Sun Bread - by Elisa Kleven (Paperback)

About the Book

Now in paperback, this "New York Times" Best Illustrated Book tells the story of a baker who decides to bring some warmth to the town on a gray, chilly day by making a sun bread. Includes a bread recipe. Full color.

Book Synopsis

Winter's gray chill has set in and everyone misses the sun-especially the baker. So she decides to bring some warmth to the town by making sun bread. And as the bread bakes, rising hot and delicious, everyone comes out to share in its goodness. Everyone, including the sun itself. With a lilting, rhyming text, colorful illustrations, and a recipe for baking your own sun bread, this tasty treat from the illustrator of the best-selling Abuela is just right for all ages to enjoy.

Review Quotes

"The richly detailed illustrations, with the promise of an accompanying activity, hold alchemy of their own." -Kirkus Review

About the Author

Elisa Kleven writes and illustrates picture books because she's never outgrown a deep childhood urge to enter a magical world. To date, she has written and illustrated 13 books and illustrated 15 others, including her School Library Journal Best Book, Puddle Pail, which also features the crocodile brothers, Ernst and Sol; her New York Times Best Illustrated Book, Sun Bread; The Lion and the Little Red Bird; and The Paper Princess. Elisa and her family and live in Albany, California.