Spot Bakes a Cake

Spot the Dog

by Eric Hill

Celebrate summer with Spot and his friends in these brand-new lift-the- flap editions! Kids can still lift the flaps to bake a cake and to spend time with Spot and his grandparents, but now their favorite puppy will be featured in a colorful new design. For the first time since their publication, these two lift-the-flaps will have full-color covers and spines.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Animals, Food, Dogs, Pets

20 pages, Novelty Book

First published September 28, 1994

About the author

Eric Gordon Hill OBE was a popular author and illustrator of children's picture books, best known for his character Spot the Dog. His works have been widely praised for their contributions to child literacy. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.

Reviews

[Shirley Revill]

One of our favourite Spot the dog books at our house. Children love these books. Recommended.

[Sarita]

I just love the Spot series!

[Beau]

Stunning. A real moment for Spot as he looks beyond the here and now and considers his fathers quickly approaching birthday. May this posture of providing baked sweets for one’s parents be instilled in my little girls mind forever. I have high expectations come this May. Banger.

[Ellie]

I think I can bake better than Spot.

[DJ]

Cute lift the flap book on Spot making a cake for his Dad. The one thing that bothered me, and confused Henry, is the fact they made chocolate cake. After I finished the book, Henry mentioned about making chocolate cake for Stardust (our dog). I told him that we can't give chocolate to dogs. "Why? Spot made it!" So it was a slight confusion on his part. It wasn't a dealbreaker or anything as Henry loves Spot stories, but I think it would have been better if it was Vanilla or something. I may be over analyzing a bit, but I would hate to see a child give a dog a chocolate cake because Spot and his family ate it.

[Adam]

“The book was only good.”




(read aloud by himself at 4yo, no words missed.”

[Sanna lukee lapselle]

Pupen isällä on synttärit ja Puppe ja äiti päättävät leipoa herkullisen synttärikakun. Kirjasta voi bongailla ja nimetä keittiövälineitä. Klassinen Puppe-kirja, jossa on kiinnostavia luukkuja ja sopivasti tekstiä. Jos perheessä on koiria, kannattaa ehkä tähdentää lapsille, ettei niille oikeasti saa antaa suklaata tai suklaakakkua.

[Sarah]

I read this book to groups of 2 year-olds and their caregivers as part of a birthday story time. It was an enjoyable book, but because the flaps don't really hold much of a surprise, this aspect of the book was not as engaging as it is in some other books.

[MissJLovesReading]

This is one of the first books I have memories of and according to my Mum, the Spot book I would make her read over and over. Such a cute book filled with nostalgia and one I think still deserves to be on kids shelves in our current times.

[Elisa]

Puppe leipoo eli Puppe myrkyttää perheensä. Toivottavasti kakku leivottiin jostain "koiransuklaasta" eikä oikeasta suklaasta, mikä on myrkyllistä koirille. Jälkimmäisessä tapauksessa hyvää viimeistä syntymäpäivää Pupen isä Sami!

[Barbara]

Just what one would expect of a Spot book. Looking forward to reading this to my granddaughter in a few months time.

[Jessica]

Would have been 3 stars but gets an extra one because my daughters love pulling up the flaps.

[Melissa Namba]

A cute story with peek a boo tabs. A brief summary of Spot making a cake for his Dad's birthday.

[Ricarda Krenn]

Very sweet story of Spot being both sweet and naughty. Sure to become a fast favourite with the littlest readers.

[Sumayah]

It was good 👍

[Freddie D]

There's a Spot book for all occasions, and this one would make a great reading accompaniment to learning to bake and having some fun in the kitchen.

[Pennie]

This was a huge hit. My daughter did all the cake making actions along with Spot.

[Meredith]

Spot helps his mother bake a cake for his father’s birthday in this lift-the-flap picture book.

[Lynnette]

Pretty standard lift the flap book. Our version was thick paper. Not that durable depending on the kid.

[anissa]

i got bored at work and started reading children's books

[bookingmental]

Would have been better if Margot hadn't ripped the flaps off, really killed the vibe

[Jessi]

Kiddo gave it 5 stars. She read it aloud.

[Hope]

Checked out from Baraboo Public Library

[Rachel F]

Book read to Henry - I’m aiming to read books to him until he can read books himself.

[Jack Kirby and the X-man]

Another in the series of Spot books.

I borrowed the board book format from the library. While the pages may be more solid than the normal book, the flaps are the same flimsy construction. This meant that 3 out of the 10 flaps were missing – which does somewhat affect the plot (such that it is). X-man is now of an age that the flaps hold much interest – he spends his time lifting and closing the flap. The flimsy construction means that reading this book goes from being fun for all involved to a stressful experience for the parent as you desperately hope you don’t need to return another library book with a ripped flap!

Like the original Where’s Spot the plot is paper thin. Spot wants to surprise his Dad, Sam, with a birthday cake with some assistance from his Mum, Sally. The original was fantastic because each flap contained something unexpected – this book only maintained mediocrity because what is under the flap can generally be predicted with considerable accuracy.

[Tam]

This is the first "Spot" book I've read and I thought it was very cute.

My 4-year old thought it was so funny when mom said, "Now we can make the cake" but Mouse replied, "We've already started." (It shows Spot and Mouse breaking eggs into a bowl and making a big mess).

My child also loved the next page when mom said, "Spot! That's enough!" because Spot was stirring the batter and Mouse was riding on the spoon saying "Wheeee!"

The next page was also funny when mom said, "The cake is in the oven. Help me clean up, Spot!" Spot replied, "I am helping." (He and mouse are licking the spoon).

[Meghan Douglas]

This Spot outing has none of the fun and whimsy of "Where's Spot?". It is a very literal examination of how to make a cake, with perfectly sensible and dull things lurking under the flaps. Perhaps an older child would appreciate the element of reality, but my fifteen month old son is simply bored by it. It seems like this was created merely to cash in on Spot's popularity and probably not inconsiderable ability to shift new merchandise. I'm glad I borrowed this from the library (for half a week). There are much better options out there.

[Simon]

This book was a huge favourite of mine. I always wanted to eat sweet goods after it. I used to have ALL of these books and I read them a lot because I liked the pictures. When it became an animated thing, I loved it so much! I had the VHSs and watched them everyday. I don't know when I stopped or when I grew up from it, but this series has completely escaped my memory until just recently when I read the book: "1001 Children's Books you must read before you grow up".

[Heidi-Marie]

Simple story with the fun idea of the child making the cake. Nothing amazing or different, but kids will enjoy the simplicity. I always love Spot. Too cute of a dog and he reminds me of my little bro when he was a toddler. And this book is great for toddlers, especially in a lap-read. Too small and a bit young for a preschool storytime crowd, even though they would still enjoy a lap-read of this, too. Unless they are large books with large flaps, flap-books don't work well for me in storytime.

[Siobhan]

A wonderful read from my childhood, one I’d certainly suggest for other youngsters. Whilst it is not my all-time favourite childhood read I can still recall all the details of this one meaning it certainly left a lasting impression upon my young mind.

And isn’t that what we want with children’s books, for them to leave a positive lasting impression?