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Polly Dunbar's pictures are a confectionary dream: ingredients fly around the pages in balletic swoops, the typography dances, and the babies' energy is boundless--it's a candy-coated version of Sendak's In the Night Kitchen. Joyce Dunbar's text has only a passing connection to the Mother Goose rhyme, and her baking-themed wordplay ( It's hulla-balloony-moon-time! ) is the literary equivalent of a sugar high.--Publishers Weekly A sweet confection through and through, from the glitter on the cover to the nonpareils on the endpapers.--Kirkus Reviews By inviting audience participation in each rollicking step and possibly pairing it with an actual baking activity, this sweet story can be a treat.--School Library Journal Polly Dunbar s pictures are a confectionary dream: ingredients fly around the pages in balletic swoops, the typography dances, and the babies energy is boundless it s a candy-coated version of Sendak s In the Night Kitchen. Joyce Dunbar s text has only a passing connection to the Mother Goose rhyme, and her baking-themed wordplay ( It s hulla-balloony-moon-time! ) is the literary equivalent of a sugar high. Publishers Weekly A sweet confection through and through, from the glitter on the cover to the nonpareils on the endpapers. Kirkus Reviews A sweet confection through and through, from the glitter on the cover to the nonpareils on the endpapers.--Kirkus Reviews

A sweet confection through and through, from the glitter on the cover to the nonpareils on the endpapers.--Kirkus Reviews

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Joyce Dunbar has published more than eighty books, including Shoe Baby, which was illustrated by her daughter, Polly Dunbar. Her books have been translated into twenty languages. She has also written stories for radio and TV and contributed to anthologies. She lives in Norfolk, England. Polly Dunbar is the author-illustrator of Penguin, Dog Blue, and Arthur's Dream Boat. She is also the illustrator of My Dad's a Birdman, written by David Almond, and Here's a Little Poem, an anthology of poems for very young children. She lives in London.

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