Lucy and the Cherry Pie Plan: A Pip Story• Book Five

By Erica Wolf

Lucy the fox has planned the perfect day down to the minute - and today, nothing is going according to plan.

Lucy loves lists. She loves schedules, folded napkins, and a cherry pie tucked carefully in the picnic basket for exactly 1:15pm. But when her friends arrive late, a stray turtle turns lunch into a two-hour game of Turtle Toss, and her carefully timed afternoon unravels minute by minute, Lucy discovers that even the best-laid plans don't always survive contact with real life - or real friends.

With gentle guidance from Mr. Walker the snail, Lucy learns to ask herself two simple questions when everything feels like it's spinning out of control: What actually changed? And what stayed the same? It's a small shift that opens up a much bigger one - and leads to a decision Lucy never would have made a day earlier: eating pie before lunch, just because she wants to.

Lucy and the Cherry Pie Plan is a warm, funny story about flexibility, friendship, and the freedom that comes from letting go of the plan every once in a while - perfect for young readers (ages 6-9) who love their routines just as much as Lucy does, and for the grown-ups helping them learn that some of the best days are the ones that don't go as planned.

A Pip Story - Book Five, from the creators of Pip and Mr. Walker.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HH3D9TMS
• ISBN13: 9798170064588
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 65 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.2" x 8.5"