Not an Alphabet Book: The Case of the Missing Cake

By Eoin McLaughlin

Book Overview

Follow Bear from A to Z as he hunts for a cake thief in a hilarious alphabet book crossed with a whodunit. There has been a terrible crime, Bear tells us. Someone has STOLEN a delicious chocolate cake Bear sets off to find the culprit, questioning characters and compiling clues from A to Z . Among the suspects: a gingerbread man ( G ) with a bite out of his head, a kite ( K ) that may be above the law, and an octopus ( O ) with grabby tentacles. But -- hold on -- are those crumbs on Bear's page? Is that frosting on his face? Looks like our narrator is a little unreliable And it appears our culprit might be the one that Bear wants readers to suspect the least of all. . . . Author Eoin McLaughlin's sly, cheeky humor takes the alphabet book to inventive new heights, while best-selling illustrator Marc Boutavant's smart and striking graphic-style art matches the irreverent tone. Young ABC learners and older fans of funny stories will laugh out loud at Bear's uproarious "investigation" and his anything-but-usual suspects.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1536212679
• ISBN13: 9781536212679
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.0" x 11.5"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Kindergarten