Monday, January 22, 2024

January 23 = National Pie Day

 Celebrate National Pie Day (January 23rd) with some stories featuring baking and desserts.  Here's a few of our favorites . . . .

A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff
Destiny leads 11-year-old Cady to a peanut butter factory, a family of children searching for their own Talents, and a Talent Thief who will alter her life forever.

The $150,000 Rugelach by Allison Marks
Fame-obsessed Jack and somber Jillian, who is mourning the loss of her mother, become a mismatched duo selected to compete for $150,000 in a high-stakes baking contest jam-packed with hilarious high jinks.

Pie by Sarah Weeks
After the death of Polly Portman, whose award-winning pies put the town of Ipswitch, Pennsylvania, on the map in the 1950s, her devoted niece Alice and Alice's friend Charlie investigate who is going to extremes to find Aunt Polly's secret pie crust recipe. 

Cupcake Cousins by Kate Hannigan
During a family vacation at Lake Michigan, nine-year-old cousins Willow and Delia, desperate to avoid being flower girls in their aunt's wedding, try to demonstrate that they would do better as chefs for the reception.


More Books --
All You Need Is Love by Tanya Guerrero
Baker's Magic by Diane Zahler
Close to Famous by Joan Bauer 
Cookies & Milk by Shawn Amos
The Doughnut Fix by Jessie Janowitz
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
The Heat Is On by Charise Mericle Harper
Madame Pamplemousse and Her Incredible Edibles by Rupert Kingfisher
McTavish Takes the Cake by Meg Rosoff
Midsummer's Mayhem by Rajani LaRocca
Nixie Ness: Cooking Star by Claudia Mills
A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi
The Power of Poppy Pendle by Natasha Lowe
Rule of Three by Megan McDonald
Summer of a Thousand Pies by Margaret Dilloway
A Taste of Magic by J. Elle


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