This title contains two stories featuring characters from the Cadi series.Thomas wants to make a special seed cake for Dad's birthday party. Mum wants to make sure there are enough sandwiches. They set out on a shopping trip to buy the ingredients. Cadi the cat goes too - just to make sure they don't forget what she wants. They stop at the bakery for bread,then at Gran's house for eggs. Thomas is anxious about the seeds for the cake. Gran is an enthusiastic gardener and gives him the seeds he asks for,but they are more suitable for planting than baking! Everything turns out happily in the end: Mum finds the right ingredients,Dad has a lovely party and even Cadi gets her favourite food.
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Publisher: Gomer PressISBN: 9781843239505Number of pages: 12Dimensions: 215 x 215 mm
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Thomas and his Mum must go shopping.Its Dads birthday so his favourite seed cake is to be baked.Natural ingredients are bought and collected for a celebration tea-party from a real bakery and at Thomas grandparents home before they return home to prepare and cook food for the special tea.The rich and lively illustrations are an integral part of the story,and there is a great deal to look at: kitchen utensils and baby bottles at home,loaves and cup-cakes at the bakers,fresh vegetables,free-range eggs and wholesome honey at the grandparents cosy cottage and garden...not forgetting Cadi the cat poking her nose into the shopping bag!Wheres my fish she wonders.The final page shows the rewards of all the hard worka warm,happy scene of Dad enjoying his birthday party (with the right seeds in the cake),as well as Cadi tucking into some delicious tuna!This is another story in the increasingly popular Cadi series of picture books.Hilary CooperIt is possible to use this review for promotional purposes,but the following acknowledgment should be included:A review from www.gwales.com,with the permission of the Welsh Books Council.Gellir defnyddior adolygiad hwn at bwrpas hybu,ond gofynnir i chi gynnwys y gydnabyddiaeth ganlynol:Adolygiad oddi ar www.gwales.com,trwy ganiatd Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru. - Welsh Books Council
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