The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake

Nancy Willard. Voyager Paperbacks, $9 (64pp) ISBN 978-0-15-201019-5

A girl bakes her mother an out-of-this-world birthday cake; ""Willard's prose is both lyrical and conversational, and the story is one of the most human and touching she has written,"" said PW, adding that Watson's illustrations ""add an extra touch of magic and mystery."" Ages 6-up. (Apr.)

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