Beverly Billingsly Takes the Cake

by Alexander Stadler

Book Overview

What's the most important part of any birthday celebration? The cake, of course And who better to create Oliver Shumacher's birthday confection than his best friend, Beverly. She even has the perfect... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152053573
• ISBN13: 9780152053574
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.8" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 3 years and under

Customer Reviews

lovely illustrations, great little story

we love alexander stadler's whimsical illustrations. this story of excitement at giving a special gift and overcoming obstacles along the way is fun and imparts a worthwhile lesson. my 3-year olds are just starting to understand it, and my 7 year old still finds it fun too.

What do you do when when everything goes wrong? Let's eat cake!

Beverly Bilingsly wants to make a wonderful, special caramel castle cake for her friend's birthday, but in her excitement forgot to grease the cake pans. The cake is stuck and Beverly is crushed. Has she ruined her friend's birthday? What's a bear to do? Well, maybe with a little imagination and inspiration, along with some help from mom, things will turn out right after all. A great book to remind folks that sometimes when things don't turn out as expected that just means that you have a new opportunity to try something else.

The Kids LOVE the cake

We did this book in my 4-year-old's pre-school class and followed it up with a decorate-your-own-cupcake project. The kids loved it. The project reinforced the book and allowed them the tactile stimulation as well as the didactic. Now my sone reads the book to me and begs me to make cupcakes!