The Apple Cake

Nienke van Hichtum; Illustrated by Marjan van Zeyl

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Out of print

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An old lady wants to bake an apple cake. She has everything she needs except apples. So she sets off to market to buy some apples, taking a basket of plums to trade along the way, just in case…

Format:
hardback
Size:
230 x 210 mm
Publisher:
Floris Books
Subject:
Picture Books
Illustrations:
colour illustrations
Age Range:
From 4 to 6 years
Extent:
24 pages
ISBN:
9780863152283
Publication date:
01 May 1996

Description

An old lady wants to bake an apple cake. She has everything she needs except apples. So she sets off to market to buy some apples, taking a basket of plums to trade along the way, just in case...

This is a classic story of sharing, trading and caring. Children will love guessing what the old lady will acquire next, and how, and seeing how her journey brings her a full circle as her kindness is repaid.

Author

Nienke van Hichtum was the pseudonym of well-known Frisian Dutch children's author Sjoukje Maria Diderika de Boer (1860-1939). She wrote books and stories in both West Frisian, her native language, and Dutch. The Nienke van Hichtum Award is named after her.

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