Birthday presents for mothers are never right-they're always too big, too small, or the wrong color. So when a young girl's mother simply asks for a homemade birthday cake, the girl thinks her troubles are over. Her happiness quickly disappears, though, when she hears the name of the cake her mother wants. The girl knows she won't find a High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake recipe in The Joy of Cooking. It will take a secret...

A light-hearted collection of poems about Shoofly Sally and her Everything Dog, who meet an unusual cast of characters at an odd restaurant called The Moon & Riddles Diner and the Sunnyside Caf�e. Includes a section of recipes.