The Bake Shop Ghost
By Marjorie A. Priceman (Illustrator); Jacqueline Ogburn
(Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Hardcover, 9780618445578, 32pp.)
Publication Date: July 2005
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback
Categories: Cooking & Food, Horror & Ghost Stories, Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings
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Cora Lee Merriweather baked the best pies and cakes for miles—fluffy meringue pies, flaky strudels, layer cakes, sheet cakes, and cakes with frosting finer than Irish lace. But now Cora Lee haunts the shop she used to own.
When new bakers arrive to take over her empty bake shop, Cora Lee scares them away, each and every one. Then Annie Washington comes to town . . .
Jacqueline K. Ogburn and Marjorie Priceman combine their talents to give us an enchanting baker’s battle in this story about how to unlock the secrets of the perfect recipe and a lonely heart.
Jacqueline K. Ogburn worked as an editor at New York publishing houses for a decade before moving to a new home in North Carolina, raising her children, and beginning a second career as a children's book author.
"Priceman's gleeful watercolor-and-ink illustrations capture Cora Lee's ghostly hauntings with all the right swoops and swirls in this sweet story of how generous dollops of perseverance and kindness make the perfect cake." --Kirkus, starred Kirkus Reviews, Starred
"Mouths will water just as surely as hearts warm at the story's touching conclusion." --Booklist, starred Booklist, ALA, Starred Review
"Chock-full of fluffy meringue pies and forlorn poltergeist, this culinary ghost story shows how, with a little determination, two cooks can learn to share a single kitchen." —Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly
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