pickThis continues to be a charming manga exploring LGBTQIA+ and new ally experiences alongside in-panel baking and dessert recipes. Toshi continues to grapple with the concept of coming out, and his staffer continues to delve into what it means to support the queer community. #LGBTQIA #Manga #Baking
pickIn a world where most wizards only have magic over a small part of life, 14-year-old Mona is a bakery wizard. She can encourage biscuits to be soft, bread to not burn, & gingerbread men to stand up & dance.
When Mona discovers a dead girl in her kitchen and wizards start disappearing across the city, she reluctantly leads the fight against corruption in the government.
Never thought I‘d sob over bread golems & a skeleton horse but here we are.
My library stack for December 🍪🍪🍪
It‘s always a bit of a question whether the fruit will actually stay put with Nigella‘s cranberry upside down cake, but this time most of it ended up in the right place! Hurray! I whipped the cake up special this afternoon to use up the last of the cranberries I got in the post-Thanksgiving sale. Only people recovering from Covid were allowed to eat some.
#ARichLife Pie @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
This is my most favorite 🎵 song. Probably because I know all the words.
The grandkid is gone so it's time to return the tagged book. She loved it - and that's an understatement! She asked each of us to read it an insane number of times per day over the holidays. So, I bought it online and it should reach her in a few weeks (kennys.ie aren't quick, but they're not Amazon and they ship within the EU).
I am not fully sold on the illustrations' German Swiss nostalgia, but I like the level of detail & the story is cute.
The grandkid is quite taken with Gingerbread Baby! I read it too many times to count. And yesterday, we made gingerbread boys, babies, and other shapes. We did have to explain several times that they couldn't come alive: this only happens in stories 😁
pickDigging into the classic for more about courage. No one checks out Polacco books in my library, but I refuse to weed them. I started reading them to the kids to see if I can make them move. We are all curious about the secret ingredient. I'm not brave enough!
