Eight Animals Bake A Cake

By: Elya, Susan Middleton

Book Overview

Eight animals - ocho animales- get together to whip up a cake. Everyone brings an important ingredient to add to the batter, and soon they will have a wonderful treat to share. But when the timer dings and EVERYONE wants to take the cake out of the oven - horno- they end up dropping the whole thing all over the floor. What a mess! With some creative thinking from Cow - Vaca- and a little dinero, too, the surprise at the end is worth the wait. Perfect for non-Spanish speakers as well as Spanish speakers learning English, this is a delightful book about cooking, eating, and the love of good friends.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399234683
• ISBN13: 9780399234682
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.4" x 0.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A Mess of Fun!

Eight animals in the kitchen cooking up fun, and a giant mess! The book introduces Spanish vocabulary as each animal brings an ingredient for the cake. The story is cute for early readers, who will soon be reciting the book as they hurry to turn the pages. Puerta Vallarta artist Lee Chapman is known for his colorful and whimsical style, and makes this book worthy of art collectors too!

This ones a keeper!

We checked this book out from the library and it looks like we'll be making it a permanent part of our book collection. My two-year-old loves it and she's learning the names of all the animals in Spanish too! The illustrations are colorful and the story is captivating for a little one who is obsessed with cakes!