This book introduces the tools and some of the daily tasks of a baker. It features an animal character and has a simple storyline with a little twist at the end. Baker Ben makes bread and cakes all day to sell in his shop but he bakes a special cake which he shares with all his friends when the bakery closes, because it's his birthday! Vivian French's books include: "Jackson's Juniors"; "Tillie McGillie's Fantastical Chair"; "Under the Moon"; "Zenobia and Mouse"; "Mary Poggs and the Sunshine"; "Tottie Pig's Special Birthday; "Tottie Pig's Noisy Christmas; "One Ballerina Two"; "It's a Go to the Park Day"; "Once Upon a Time"; "Why the Sea is Salt"; "Princess Primrose" and the Read and Wonder non-fiction picture books "Caterpillar Caterpillar" (shortlisted for the 1993 Emil/Kurt Maschler Award); "The Apple Trees" and "Spider Watching. Rowan Barnes-Murphy has illustrated a number of children's books, including "Search for the Saucy Sally" (by Tony Bradman) and Rowan Barnes-Murphy's "Mother Goose".
- ISBN10 0744536502
- ISBN13 9780744536508
- Publish Date 10 January 1996 (first published 30 March 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 November 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Walker Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 17
- Language English