Nana's Book Library

• Age: 2-6
• Particulars (Out of 5):   
• Problem solving, kindness, humor *****   
• Inappropriate language:  None.
• Sexual references:  None.  

Reminder:  Nana’s Books are rated G.  Anyone could read them, or listen to them being read aloud.

Poor Max!  He’s just a little kid who loves his Grandma and wants to help make her a birthday cake.  Poor Ruby!  She’s the big sister who is also trying to make the cake for Grandma.  The only problem: Max keeps messing it up.  He breaks the eggs, drops the flour on the floor, and spills the milk.  Max makes many trips to the grocer for replacement ingredients for Ruby’s cake – and for the key ingredient for the earthworm cake he is making for Grandma:  Red Hot Marshmallow Squirters.  He keeps adding the Squirters to the grocery lists – but since he can only draw, it takes several attempts before the grocer figures out what Max wants.  Max doesn’t give up!  Neither does Ruby, who has a job to do and manages to get it done.   

            This gentle story is beautifully told, with delightful illustrations.  It is also quite funny, and fun to read aloud.  Grandma ends up with two beautiful cakes, both made with love.  

            This book is available as a board book, in paperback and hardcover on Amazon.  It is also widely available used on eBay and Abebooks.

©Janet Farrar Worthington

Note:  I am an Amazon affiliate, so if you do click a link and buy a book, I will theoretically make a small amount of money, but I’m just starting this thing, so I don’t even know how that works.   Still, full disclosure, etc