Korky Paul's action-packed and distinctive artwork is the perfect match for Jeanne Willis's hilarious rhyming tale, complete with all the revolting ingredients children loveanyone can possibly imagine. However, when the cake decides to eat HIM, he realizes it is time to mend his ways. Rollicking rhymes are accompanied by exuberant illustrations of the revolting cultinary concoctions.
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Jeanne Willis wrote her first book when she was five years old and hasn't stopped writing since. She has now written over eighty titles, including picture books, novels and television scripts. She has also won numerous awards, including the Children's Book Award, the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the Silver Smarties Prize. Her teen novel, Naked Without a Flat, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award in 2004. She writes with her pet rat keeping her company and often takes inspiration from dreams and interesting conversations with strangers.
"Wonderfully horrid." —School Librarian
"Guaranteed to appeal to the most reluctant of readers . . . children will relish the rhyming text, and will revel in the horrors of the antihero's kitchen." —Junior Education
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