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Rude Cakes: (Kid Books about Cake, Food and Taco Books, Book about Love) Hardcover – Picture Book, June 2, 2015

by Rowboat Watkins (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 336 ratings
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2016 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award – New Illustrator Honor
Who knew that cakes were so rude?! In this deliciously entertaining book, a not-so-sweet cake—who never says please or thank you or listens to its parents—gets its just desserts. Mixing hilarious text and pictures, Rowboat Watkins, a former Sendak fellow, has cooked up a laugh-out- loud story that can also be served up as a delectable discussion starter about manners or bullying, as it sweetly reminds us all that even the rudest cake can learn to change its ways.
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    40 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool - Kindergarten
  5. Lexile measure
    AD360L
  6. Dimensions
    9.38 x 0.5 x 9.38 inches
  7. Publisher
    Chronicle Books
  8. Publication date
    June 2, 2015
  9. ISBN-10
    1452138516
  10. ISBN-13
    978-1452138510
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PreS-Gr 1—In this amusing and downright bizarre tale, readers learn about cakes whose dispositions aren't nearly as sweet as their flavoring. One bratty confection, who never waits his turn and refuses to obey his parents, finally gets his comeuppance when a cyclops reaches into his bedroom window one night and eagerly scoops him up. Slyly subverting expectations, the author explains that cyclops don't eat cakes—they enjoy wearing them as hats. But cyclops are far more considerate, and the one-eyed creature quickly returns the dessert to his home, resulting in a kinder, gentler cake. Children learning to say, "Please" and "Thank you" will delight in the over-the-top rude behavior here, such as the cake exploding with anger at a tiny marshmallow and chocolate muffin. The use of dynamic, large fonts for emphasis, hilarious dialogue conveyed through speech bubbles, and the exaggerated expressions and responses of characters add further to the zany flavor of this story. Digitally created, with pencil and ink, the cartoonlike illustrations match the tone of the text, quirk for quirk. The strange creations depicted here have an adorably grotesque feel: the cakes are multilayered concoctions perched precariously on tiny peglike legs, while the monsters are toothy, big-eyed, hairy ovals. Watkins has whipped up a truly surreal story, crammed with hilarious details and gently laced with an important lesson; pair this one with Steve Antony's Please Mr. Panda (Scholastic, 2015) for a fun primer on manners. VERDICT This entertaining offering will make for a riotous storytime.—Mahnaz Dar, School Library Journal

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"A truly surreal story, crammed with hilarious details and gently laced with an important lesson."--School Library Journal, starred review

"A truly surreal story, crammed with hilarious details and gently laced with an important lesson."--School Library Journal, starred review

"A truly surreal story, crammed with hilarious details and gently laced with an important lesson."--School Library Journal, starred review

"Packed with hilarious details and grin-bringing surprises - and it works in a lovely message, too."--Design Mom

"Packed with hilarious details and grin-bringing surprises - and it works in a lovely message, too."--Design Mom

"Packed with hilarious details and grin-bringing surprises - and it works in a lovely message, too."--Design Mom

"Kids will be asking-oh so nicely-to 'Read it again,please!'"-Booklist, starred review

"Kids will be asking-oh so nicely-to 'Read it again,please!'"-Booklist, starred review

"Kids will be asking-oh so nicely-to 'Read it again,please!'"-Booklist, starred review

"In very few words and completely without preaching, Rude Cakes lets us laugh our way through a lesson on social skills and self reflection."-Wink Books

"In very few words and completely without preaching, Rude Cakes lets us laugh our way through a lesson on social skills and self reflection."-Wink Books

"In very few words and completely without preaching, Rude Cakes lets us laugh our way through a lesson on social skills and self reflection."-Wink Books

2016 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award honor winner

2016 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award honor winner

2016 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award honor winner

"Rude Cakes is a classic cautionary tale that also manages to be original, subversive, and very funny."--Sergio Ruzzier, author of A Letter for Leo

"Rude Cakes is a classic cautionary tale that also manages to be original, subversive, and very funny."--Sergio Ruzzier, author of A Letter for Leo

"Rude Cakes is a classic cautionary tale that also manages to be original, subversive, and very funny."--Sergio Ruzzier, author of A Letter for Leo

"Makes a familiar message about thoughtfulness fresh and tasty."-Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Makes a familiar message about thoughtfulness fresh and tasty."-Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Makes a familiar message about thoughtfulness fresh and tasty."-Publishers Weekly, starred review

"The best picture-book debut of 2015 is Rowboat Watkins' Rude Cakes. "--Phil Nel, Nine Kinds of Pie and The Niblings

"The best picture-book debut of 2015 is Rowboat Watkins' Rude Cakes. "--Phil Nel, Nine Kinds of Pie and The Niblings

"The best picture-book debut of 2015 is Rowboat Watkins' Rude Cakes. "--Phil Nel, Nine Kinds of Pie and The Niblings

