Pie (Scholastic Gold)

A gift for our grandchild who had it on her Christmas list. She is also looking forward to the recipes in it.

Everything about this book revolves around the best pie maker in the world.She dies in the first paragraph, leaving all her recipes to her cat, Lardo.The cat is left to her niece and it is her adventures and discoveries that make this book such a great read.Every chapter is prefaced with a pie recipe and everyone has a favourite pie.A great book, a rivetting read for my nine year old daughter and a superb ending to boot.The only downside is that, being an American publication, the recipes are in need of a little translation. If you go to the trouble, some are truly delicious, just like this book.

This book is an excellent novel that is great for grade 2-4 (especially read aloud).Sarah Weeks threads the storyline through each chapter in such a that makes it really hard to put down.As a librarian I definetly recommend it for ages 7-10!!

It will really want a pie when you are reading this book. It is filed with happiness, mystery, and sadness.

This was given as a gift, I cannot review it.