Bake Shop Ghost

Awards:   Commended for Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize (Children's) 2006 Short-listed for Delaware Diamonds Award (Grades 3-5) 2007 Short-listed for Young Hoosier Book Award (Picture Book) 2009
Author:   Jacqueline Ogburn ,  Marjorie A Priceman
Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin
ISBN:  

9780618445578


Pages:   32
Publication Date:   01 July 2005
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained


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Awards

  • Commended for Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize (Children's) 2006
  • Short-listed for Delaware Diamonds Award (Grades 3-5) 2007
  • Short-listed for Young Hoosier Book Award (Picture Book) 2009

Overview

The charming story of a cranky old ghost who haunts the bake shop she used to own is now in paperback! Cora Lee Merriweather had a lemon pucker mouth and hair scraped back into a hard little bun.Cora Lee also baked the best pies and cakes for miles.But now Cora Lee haunts the shop she used to own.When new bakers arrive to take over her empty bake shop, she scares them away.Then Annie Washington comes to town, and it seems Cora Lee has met her match.

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Author:   Jacqueline Ogburn ,  Marjorie A Priceman
Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin
Imprint:   Houghton Mifflin
Dimensions:   Width: 22.90cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.376kg
ISBN:  

9780618445578


ISBN 10:   0618445579
Pages:   32
Publication Date:   01 July 2005
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

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Priceman's gleeful watercolor-and-ink illustrations capture Cora Lee's ghostly hauntings with all the right swoops and swirls in this sweet story of how generous dollops of perseverance and kindness make the perfect cake. --Kirkus, starred Kirkus Reviews, Starred Mouths will water just as surely as hearts warm at the story's touching conclusion. --Booklist, starred Booklist, ALA, Starred Review Chock-full of fluffy meringue pies and forlorn poltergeist, this culinary ghost story shows how, with a little determination, two cooks can learn to share a single kitchen. --Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly


Priceman's gleeful watercolor-and-ink illustrations capture Cora Lee's ghostly hauntings with all the right swoops and swirls in this sweet story of how generous dollops of perseverance and kindness make the perfect cake. --Kirkus, starred Kirkus Reviews, Starred<br><br> Mouths will water just as surely as hearts warm at the story's touching conclusion. --Booklist, starred Booklist, ALA, Starred Review<br><br> Chock-full of fluffy meringue pies and forlorn poltergeist, this culinary ghost story shows how, with a little determination, two cooks can learn to share a single kitchen. --Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly


Chock-full of fluffy meringue pies and forlorn poltergeist, this culinary ghost story shows how, with a little determination, two cooks can learn to share a single kitchen. --Publishers Weekly


Author Information

Jacqueline K. Ogburn worked as an editor at New York publishing houses for a decade before moving to a new home in North Carolina, raising her children, and beginning a second career as a children's book author. Marjorie Priceman has illustrated many books for children, including the Caldecott Honor-winning books Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin and Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride. Marjorie lives in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

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