictures, an airplane and a house. These activities make a mess, but the little penguin makes it tidy. Quick, lively text and enchanting child-like illustrations are sure to please. Filled with bright colors and familiar activities and language, this warm, reassuring text is perfect for toddlers at bedtime or anytime.

School Library Journal

PreS-These board books, illustrated in bright, bold, mostly primary colors with shapes heavily outlined in black, will appeal to children's sense of imagination and play. Artist features a little penguin playing at being a nurse, a driver on a toy car, a cowboy with a stick horse, and a model with high-heeled shoes and a dressy hat, among other things. Cake portrays the same bird making a picture with some pots of paint, a "house" from a table and some blankets, a beaded necklace, and more. It all adds up to a "BIG mess," but with adult help, "We make it tidy." The appealing artwork will make these titles popular with toddlers.-Lisa Falk, Los Angeles Public Library Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.|

Mary Murphy is the author and illustrator of a number of children’s books, including HOW KIND!. I KISSED THE BABY!, she says, "is about how excited everyone is to welcome a new baby into the community. It’s best read, like a nursery rhyme, by whomever is holding Baby at the time." She lives in Galway, Ireland.