Description
Description
As homey as its subject, a sweet tribute to America's favorite dessert and the love that gets baked into it. This is just about the perfect day: a morning in the kitchen baking, a bike ride across town with a fresh pie in the basket, and Grampa waiting to share warm slices in the park. Three-time Christopher Award winner Amy Hest narrates in the second person, allowing young readers to identify with the protagonist's burgeoning independence--taking the lead in the kitchen and center stage at a picnic. Illustrator Christopher Thornock renders these simple joys, unplugged and screen-free, in warm, sunlight-washed tones. The Thing About Pie is the perfect book to share at bedtime, circle time, or in the park with a snack. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
About the Author
About the Author
Amy Hest's many acclaimed children's books include Bunny Should Be Sleeping, the New York Times bestseller Kiss Good Night, Buster and the Baby, On The Night Of The Shooting Star, Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing, and Sometimes It's Nice To Be Alone. A three-time winner of the prestigious Christopher Award, she lives in New York City. Christopher Thornock is an illustrator, artist, and professor of illustration. The illustrator of Brave Old Blue, written by Colleen Muske, he lives with his family and their cats and dogs in the Mountain West of the USA.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
A delectable, deeply felt invitation to see that when it comes to pie, the making and sharing is as rewarding as the eating.
--School Library Journal A homey and original take on the selfless-deed story.
--Kirkus Reviews Like a handwoven lattice crust, this finely worked story by Hest (Bunny Should Be Sleeping) and Thornock (Brave Old Blue) embodies the fruits of painstaking attention. . . . Small in scale yet large in feeling, this unhurried, gently stepwise telling exudes the care that it celebrates.
--Publishers Weekly
--School Library Journal A homey and original take on the selfless-deed story.
--Kirkus Reviews Like a handwoven lattice crust, this finely worked story by Hest (Bunny Should Be Sleeping) and Thornock (Brave Old Blue) embodies the fruits of painstaking attention. . . . Small in scale yet large in feeling, this unhurried, gently stepwise telling exudes the care that it celebrates.
--Publishers Weekly
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Neal Porter Books
Pub date:
2026-08-25
Length:
32 pages
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