Granddaddy and Grandmommy buy an old library and convert it into a bakery. But to run a bakery, you have to know how to bake. So while Granddaddy brushes up on his baking skills, Grandmommy tinkers in the basement and invents a machine that creates baked goods like no other in the world.
This book is cute, but very wordy and perhaps more for adults than kids. It's the story of an older couple who open a library/cafe. The man is determined to bake the right desserts, and the woman builds a machine that changes books into dessert. Gasp!
When you combine a library and a cafe, you are bound to discover some interesting combinations. Grandmommy and Granddaddy want to open a bakery and are able to do so in the old library. They repurpose the building but know little about starting a business. They are not ready to open and they cope with their problem in their own way. The result is magical and delicious, crazy and amazing, smart and funny. I read it to my daughter who liked to predict what would happen next. Her older brother was listening in and caught a few references to books and mechanical things that he understood better than her. It is a cute story with even cuter pictures. It is also the kind of story that children can grow with. Right now my 8-year old likes the pictures and the general plot. As she gets older and wiser in classic stories, she may understand the references better as her prior knowledge increases.