Where does a birthday cake really come from? It comes from a fairytale place! And everybody has a hand in making, baking and sending it on its way from the King and Queen of Hearts to Humpty Dumpty and the little Gingerbread Man! The Fairytale Cake combines a sweet and light-hearted storyline with hundreds and thousands of colourful touches. See how many favourite characters you can spot along the way!

 

There are 32 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 2005 by Chicken House Ltd .

Mark Sperring is a brand new picture book author. He is a bookseller and lives with his family in Bristol, UK. Alexandra Steele-Morgan is a new picture book illustrator from Wales. Karen Langley lives in the Lake District. She wrote Shine in collaboration with her husband, Jonathan Langley.