It’s time to sing Happy Birthday to a brand-new book again! Hurray for THE PIE THAT MOLLY GREW, illustrated by Chamisa Kellogg and launching TODAY from Sleeping Bear Press!!! I connected with the author, Sue Heavenrich, many years ago when I jumped into the kidlit community – like me, she was participating in Susanna Leonard Hill’s Perfect Picture Book Friday posts, and like me, she was hoping to be a published author one day. And now she has a fabulous list of STEM and STEAM books!

THE PIE THAT MOLLY GREW

Written by Sue Heavenrich

Illustrated by Chamisa Kellogg

Published by Sleeping Bear Press (August 8, 2023)

Ages: 4-8

Themes: Gardening, Baking, Gratitude

Synopsis: From Amazon:
Using “The House That Jack Built” rhyme scheme and beginning with the planting of a single seed, the journey of bringing a pumpkin to harvest comes to life for young readers. Under Molly’s watchful eye and care, each stage of growth–from the seed to the sprout to the leaves to the final fruit on the vine–is showcased. And at the end, Molly’s lovely pumpkin is turned into a delicious pie for one and all to share in a celebration of gratitude. All from the seed that Molly sowed. Back matter includes fun facts about pumpkins, the important pollinators who help them grow, as well as a pumpkin pie recipe.

I love that Sue used the structure of The House That Jack Built…which is a huge challenge because when you rhyme, you need to make sure that you don’t compromise the story in order to ‘make it rhyme’…and Sue definitely has the rhyming gift – this is such a fun read-aloud!!!! Plus it’s a wonderful STEM/STEAM story – and the back matter has even more information!

To connect with Sue and find out more about her books: https://archimedesnotebook.blogspot.com/

This beautiful book can be purchased at your favorite indie bookstore or Amazon or Bookshop.org. And reviewing it on Amazon and Goodreads is such an important step to help books like this one get discovered by other readers. And even if you haven’t had a chance to read the book, you can mark it as WANT TO READ on Goodreads.

Sue is graciously offering a giveaway of a copy of THE PIE THAT MOLLY GREW! Please make sure you leave a comment (maybe you can tell us your FAVORITE type of pie – mine is apple…warm with a scoop of vanilla on top – but I definitely wouldn’t say no to a slice of chocolate cream pie)…and please share this post widely on your social media. There is a blog tour going on for this book…here are the other stops:

YOU ARE HERE: Aug 15 – Vivian Kirkfield’s blog for a Book Birthday & giveaway
https://viviankirkfield.com/

Aug. 16 – join the STEAM Team at Maria Marshall’s blog, The Picture
Book Buzz
https://www.mariacmarshall.com/blog

Aug. 18 – Carol Baldwin’s blog
https://carolbaldwinblog.blogspot.com/

Aug. 23 – Kathy Halsey on the GROG blog
https://groggorg.blogspot.com/

Aug. 25 – Beth Anderson’s blog
https://bethandersonwriter.com/blog/

Aug 28 – Lauri Fortino at Frog on a Blog
https://frogonablog.net/

Have a wonderful week, dear friends!