Ruby Bakes a Cake (I Can Read! / Ruby Raccoon) by Susan Hill

Ruby

by Susan Hill

A lesson in making the best of a situation.When Ruby mixes her friends' advice into her cake, the results are surprising!

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Food

Paperback

First published March 31, 2004

About the author

Susan Hill, graduate of Bowdoin College, resident of Portland, Ore., is the author of many children's books.

She is also published as Susan Hill Long and Frances Ann Ladd.

Librarian's Note: There is more than one author by this name.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story about Ruby the Raccoon, who I swore was a Rosemary Wells character, who asks her friends how to make a cake and ends up with something disgusting, and all her friends are nice about it anyway. Not that hard, as there is a lot of repetition of words and phrases, which would make this easier to read.

[Andréa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Who says "God bless you" instead of "Thank you"? I grew up in a fairly religious family, but I've never heard someone say "God bless you" in place of saying "Thank you."

[Sophie Klockow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Summary: This book was super cute! It was about Ruby the rabbit asking her other animal friends for help on what ingredients go into cake. She did not exactly have a normal cake, but she did have great friends to share it with.
Connections: I have always loved cooking and baking--especially cakes, cookies, brownies and cheesecakes.
How you would use it: I would love to have a bunch of the Ruby series books in my classroom library for students to read during independent reading time.
Subject heading:
Cake--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Raccoon--Fiction.
Animals--Fiction.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ruby wants to bake a cake but doesn't know how. She asks her friends for their opinion. They don't know either but tell her things that they like. She ends up making a rather sludgy cake. She doesn't like it but her friends really do! Adorable illustrations!

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a simple, but funny story that is good for beginning readers. The story is fairly predictable and has a lot of repetition, so it encourages young children to guess what will happen and it gives them confidence in their reading skill. We enjoyed reading this book together and groaned as the ingredients got more and more disgusting (at least to the human palate!)