Miss Sugar Crumb is a fair young maiden who loves animals and people.
Miss Sugar Crumb is a fair young maiden who loves animals and people. She enjoys feeding animals and taking food to the sick and needy. She never asks anything in return for her generosity. Wonderful, magical things happen to both animals and people who taste the treats cooked in her kitchen. Among those affected by this magic are a young couple and some forest animals. Their story comes alive with Malinda's words and Nora's beautiful illustrations.
Excerpt
My kitchen is magic, it's really magic!
Professional Reviews
A pearl of a story
This review is from: Miss Sugar Crumb's Magic Kitchen (Paperback)
By Wayne S. Walker "Home School Book Review" (Salem, IL) - See all my reviews
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Most fairy tales are set in some undetermined place and time, but what would it be like if a fairy tale was put in a modern setting? Miss Sugar Crumb lives in a little yellow house surrounded by a white picket fence out in the country. She likes to plant flowers, bake pies, feed the animals that live in the woods near her house, and visit her neighbors, Jake and Emma Colworth, who are childless but very much want a baby. But why was a rabbit able to talk with Miss Sugar Crumb and tell her that hunters were trespassing on her property and the Colworth's property? And when she went to ask the Colworths to put up more "No Trespassing" signs on their property, why did the green and pink tea cup which she took with her and accidentally left suddenly have the faces of a little boy and a little girl on it?
Miss Sugar Crumb's Magic Kitchen is a charming, fairy-tale like story, that children will adore, but the characters are pictured by the striking illustrations from Nora Tapp Franzese in as modern a fashion as you or I would be, perhaps making it appear more relevant or applicable to our time. Miss Sugar Crumb seems initially to be unaware of the magic in her kitchen, but she likes helping the animals and doing good deeds for others. Maybe there is a metaphor here about how we may not always realize the sort of "magic" that we can work in the lives of people by our pleasant attitudes and acts of kindness. Miss Sugar Crumb certainly provides a positive role model for youngsters, and I can't think of a better reason to read a book. Author Malinda Mitchell has given us a pearl.
Miss Sugar Crumb's Magic Kitchen
Reviewed by Anne B. for Readers Favorite
Rating: 5 stars
"Miss Sugar Crumb’s Magic Kitchen" by Malinda Mitchel is an adorable tale for ages 9-12. Miss Sugar Crumb is a very nice young lady who enjoys doing things for others and never expects anything in return. She loved to bake pies, cakes, and homemade bread. Her favorite thing to bake was pies. She loved to give them away, and when she did, magical things always seemed to happen after the people ate them. She also enjoyed talking to animals that lived close by. When the animals ate her magical food they could talk. The animals ask for her help against the hunters that would sneak into the woods early in the morning. Miss Crumb would think of people and their desires and then set about to magically meet their needs.
Author Malinda Mitchell offers readers a delightful tale. I shared this book with my 11 year old granddaughter and she loved it. Her favorite part was the talking animals. She loved the way the hunters were scared out of the woods. Ms Mitchell’s story is will appeal to children in 4th-6th grades, and will challenge them without overwhelming them. The illustrations by Nora Tapp Franzese are wonderful and sure to grab the attention of the readers. Ms Mitchel and Ms Franzese make quite a team and have created a great plot with great art work in a a book you do not want to miss.
Magically Story of Friendship and Kindness
By Stacie Theis
Rating: 5 stars
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Miss Sugar Crumb's Magic Kitchen by Malinda Mitchel is an enchanting story as Miss Sugar Crumb Miss Sugar Crumb's Magic Kitchen by Malinda Mitchel is an enchanting story as Miss Sugar Crumb not only bakes magic treats in her kitchen, but also kindness and friendship. Forest animals begin to talk after eating Miss Sugar Crumb's snacks and children will laugh as the forest animals rid their land of hunters using their new found talent of communicating.
Miss Sugar Crumb's baked goods seem to heal the sick and bring fortune to those who are down on their luck. She also, unknowingly, uses her magic to help her neighbors who long to have children. The ending will bring a smile to your face.
The book is beautifully illustrated by Nora Tapp Franzese and adds to the magic of the story.
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