The Apple Cake Contributor(s): Van Hichtum, Nienke (Author), Van Zeyl, Marjan (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0863152287 ISBN-13: 9780863152283 Publisher: Floris Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1996 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: A delightful and touching book about giving and receiving. Granny wants to bake a cake. She has everything she needs except apples. What she does have is a tree full of plums, "the roundest and reddest that you ever saw". She sets off to market to look for apples. But first she fills a basket with the ripe, juicy plums and covers them with a snow-white napkin, for it may happen in the meantime that she will come to a place where there are apples but no plums. At the end of this story of granny's adventures is her recipe for a delicious apple cake. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - General |
Dewey: 823.914 |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 8.5" W x 9.1" (0.65 lbs) 24 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An old lady wants to bake an apple cake. She has everything she needs, except apples. So she sets off to market to buy some apples, taking a basket of plums to trade along the way, just in case... This is a classic story of sharing, trading and caring. Children will love guessing what the old lady will acquire next, and how, and seeing how her journey brings her a full circle as her kindness is repaid. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hichtum, Nienke: - Nienke van Hichtum was the pseudonym of well-known Frisian Dutch children's author Sjoukje Maria Diderika de Boer (1860-1939). She wrote books and stories in both West Frisian, her native language, and Dutch. The Nienke van Hichtum Award is named after her. |