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Hardback
32 pages

Author

David Lucas
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Author's Website

www.davidlucas.org.uk/

Publisher

Andersen Press Ltd

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Publication date

1st October 2009

ISBN

9781842706367

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Cake Girl

David Lucas

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Julia Eccleshare's comment:

Tender and touching, Cake Girl is a delicious fantasy in which a lonely and unhappy witch is taught how to be kind and loving by the charming Cake Girl she creates. With no friends for her birthday, the witch makes a Cake Girl first to keep her company and then to eat. But to save herself from being eaten, Cake Girl comes up with a better idea. She teaches the witch how to be nice. Soon the two of them are having a wonderful time enjoying all kinds of magic and, by the end of it, the witch knows all about how to be nice.

Lovereading comment:

Tender and touching, Cake Girl is a delicious fantasy in which a lonely and unhappy witch is taught how to be kind and loving by the charming Cake Girl she creates. With no friends for her birthday, the witch makes a Cake Girl first to keep her company and then to eat. But to save herself from being eaten, Cake Girl comes up with a better idea. She teaches the witch how to be nice. Soon the two of them are having a wonderful time enjoying all kinds of magic and, by the end of it, the witch knows all about how to be nice.

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Synopsis

The witch was alone on her birthday - again! So she bakes a Cake Girl, and tells her to sing 'Happy Birthday' and dance, and smile, and make her laugh - and do all the housework... 'And then', said the Witch, 'I'll eat you'. What will Cake Girl do?

About The Author

David Lucas - As a child

"I was born in Middlesbrough, where my Mum was a teacher and my Dad worked in the steel works. I am the third of six brothers, and as children we were all dressed the same - same haircut, same jeans, same jumpers. When I was five years old we came to London (my Dad had decided to go to Art College) and at first we lived in a tent before moving to a council flat in Hackney. My parents both loved nature so I often spent holidays exploring forests and wandering on the moors in Yorkshire or by the seashore. I loved ruins and castles too - magical, haunted places. I always enjoyed drawing and in my teens I became fascinated by mythology and fairytales and folklore and began writing stories and inventing imaginary worlds and characters."

As an adult

"I live in east London, close to where I grew up, beside Victoria Park. My home is full of strange old books - books of magic spells and secret alphabets and half forgotten legends. I collect old toys too, and colourful folk art and carvings of scary tribal gods with staring eyes. I've always liked fancy dress parties - it's fun pretending to be someone you're not - and I enjoy being on my own in nature - I love places where I can escape the modern world and imagine I'm living centuries ago. I just feel very lucky to be able to make my living from writing stories and making pictures and mostly I live a very quiet life."

As an artist

"I believe the world is alive with magic - and it's that feeling that really inspires my work. My drawing is picture-writing - I never draw from life - I make patterns, as if I were knitting with ink. Writing, for me, is pattern-making too - putting words together as if they were simple shapes, making story-patterns that are a mixture of autobiography and myth and fairytale. I spend the mornings writing, looking out onto the park, listening to the birds singing and the canal boats chugging past. I paint and draw in my studio near London Fields. As well as making picture books I'm also working on an illustrated fantasy novel."

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