“Thé Tjong-Khing’s ability to narrate complex plot through images alone is unique.”
Cake for Everyone
Time for cake! But the eagle swipes up the blanket and flies away. The animals chase after to find all their stolen picnic things.
Thé Tjong-Khing’s visual storytelling slows us down and invites us to look more closely. Can you remember everything on the blanket? Hat, ball, doll, feather, cake? Who is hiding in the bush? What has the dog seen on the cliff? How will pig get back her sun umbrella? Why is the rabbit crying? And how can there be cake for everyone when the very hungry rat family has eaten it already?
Collect all the missing objects, find out who they belong to, and come back home for more cake in this cheerful, wordless look-and-find story that culminates in the delightful reward of sharing.
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Book Details
Country of Origin Belgium Reader Age 2-5 year, 5-7 year Book Size ISBN
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YLG News –
A wordless look-and-find adventure picture book full of intricate detail and comical storytelling, in which a group of animals chase their stolen picnic—and find some hungry friends to share the cake.
My Shelves Are Full –
This wordless story will capture imaginations as you delve into the stories of each animal, item lost and end gathering. Beginning with a group of friends and a picnic. A large bird steals the loved items but they are soon dropped and scatter. As you read, you begin to piece together which item belongs to which animals, why they are all together and their stories. The biggest question is where does all the cake come from, as there is certainly more at the end, and enough for everyone as the title suggests. A bit like a search and find book, this goes a step further and has you invest in the characters and their back stories. What will you discover?
Publishers Weekly –
Pleasingly fragmented and comically cohesive, spreads rendered in fine lines follow the antics, making for a set of brain-teasing mini-quests that invite readers to consider who arrived first, what belonged to whom, and how they’ll all arrive at the titular conceit.”
Words without Borders –
This captivating wordless picture book is a welcome reminder of how redundant text can be when the illustrations say it all. There’s so much going on here, but it’s left to the readers to construct our own story and frenetic dialogue.