Books like Walter the Baker

* * * Read & reviewed by me and my niece Emma * * *Emma tricked me! We got two books from the library. I'd read one, she'd read the other. She picked who would read which. Turns out she handed me the harder one, the one designed for her reading level, and she gave herself the easy-peasy one. Then she had me read first, so it was too late by the time I figured out what was going on. Sneaky little sh*t!Oh well. I'm not her mom or teacher, and anyways we're just reading for fun on days when I babysit her during the summer, so it's no big deal. I'd like her to improve her reading skillz, but I also need to keep her entertained for about 8 hours. If some of that time is spent doing some sedate reading, all the better. (Damn kid wears me out!)Walter the Baker provided a good bit of sedate entertainment. That alone gets it at least 3 stars in my book. That it's a fun story about food gets it another star. Emma loves the show "Cake Boss" and is planning a future trip (in her mind) to Hoboken, NJ (who is this kid?) where the show is apparently shot...I don't know if that's fact. I'm going on the word of a sneaky six-year-old.The girl is rail-thin, but she loves cooking. Since Walter the Baker is about a bread baker, Emma was all about this book. "That was fun!" she exclaimed afterwards. She doesn't usually exclaim anything after I finish reading her a book, so I'll take that to mean this was a winner.