Only Theo's grandmother sees the truth about the boy: He's as spoiled as a rotten old apple!

That is why, on one of Theo's naughtiest, grabbiest, mouthiest days, Grandmother decides to bake him a pie.

Young Theo has never seen the like. Its crust is as big as a bedsheet; its filling of plums, cherries, peaches, pears, apples, and quince is as tempting as any sweet feast ever set before a boy. But when he greedily reaches out for a taste, little Theo bites off a lot more than he can chew!

Jennifer Donnelly's wise and funny tale has inspired pictures of modern-day wit and medieval charm from a master of artistic antics, Stephen Gammell.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 4-7 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Simon & Schuster .

Stephen Gammell created the drawings for "Thunder at Gettysburg "in 1975. Winner of the Caldecott Medal, he is also the author-illustrator of many books, including "Twigboy. "He lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Jennifer Donnelly lives in Brooklyn, New York. This is her first novel and marks the beginning of an incredibly assured and confident literary voice.