How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A. - Hardcover

Priceman, Marjorie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375812555 ISBN 13: 9780375812552

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2008

Synopsis

IN THIS EXUBERANT companion story to How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, our young baker sets her sights on a cherry pie. She heads off on a round-the-U.S.A. journey to find all the materials she needs to stock her kitchen: New Mexico for clay (mixing bowl), Washington for wood (rolling pin), Hawaii for sand (sand? to make the glass for her measuring cup, of course). In joyful art filled with small vignettes and sly humor, two-time Caldecott Honor winner Marjorie Priceman takes us on a cross country journey by riverboat, taxi, bus, train, plane—all in search of the natural resources of our country. Includes a brightly painted endpaper map of the U.S.A.—and a recipe for cherry pie, of course!

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About the Author

In addition to the bestselling How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, Marjorie Priceman is the acclaimed author and illustrator of dozens of books for children, including Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride, and Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin, written by Lloyd Moss, both Caldecott Honor Books. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she lives in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

From School Library Journal

Grade 1–4—In this follow-up to How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World (Knopf, 1994), a spunky young baker is in the mood for cherry pie. She has the ingredients this time, but she's missing the equipment (bowl, pan, rolling pin, etc.) needed to get the job done. Traveling back and forth across the United States according to instructions that are given recipe style (and can be followed on the endpapers' map), she gathers natural resources from various regions (e.g., cotton from Louisiana to make pot holders) and heads home to manufacture the required objects. Smelting, spinning, weaving, carving, and glass making, the girl works until she has everything ready. The pie is a welcome addition to a July 4th celebration, where floats showcase the places she has visited. Priceman's story is expertly matched to her gouache paintings; loose and sketchy, vivid and childlike, they offer myriad details for each locale. In a school setting, the story is useful for introducing a unit on the United States and for teaching predicting skills. It's also silly enough to circulate just for fun.—Marilyn Taniguchi, Beverly Hills Public Library, CA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0375812555
• ISBN 13: 9780375812552
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Priceman Marjorie