Frank Carlson Library

Birthday presents for mothers are never right-they're always too big, too small, or the wrong color. So when a young girl's mother simply asks for a homemade birthday cake, the girl thinks her troubles are over. Her happiness quickly disappears, though, when she hears the name of the cake her mother wants. The girl knows she won't find a High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake recipe in The Joy of Cooking. It will take a secret...

A story about a rude cake who never says please or thank you or listens to its parents, and a Giant Cyclops who is polite.

JoJo and Daddy bake a cake for a surprise recipient.

Max makes an earthworm cake for Grandma's birthday and helps Ruby with her angel surprise cake. At the store, the grocer can't read all of the shopping list, until Max solves the problem by drawing a picture.

With the questionable help of his friends, Big Brown Rooster manages to bake a strawberry shortcake which would have pleased his great-grandmother, Little Red Hen.

The birthday child's animal friends bring ingredients and help make a birthday cake.

To prepare for the wedding, Sally Price buys the rice, the best man hires a band, Mr. Fine paints a sign, and Jake bakes a magnificent cake.

A squirrel cook bakes a chocolate cake to share with friends at teatime.

A brother and sister lamb accidentally cause a major mix-up between a delicious cake and a beautiful hat.