There’s a recipe for “My Grandma’s Thunder Cake” in the back of the book. What a creative and loving woman she was! This is an apparently true story of how Patricia Polacco’s beloved grandmother helped her get over her fear of thunderstorms. The animals and people and settings are all painted so lovingly. I also came close to crying, no surprise to me now with Polacco’s books.

I made peculiar sounds as I laughed at the illustrations of a cat that appears on many of the pages.

Oh, I’m glad that I was alone when I read this. Whether the first clap of thunder finds you buried under the bedcovers or happily anticipating the coming storm, Thunder Cake is a story that will bring new meaning and possibility to the excitement of a thunderstorm. Polacco's vivid memories of her grandmother's endearing answer to a child's fear, accompanied by her bright folk-art illustrations, turn a frightening thunderstorm into an adventure and ultimately. Reaching once again into her rich childhood experience, Patricia Polacco tells the memorable story of how her grandma-her Babushka-helped her overcome her fear of thunder when she was a little girl. and the storm is coming closer all the time! But the list of ingredients is long and not easy to find. A real Thunder Cake must reach the oven before the storm arrives. 'This is Thunder Cake baking weather,' calls Grandma, as she and her granddaughter hurry to gather the ingredients around the farm. A loud clap of thunder booms, and rattles the windows of Grandma's old farmhouse.

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