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Wheeler, Lisa

Ugly Pie

32 pp. | Harcourt | July, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-15-216754-7 $16.00

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Heather Solomon. Ol' Bear wakes up with a "hankerin'" for Ugly Pie. At each of a succession of houses, he's given an ingredient--wrinkled raisins, sour apples, bumpy walnuts--then concocts an Ugly Pie that he shares with his friends. Readers will enjoy the story's gentle humor, repetition, compelling details in the bucolic watercolor and acrylic paintings, and the folksy tone. A recipe is appended.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2010