"This witty, original debut... with adorably scruffy art and a clever, gag-filled story, Watkins brings a refreshing irreverence to the often deadly mind-your-manners genre."--The New York Times

"This witty, original debut... with adorably scruffy art and a clever, gag-filled story, Watkins brings a refreshing irreverence to the often deadly mind-your-manners genre."--The New York Times

"This witty, original debut... with adorably scruffy art and a clever, gag-filled story, Watkins brings a refreshing irreverence to the often deadly mind-your-manners genre."--The New York Times

"The zaniest picture book premise of the year."--Boston Globe

"The zaniest picture book premise of the year."--Boston Globe

"The zaniest picture book premise of the year."--Boston Globe

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"Wacky!"--Parents Magazine

"Sweet as sugar with just the right touch of strangeness."--Chicago Tribune

"Sweet as sugar with just the right touch of strangeness."--Chicago Tribune

"Sweet as sugar with just the right touch of strangeness."--Chicago Tribune

"Appetizing illustrations and scrumptious humour."--Babiekins

"Appetizing illustrations and scrumptious humour."--Babiekins

"Appetizing illustrations and scrumptious humour."--Babiekins

"Hilarious and full of surprises. Pure picture book genius!"-Antoinette Portis, author of the New York Times Bestseller, Not a Box

"Hilarious and full of surprises. Pure picture book genius!"-Antoinette Portis, author of the New York Times Bestseller, Not a Box

"Hilarious and full of surprises. Pure picture book genius!"-Antoinette Portis, author of the New York Times Bestseller, Not a Box

"I love this book. I laughed from the first page to the last... a trip to the corner of Please and Thank You, sprinkled with deliciously unexpected twists."--Jill McElmurry, author of Mario Makes a Move and I'm Not a Baby

"I love this book. I laughed from the first page to the last... a trip to the corner of Please and Thank You, sprinkled with deliciously unexpected twists."--Jill McElmurry, author of Mario Makes a Move and I'm Not a Baby

"I love this book. I laughed from the first page to the last... a trip to the corner of Please and Thank You, sprinkled with deliciously unexpected twists."--Jill McElmurry, author of Mario Makes a Move and I'm Not a Baby

"It's funny and it teaches some important lessons about manners."--GeekDad

"It's funny and it teaches some important lessons about manners."--GeekDad

"It's funny and it teaches some important lessons about manners."--GeekDad

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chronicle Books; Illustrated edition (June 2, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1452138516
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1452138510
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 5 years, from customers
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD360L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - Kindergarten
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.38 x 0.5 x 9.38 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 336 ratings

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Rowboat Watkins is somehow a dad, who likes to tell stories and draw...with kids. He doesn't believe in turtlenecks or boots, and is a recipient of the Sendak Fellowship and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor Award. Rowboat lives with his family (who have divergent opinions about footwear and shirts) in Brooklyn, NY, and shares a studio with three incredible picture book makers: Sophie Blackall, Brian Floca, and Doug Salati. Learn more at rowboatwatkins.com.

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I'm not a hat!
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I'm not a hat!
I never review anything but this book got the best response from my two year old son and my 43 year old husband alike and I had to share.It has been spoiled here enough already that there is a cyclops in the story. My husband however was laying in bed with us and literally shot straight up when the cyclops entered the scene. It was adorable.The two year old thinks nothing is funnier than the phrase "I'm not a hat" and we read this book nonstop for weeks.I like the subtle message and the complete absurdity of it all. It is now a running gag in our house and linking a book to happy laughs is what every parent strives for in a young reader.He loved it so much I had to make him a shirt.
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J. Otto
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2018
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Our 3 year old grandson is really into cakes currently (for whatever reason - hey, who can blame him??) and let's face it, there aren't very many books out there featuring cakes. This is perfect for him and he loves to read it over and over. The illustrations are adorable and the story is silly and teaches a simple lesson; what more does any 3 year old want? He loves this book and the monsters are a great touch. Thank you Rowboat Watkins - simply silly and sweet!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book. Teaches a good lesson.
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2021
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This is our favorite book! Super cute and has a good lesson to be learned. After renting it from the library a few times I bought two, one for us and one as a gift. Love this book.
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Amy Bascom
5.0 out of 5 stars daughter gave it 5 stars!
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She gave it 5 stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for the following reasons:

* she enjoyed the monsters
* the monkey bars

Mom gives it 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ because:

