Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!
Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
Harcourt Brace & Co.
1999
Big Brown Rooster, the great-grandson of Little Red Hen, is sick and tired of eating chicken feed. After finding his great-grandmother's cookbook, he decides to make strawberry shortcake. Although some friends are unwilling to assist, Turtle, Iguana, and Potbellied Pig are eager to help. Turtle reads the directions, Iguana helps, but gets mixed up. Iguana picks a flower instead of getting flour, and tries to beat an egg with a baseball bat. After Rooster completes each step, Pig is anxious to jump in and taste the cake mixture. Will Rooster and his friends successfully complete the strawberry shortcake?
The page margins contain definitions of cooking terms and helpful hints. The strawberry shortcake recipe is included at the end of the story. My granddaughter baked the cake and sent me this photo. It looks delicious!
Cood-A-Doodle-Doo! won the 2001 Texas Bluebonnet Award. It was one of my favorite books to read to my library students. I highly recommend sharing this book with a special young one in your life. Happy Reading!
Big Brown Rooster discovered his great-grandmother's cookbook. What's your favorite family recipe passed down to you? Mine is "Vanilla Wafer Cake" give to me by my first mother-in-law, Martha.
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