Pat-a-Cake Baby

Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: August 4, 2015

Review

Initially, the sparkly cover of this book drew me in. The illustrations are also quite good. The big drawback to this title is that the text reads extremely poorly. It does not lend itself to a smooth readaloud experience, is jumpy and nonsensical in the extreme. Cookie baby, Jelly baby, Candy baby? This simply does not appeal. Do not waste your time.

Overall Book Score: poor

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About the Book

Author:

Dunbar, Joyce

Illustrator: Dunbar, Polly

Illustration Quality: good

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: good

ISBN: 9780763675776

Price: 15.99