Vendor
	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
Categories
Children’s picture books

SUNDAY PANCAKES

Maya Tatsukawa

This warm, feel-good tale of friends working together to make delicious pancakes is the ultimate comfort food from Geisel Honor creator Maya Tatsukawa.

It's Sunday! And for Cat that means... pancakes! But when Cat realizes she's out of eggs and milk, she knows the best way to fix that is by inviting her friends over. Luckily, Rabbit and Bear have the missing ingredients covered, and these friends get to work baking stacks and stacks and STACKS of pancakes! There may be a few spills and oops along the way, but pancakes - and friends - don't have to be perfect to be wonderful. Included in the story is a simple recipe so readers can enjoy making pancakes of their own!

Key selling points
- Teamwork and sharing: Cat doesn't despair about being out of certain ingredients because she can count on her friends to have them, and she's more than happy to spread the pancakes joy with them as thanks.
- Accepting mistakes: Rabbit isn't the most graceful out of the three, but her friends don't let these bumps stop them from having a great time together.
- Pancake recipe included: The book includes a simple pancake recipe, making it the perfect cookbook for the youngest readers.
- Cozy weekend tradition: This story is a great way to incorporate joy by making every Sunday a delicious pancakes treat.
- From a Geisel Award Honor author: Maya's debut, The Bear in My Family, was a Geisel Award Honor book and this follow-up has the same heart and humor.

Maya Tatsukawa is a children's book illustrator and designer residing just outside of Boston. She also wrote and illustrated The Bear in My Family, and illustrated Dandelion Magic, by Darren Farrell.

Available products
Book Published 2022-05-17 by Dial Books for Young Readers

Comments

Modeling creativity and patience, the friends eventually enjoy their pancakes, making the best of mishaps along the way... With each page divided into panels, the simple colored cartoons, rendered in a warm palette, exude softness. Japanese culture is incorporated through a few ingredients and household objects, and a pancake recipe is included. A delightful, delectable read.

Japanese: Mitsumura

With characters who resemble plush toys, a cheery pastel palette, and off-the-cuff-sounding dialogue, Tatsukawa creates a hanging-out-in-the-kitchen mood that embodies the essence of home cooking's joys. The pancakes are conveyed as indeed delicious (the characters make more for dinner), but for readers, they're really just icing on the cake of witnessing characters who make each other feel cozy and welcome. A pancake recipe concludes.

The art is the star of the show here as Tatsukawa's handmade textures create an overarching softness complemented by a soothing, pastel color palette, and stippling lends the scenes depth and liveliness. This picture book is brimming with mouthwatering, fluffy flapjacks, and adults should be prepared to utilize the recipe at the back of the book after reading it (regardless of the time of day.