Rude Cakes by Rowboat Watkins
Who knew that cakes were so rude?! In this deliciously entertaining book, a not-so-sweet cake—who never says please or thank you or listens to its parents—gets its just desserts. Mixing hilarious text and pictures, Rowboat Watkins, a former Sendak fellow, has cooked up a laugh-out- loud story that can also be served up as a delectable discussion starter about manners or bullying, as it sweetly reminds us all that even the rudest cake can learn to change its ways.
Rude Cakes is a cleverly written children’s book that manages to convey a message about rudeness in a very silly, approachable way. Think Goofus and Gallant in the form of a not-so-sweet two layer cake and the very polite cyclops he crosses paths with.
Children will enjoy not only the rude behaviour from the cake but the humorous twist that has the cake change it’s ways and become the sweet little cake he was meant to be.
The illustrations are done in pencil and ink in a unique style and the use of different sized fonts for emphasis and responses matches the quirkiness of the story quite well.
A very silly book overall, but one that I think makes the message about manners a little bit easier (or should I say sweeter,) to swallow.
That sounds like a great kids book! What a great lesson.
Aww! This looks like a cute book! We love to use books as a great teaching tool in our house, and this would be great for teaching my boys more about social manners.
This looks like a great kids’ book. I really like the artwork.
This looks like such a cute book. I will have to share this with all my friends with little ones.
What a great way for kids to learn about “rudeness”. I think it is so cool that more books like this are made for kids to understand. The illustrations are so cute too!
What a cute way to discuss a very important topic. I love the use of ink and pencil also it makes it seem timeless. I know a few I can recommend to read this to their children. Thanks for sharing 🙂
This book sounds silly. I probably would of loved it as a child.
Oh my gosh this looks like such a cute book! I have never heard of this author before, I think my kids would enjoy this.
Ha, ha, ha… what a great way to teach kids about rudeness. Sometimes kids need something like this to show them right from wrong.
This sounds like a really cute book with an important message. I really like the illustrations!
Sounds like an awesome book! The artwork is great with an amazing lesson for children.
This book is adorable, I love that cakes are involved because my oldest loves cakes!
this looks like a really cool book. my friends kids would love this.
What a cute book! I love the books that have a lesson behind them. We’ve been reading a lot of those to our preschoolers (their choice) but I love the learning!
Looks like such a cute book and a good read. Thanks for sharing it, I think my youngest would love it!
This looks like a cute book!
That sounds like a great kids book!