A cake all for me

Karen Beil Books

Inspiration

Ideas can come from the strangest places. A Cake All For Me had its start with an old nursery rhyme that drove me crazy as a child. Remember “one, two, buckle my shoe?” If you remember all 20 verses, you’ll understand. Buckling shoes, picking up sticks, maids a-courting, and empty plates? “Huh? What? What does that mean?”

One day I was in my office - then a tiny kitchen closet - when my editor called. She suggested I write a math-related book. In my kitchen-office, I began thinking about my children learning their early math right there in the kitchen. They sorted, measured, and added spices, divided up cookies to share. They ate and subtracted: 5 cookies take away 2, leaves 3.

Who would play the main character? Had to be a PIG! Who else would eat a whole cake? By himself!

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