Just the Right Cake
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
From Christina Tosi, the playful creator of the popular bakery Milk Bar, comes this story of a boy finding his comfort and creativity again after his parents' divorce. Original cake recipe included!
For Phil, every day is the perfect day to bake a cake, especially with his Mom and Dad. But after his parents separate, his favorite recipe doesn't taste quite right anymore. Something in missing.
Soon, Phil is on a mission to make a cake that fits his new life, incorporating some of his parents' favorite ingredients along with his own. In this comforting and sweet tale about moving forward after a big life change, trying something new is just the right recipe.
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Offering a new recipe for moving forward, Milk Bar creator Tosi centers a child navigating his parents' divorce in this picture book about finding one's own bake. For Phil, who's portrayed with tan skin, "every day was a perfect day to bake a cake." Used to baking with both of his parents, he finds that something is missing when he makes his favorite double chocolate cake with just his mom, depicted with brown skin. He tries again at his white-presenting dad's new apartment, and still, "the cake wasn't the same." When he tells a friend what happened, she theorizes, "Every cake has a story. And sometimes stories change." In searching for a "new story to tell," one that's focused on his family's favorite flavors, and his own, Phil takes a mature, positive step forward that helps ready him "to see where his story would take him next." Via bake-shop-bright colors and round shapes, Balsley's crisp gouache and ink illustrations amplify the book's optimistic theme. Phil's cake recipe concludes. Ages 4–8.