* it’s a fun way to show the differences between rude and kind
* demonstrates that there is always room to grow and change
* the donuts and the cake (and the cyclopses!) are adorable
* would definitely read it multiple times to reinforce positive behavior by showing how negative behavior is harmful
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Eliza Spear
4.0 out of 5 stars A fun way to teach manners!
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2023
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This was the first book I purchased by Rowboat Watkins (I have since bought several others) and was initially drawn to the creative title, "Rude Cakes." As the title eludes to, this book is about personified cakes, one of which, is particularly rude. The first half of the book shows Rude Cakes in various situations in which he is not using his manners. For example, he doesn't say please or thank you, he doesn't share or wait his turn, and he never apologizes. About halfway through the book, the reader is introduced to a giant cyclopes that, contrary to Rude Cakes, have very nice manners. The cyclopes puts the cake on his head and wears him as a hat, much to Rude Cakes dismay. For the next several pages, the Rude Cake is screaming that he is not a hat, but the cyclopes are not noticing him or paying attention to him. Finally, Rude Cakes yells, "PLEASE!" and the cyclopes stops and takes Rude Cakes off his head because they always listen when their hats use their manners. In the end, Rude Cakes learns to change and starts to show his manners and treat those around him with kindness and respect.

In typical Rowboat Watkins fashion, there is quite a bit of dialogue that is presented in the format of speech bubbles. For someone who isn't great at making voices for different characters when reading books aloud, I felt like it was a little more challenging to read and convey the conversation between characters appropriately. That is my one critique of this book. Otherwise, the message and lesson in this book is great and allows for lots of productive conversations around manners. After reading this book to my class, we had an awesome conversation about how to show manners and different ways to respond to situations we encounter.
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amywest
5.0 out of 5 stars Adorable book - cakes for hats - very creative
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2017
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Let me just say that I love Amazon's "look inside" feature. My 4 year old son is really picky about his books - they have to be hardcover and they HAVE to have good graphics. I looked at this book and it made me laugh so I ordered it. My son loves this book - when I first got it he would make me ready 2 or 3 times a night (and sometimes during the day). Very cute and very funny - also recommend "Veggies with Wedgies" very very funny and also one of his faves!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Weird... Really Really Weird
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2015
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This book is weird -- really really weird. My three year old has been on a tear about bedtime stories and why they must be read on the ipad -- So I've made a lot of children book purchases for the Kindle app here on Amazon recently -- this is one of those books that makes me feel a little weird about whether I'm getting fair reviews of a book on Amazon, it had a lot of 5 stars and I can't possibly give this book 5 stars, that would place it on the level with the greatest children's books of all times... and this isn't that kind of book -- but in the end, this isn't about me, this is about the toddler and whether or not she likes the book.

But more about me.. and my needs....

First, this book has a message to deliver -- I think that's clear by the title, but let me just summarize it the way I read it -- our story follows a rude baked good... a cake to be exact, the cake is rude to other baked goods and his/her/its parents... hence rude cake... fine-- bad cake, bad. Soooo, at some point, after bedtime for the baked good in question, he/ she/ it is abducted by a very pleasant cyclops -- and taken somewhere where the rude cake is shown off to the cyclop's friends, many pleasantries are exchanged regarding the rude cake, who they think is a hat. After some protest, from rude cake, the cyclops realizes they were wrong for abducting rude cake and pleasantly returns rude cake to his/her/its bed.

Hmmmmmmmmmm?????? I get it... no wait ....I don't. The main message is clear, I get that -- how the author came up or even connected these strange characters to one another, I don't get it -- because THAT doesn't make ANY sense -- if my summary sounds crazy well ...there ya go-- Just my opinion, I'm 40 years old --BUT my three year old LOOOVVVVEEEEESSSSS this book.... say what? So I can't write it off as a waste of money, I didn't like it... I cringe when she points to it every night because it's so weird -- but the truth is the toddler loves it and in the end that's all that counts, I have no idea what's going on in that three year old mind that makes this book even decent, but LOVE??? -- Soooo, three stars from me-- 5 stars from my toddler -- that said, it's my Amazon account, so three stars it is... she can write her own review.
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Evan Spring
5.0 out of 5 stars Leaving aside the wonderful plot twists and unique
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2015
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Leaving aside the wonderful plot twists and unique, imaginative illustrations, this book works because it's a comedy of manners, not a lecture about manners, and kids always know the difference. Even the well-mannered cyclopses are inadvertently cruel to the rude pink cake before coming to their senses, and the cake has to channel its own rudeness to rescue itself from becoming a cyclops hat. The wholesome lessons are clear, but never feel like lessons. Bravo!
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Trose134
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story to add to any home library :)
Reviewed in Canada on July 25, 2019
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Kids loved this book and so did we. I'm a huge fan of stories with fun and creative illustrations like this one, and the story is cute and teaches kids about being kind.
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Kirsty Rapley
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2020
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Good quality book, kids loved the story
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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CAROLINE SOCCIO
5.0 out of 5 stars Really liked it , but a little overpriced
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 8, 2016
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Amazing book
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4.0 out of 5 stars A 4 year old loved this.
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A fun read for a child / adult
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