Just Dessert

by Polly Powell

Ever since dinner, all Patsy Apple can think about is that last piece of Super Yellow Cake with Fudge Frosting. So she sneaks out of bed for the long trek to the kitchen--and encounters a dark house full of scary creatures! Eye-catching illustrations and wry text create an unforgettable landscape. “This is Powell’s picture book debut; she’ll have readers and listeners wishing for more.”-- Booklist

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published March 15, 1996

Reviews

[Abby Ambrose · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lexile: 470L
DRA: 18
Six Traits: Presentation
This is a fun book about a little girl who just wants to eat dessert. The illustrations are really unique and abstract, making it an engaging read.

[Melanie Hetrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Patsy and her family have finished dinner and dessert, but Patsy wants the last piece of cake. Of course her mother says no. So Patsy waits til after everyone is asleep. Then she creeps towards the kitchen. She quickly runs into a monstrous site! She skedaddles away only to be presented with a grumbling grizzly bear! She slinks passed, determined to get that cake, but is confronted with a skeleton and then a ghost! Finally she gets to refrigerator and grabs that cake and RUNS back to her room right past all those scary creatures. However, there is a surprise waiting for her in her bedroom: a snake! She scrambles into bed leaving the cake on a shelf. Oh, well...

Children will love identifying what each of the "scary monsters" are. A great storytime read-aloud.

[The Brothers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Patsy wants another piece of cake at dinner, but is denied by her mother. Later that night she faces of host of imaginary fears to get that cake!

Kinda blocky, but fun illustrations.

[Stephanie Witt]

Picture book. This is a funny story about a defiant child who sneaks out of bed to get dessert but has several scary interactions with monsters in the house as she tries to make it back to her bed without being caught. Needless to say, she learned her lesson.