Two new food-related children’s books of note.

Where Is the Cake? (Thé Tjong-Khing)

A couple of opossums, or possibly mice, steal a cake from some dogs. Meanwhile, a little mouse loses her stuffed animal, and there’s a snake, and a family of ducks, and some weird transparent creatures that Iris says are not ghosts because “ghosts don’t have tails,” and a friendly dinosaur. Pure illustration, no words.

I’d Really Like to Eat a Child (Sylviane Donnio)

A baby crocodile would really like to a eat a child. There’s a funny surprise ending–although I guess a big illustration of a crocodile devouring a child would have been even more surprising. After looking at the lovely evocations of the crocodile family’s tropical home, I have to say I’d really like to put on a grass skirt.

P.S.: Despite what the link implies, Sylviane Donnio is the name of the author, not the child.