Harry and Gran Bake A Cake

Harry and Gran Bake A Cake

by Fiona McIntosh

illustrated by Sara Acton

Published by Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN 9781761346941

This cheerful and delightful book landed on my desk a few days ago and its cute cover and the title tempted me to open and read it immediately.

Frankly, it is the most gorgeous book, filled with light hearted moments and oodles of fun as Harry's Gran invites him to choose what kind of cake they should bake together.

While it shows the importance of children involved in the decision making of baking a cake, or anything else for that matter, it is a book for young children and their parents or grandparents, especially Grans to enjoy together. It may just inspire younger kids to want to speak with Gran about baking a cake.

The illustrations are perfectly matched to the words, they compliment each other with the light airy feel of the colours and the story.

I loved the book, it is a terrific one for grandparents, parents, aunts or uncles to give to your little one aged 4+ and be prepared to for some baking!

The author

Fiona McIntosh is an internationally and million-copy bestselling author of novels for adults and children across several genres. Alongside her highly successful historical fiction titles, for which she has been nominated at the Australian Book Industry Awards for commercial fiction book of the year, her popular Detective Jack Hawksworth series will soon be released across the UK. Several of her historical titles as well as the ‘world of Hawksworth’ crime novels have been optioned for the screen Fiona roams the world for her research and lives between Adelaide in South Australia and Wiltshire in England.

The illustrator

Sara Acton is an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books. Her first picture book, Ben and Duck, won the 2012 Children's Book Council of Australia Crichton Award for new illustrators. Sara lives on the Central Coast of New South Wales with her husband, two children, a mischievious dog and a cat called Poppy, who's definitely in charge.