Review by Booklist Review
In this sequel to Where Is the Cake? (2007), a horde of easily distracted animals once again discovers that their dessert is missing, this time at a picnic. The action-filled, wordless illustrations tell the story of mounting chaos as the creatures accuse each other of theft and try to find the culprit. Kids are sure to enjoy this exuberant sequel, which features a host of humorous visual details on every page. Best are the frog's furtive looks after he has committed the crime; he may feign innocence, but his eyes give him away.--Morning, Todd Copyright 2009 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
In this follow-up to Where Is the Cake?, creatures of many species make their way on a wordless journey (with moments of dark humor) toward a picnicking location (each animal has its own personality and side story). When two pink cakes-not so carefully transported in covered silver platters-go missing during the trip, chaos erupts among the animals who, after a downhill chase, discover the thieves and recover the cakes. Readers will enjoy following each character's mini-dramas, which give the book a Richard Scarry-style appeal, to the conclusion. Ages 3-6. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 3-In this wordless picture book, an eclectic group of animals takes a journey transporting, among many other items, two cherry-topped, yellow-filled cakes. Along the way, mishaps and adventures occur, including crossing a raging river, fighting a shark, and climbing a very steep hill. When the animals finally reach their picnic destination, they uncover the trays, and the cakes are no longer there. Havoc ensues as the animals accuse one another, but the question is: Who stole them? Children will delight in the large trim size and spreads, and the plethora of character details as they move through the story's landscape. Fans of Martin Handford's "Where's Waldo?" books (Candlewick), Jean Marzollo's "I Spy" series (Scholastic), and the author's Where Is the Cake? (Abrams, 2007) will eat this one up.-Kim T. Ha, Elkridge Branch Library, MD (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
(Primary) A couple dozen expertly sketched animals (they much resemble their predecessors in Where Is the Cake?, rev. 3/07) set out for a picnic with two cakes. As those who enjoyed Khing's first wordless, farcical, and intricately wrought escapade will anticipate, there's many a mishap before these cakes can be consumed. As the group proceeds across the invitingly broad spreads to their hilltop destination, a goat follows a trail of trash, grimly impaling each piece on her pointy broomstick; a lizard pushes a devious-looking frog in a wheelchair; a siren cat attracts a series of suitors; a poodle is purely self-absorbed; and gleeful young of various species make (mostly) innocent mischief. Even alert observers who spot what happens to the cakes early on will need to leaf back and forth to figure out how the multitude of clever details relate to the story (and they do, every one) and to trace each carefully plotted thread. Kind, greedy, helpful, cross, playful, resourceful, carefree -- there's a lot of human nature on display amongst these deftly caricatured creatures. In the end, all get their just "desserts" -- even the first book's culprits, whose roles are subject to a new twist here. From HORN BOOK, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
In this wordless adventure, a group of animals brings two covered cakes on a stretcher across a valley, over a stream and up the steep hill for a picnic. Among them are several eccentric characters, such as a poodle fixing her hair, baby bunnies fighting and a shady-looking lizard pushing a frog in a wheelchair. After much effort everyone reaches the top, but when the covers are lifted off, nothing is there! Two mice carrying a big sack are targeted and chased down the hill, but when the frog falls, the cakes tumble out from under his blanket. In looking backward, readers can piece together how the real thieves pulled it off. Although the title might indicate that this is a look-and-find book, it's really a clever visual mysteryperhaps too clever. The quirky and cartoonish drawings do a nice job communicating the storyand hiding it as wellbut young ones might not experience enough of a payoff, and once solved it may not call readers back. (Picture book. 3-6) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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