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Not an alphabet book : the case of the missing cake / Eoin McLaughlin ; illustrated by Marc Boutavant.

ISBN: 9781536212679
ISBN: 1536212679
Physical Description: 29 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2020.
Copyright: &copy;2020

McLaughlin, Eoin, (author.). Boutavant, Marc, (illustrator.).

Summary:

There has been a terrible crime, Bear tells us. Someone has STOLEN a delicious chocolate cake! Bear sets off to find the culprit, questioning characters and compiling clues from A to Z. Among the suspects: a gingerbread man (G) with a bite out of his head, a kite (K) that may be above the law, and an octopus (O) with grabby tentacles. But -- hold on -- are those crumbs on Bear's page? Is that frosting on his face? Looks like our narrator is a little unreliable! And it appears our culprit might be the one that Bear wants readers to suspect the least of all. ... Author Eoin McLaughlin's sly, cheeky humor takes the alphabet book to inventive new heights, while best-selling illustrator Marc Boutavant's smart and striking graphic-style art matches the irreverent tone. Young ABC learners and older fans of funny stories will laugh out loud at Bear's uproarious "investigation" and his anything-but-usual suspects