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Too Many Cooks!

By Katie Carr

A birthday cake mixture turns chaotic—but can one magical helper save the celebration?

amusing playful colourful lively

Genres

Humour Food/Drink Fantasy

What is Too Many Cooks! about?

Bouncy Ben wants to make a special birthday cake for Clever Cat, but his helpful friends cannot resist adding something to the mixture. Soon, the recipe becomes a chaotic mess as more Letterlanders join in. When Quarrelsome Queen takes over, the cake-making gets even more troublesome. Can the Water Witch rescue the mixture and save the birthday celebration? With colourful characters, gentle humour and a lively cooking adventure, this story encourages young readers to follow the action and practise reading simple sentences.

About the author

Katie Carr is a British author, artist, leadership coach and university lecturer who lives in Barcelona. She enjoys turning real-life adventures into engaging books. Her well-known works include Moderate Becoming Good Later and Thundery at Times. Katie also writes, teaches and creates art, and she hopes her stories encourage readers to stay curious, brave and positive.

Pages

27 pages

Reading age

Early Reader (5-8)

This edition

1998

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