Ronny Rock is a very, very lucky boy. Why is he lucky? Because he lives with his dad, Rock the Baker, and his dad's bakery is one of the most exciting places on the high street, if not the WORLD! Ronny loves nothing more than to watch his dad create extraordinary birthday cakes - fire-red racing cars, chocolate trains with candied angelica tracks and dancing mice so real it's hard to believe they are edible! One evening, Ronny's dad has gone out and Ronny is left with rambunctious teenage childminder, Kieran. After an energetic game of bun-pong (ping-pong with a stale bun), disaster strikes! Hidden underneath a flour sack is a mislaid cake order ... for the very next morning! When he can't reach his dad, Ronny takes it upon himself to bake the ultimate MONSTER CAKE for four-year-old Alfie Mealman's birthday, making it look like Kieran's old teacher Mr. Bunt - smelly, grimy, gloopy and greasy with giant ping-pong eyes. Eughhhhh! Now, that's a Monster Cake! Has Ronny saved the day? Or will it be ... a Monster Cake Meltdown!

 

There are 56 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2011 by Walker Books Ltd .

Merry Threadgould has made her name directing and producing documentaries for the BBC, including one on children's books entitled When We Were Very Young. This will mark her debut in the world of children's books. Merryn lives in Bristol. Bruce Ingman won the 1996 Mother Goose Award for best newcomer to children's picture books for When Martha's Away (also winner of the 1996 National Art Library Illustration Awards). He is also the author-illustrator of Bad News, I'm in Charge! He has previously collaborated with Allan Ahlberg to great success on Previously, The Runaway Dinner and The Pencil. Bruce lives in London W2. Find Bruce online at www. bruceingman. com. Kate Feiffer is a writer and a filmmaker. The New York Times Book Review heralded Ms. Feiffer "economy of style and understated wit" in her debut picture book Double Pink, illustrated by Bruce Ingman. Ms. Feiffer and her family live on Martha's Vineyard, MA.