Cora Lee Merriweather runs the best bake shop in town, but no one notices her, just her delicious cakes. When she dies others try to buy the shop but she gets angry and scares them away. When Annie Washington buys the shop she confronts the ghost trying to figure out why she is haunting the place. Annie tries to bake a cake that will please Cora Lee but none of her recipes seem to be good enough for her. When Annie runs out of recipes she comes up with a surprising solution to the problem. See h More...

I chose this book because one of my student's actually recommended it to me :)!

Summary-
The Bake Shop Ghost is a fabulous picture book for elementary students. Cora Lee Merriweather was a well-known baker in her town. When she died the whole town mourned her death because they were afraid they would never taste such delicious cakes and pastries ever again! After her death a variety of wonderful chefs and bakers tried to bring the old bakery back, but after just a day each baker left and sold the More...

This story is a lot of fun to read aloud to a group. I've been sharing it with my 4th and 5th graders. After reading the story, I show them the recipe for the Ghost-Pleasing chocolate cake as printed in the back and, since we've been talking about Dewey Decimal, i use it as a reminder of where they can go to find books about cooking (the 500s for Science Experiments You Can Eat, and cookbooks in general). I usually get some students heading back to 641.5 after this one--and it usually makes me h More...

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My oldest LOVES this book. It's about a grumpy baker woman who dies and then haunts the bakery so that no other bakers can set up shop there. (Sounds a little creepy for a kid's story, but it's really not.) Eventually someone does come who can get through to the old ghost, but I won't give away the ending. Filled with descriptions of yummy cakes, and with a recipe in the back that I think I'm going to use for my daughter's birthday coming up.

Randomly put this in our book bag at the library, and it's delightful. It's the story of a bake shop owner who dies (this is glossed over) and haunts her old business, driving away several bakers who want to buy it. She meets her match in Annie, who gives her a challenge to meet to earn the bake shop.

I love the illustrations, and the "ghost story" interested Owen. This would be great for girls or boys.

Jacqueline K. Ogburn, The Bake Shop Ghost (Houghton Mifflin, 2005)

Very cute tale about, no surprise here, a haunted bakery and its strong-willed new owner. Runs along much the same lines as a number of old folktales about beings who grant wishes (the canny-but-lonely wisher never makes that third wish, preferring the company to the material gain, of course), but with an interesting, almost buddy-cop, feel to it. It's a lot of fun, and a good one for those of you whose kiddies are scared of ghost More...

I cried when I first read this book to my kids and realized why the ghost wanted a particular cake. The twist was such a clever conceit and so touching to me. Great watercolor illustrations and a spunky protagonist. I still read this to my younger kids who visit the house and it is one book I will never pass on.

We borrowed this book from the Advanced Picture Books section of the library. We hadn't tried books from this section before (my daughter is 4). It is about a ghost named Cora Lee Merriweather who haunts her old bake shop after her death.

It definately took us longer to read, since the pages contain fuller paragraphs than regular picture books. It also contained some bigger words, such as "flummoxed" which I thought was great. The sentences were more sophisticated than my daughter's regular book More...

We have read this at least 6 times since bringing it home from the library on Tuesday. Ryan really likes it, though I think he's more interested in hearing all the different kinds of cakes and pastries than he is the story of how Annie finally bakes a cake that satisfies Cora Lee.

I remember this book from when it was featured in Cricket magazine :)

When the old baker dies, nobody can fill her shop - mostly because she haunts them.

But, true to form, another baker shows up willing to challenge the ghost. Finally they agree that if the live baker can bake a cake to bring tears to her eyes, the old one will leave her alone.

In the process they become friends, etc. etc. etc.

It's very well-written, no summary of mine could ever do it justice.

I will note that it is a long book, a More...

I adored this book, especially after writing a novel about a mother who bakes a cake daily. Great read for kids who are scared of ghosts! Halloween is coming.

Cute story about a chef who doesn't get spooked and give up! I liked how Annie went the extra mile by doing some research and thinking outside the box.

Not very scary, but it does involve a ghost the haunts the bakery and has to be dealt with.

lovely literary feat! alliteration and great vocabulary, a favorite of 20-month old wallace.

Loved reading this book to my kiddos. My 6 year old really enjoied it.

It was so cute... and the illustrations were wonderful!

A children's book about cakes! And ghosts! With a recipe for chocolate birthday cake! Woohoo!

A cute read. The artwork was lovely and almost like sketchwork, but with color. It's very colorful and the story is sweet.

Very cute story about a baker who stays on to haunt her bake shop after her death. The ghost is never frightening, simply funny and a bit mean. It takes a very determined new owner to overcome the haunting, but once she does, the two bakers become quite the pair. A nice read for youngsters who like to cook, especially considering the chocolate cake recipe in the back!

My friend just told me of a short film she has a role in based on this childrens book. You can see a trailer for it on YouTube. The film is being showed at various film festivals and winning awards. It looks darling.

Very cute story and vibrant illustrations!

I definitely had to explain to Alla the whole bit about Cora Lee being the ghost, but once we got past that she was enchanted. And that recipe at the end looks divine, but where on earth do I get buttermilk powder?

I loved the heroine in this story—someone who isn't scared off and is determined to set things right : ) Gracie and I have plans to bake the cake at the end. I love a book with a recipe in the back.

Ummm, cakes. And a ghost. And the most believable haunting, and resolution, I can imagine. I love Ogburn.

I love Marjorie Priceman's work, and the writing of this story is delightful! Enjoy!

A very sweet (no pun intended) and touching story, which I heard about on NPR.

Nice little story--but I didn't particularly care for the illustrations.

A charming story, with gorgeous, swirling Chagall-like illustrations.

I liked the story but the illustrations not so much.

Several ILL but no CC