Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Let’s Have Some Cake

Or not, as the case may be.

I think it was four or five months ago when I first saw A BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON on Edelweiss. It was pretty much the final edition, though it could have been lacking some of the eventual backmatter. No matter. I have to admit my jaw was a bit on the floor. This was all in the midst of the A FINE DESSERT brouhaha and I couldn’t help but wonder what the heck was going on over at Scholastic. Particularly since I was a huge fan of the illustrator and edit...