Bite-Sized Magic (Bliss Bakery Trilogy Series #3)

by Kathryn Littlewood, Erin McGuire (Illustrator)

Overview

This third book in Kathryn Littlewood's acclaimed Bliss trilogy mixes the down-home heart punch of Ingrid Law's Newbery Honor Book Savvy, the always-on-the-edge-of-chaos comedy of Cheaper by the Dozen, and a humorous magic all its own to create a thoroughly original confection, a delicious guilty pleasure for readers of all ages.

Rose won back her family's magical Cookery Booke in an international baking competition in A Dash of Magic, the second novel in the series. Rose is now world famous—so famous, in fact, that Mr. Butter, head of the Mostess Corporation, has kidnapped her so that she can develop new and improved magical recipes for his company's snack cakes. With the magically enhanced Dinkies and Moony Pies, Mr. Butter plans to take over the world.

Together with her brothers, their talking cat and mouse, and an unlikely team of bakers, Rose must overthrow Mr. Butter before he destroys civilization, one magically evil snack cake at a time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062084279
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	02/10/2015
Series:	Bliss Bakery Trilogy Series , #3
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	610,726
Product dimensions:	5.12(w) x 7.62(h) x 0.86(d)
Lexile:	830L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Kathryn Littlewood is a writer, actress, comedienne, and bon vivant who lives in New York City, works often in Los Angeles, and has a sweet tooth for pain au chocolat and sweet novels for middle-grade readers. This, her third novel, joins Bliss and A Dash of Magic in the Bliss trilogy.

Erin McGuire is an illustrator of picture books and middle grade novels, including Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu, the Nancy Drew Diaries series, and Sleeping Beauty by Cynthia Rylant. When not drawing, she enjoys reading, cooking, and camping. Erin lives in Dallas, Texas, with her husband and two cats. Visit her online at www.emcguire.net.

Editorial Reviews

Sure to entice aspiring chefs as well as lovers of sweets and stirring adventures...Like a good cup of hot chocolate, this book will leave readers satisfied.” — School Library Journal

“The book follows a winning recipe: a well-meaning heroine and lots of cake.” — ALA Booklist

From the Publisher

The book follows a winning recipe: a well-meaning heroine and lots of cake.

ALA Booklist

Praise for BLISS: “Quite delicious and very funny.

Wall Street Journal

03/01/2014
Gr 4–6—Rosemary Bliss thought it was bad enough that her family's magical bakery had been forced to close but now she's been kidnapped. Taken to the Mostess Corporation compound (the biggest industrial bakery in the country), she must perfect five recipes for the owner, Mr. Butter, if she ever wants to see her family again. Rose soon finds out that the recipes contain evil magic that makes people crave more and more of Mostess's mediocre creations, with dangerous consequences. Scared about losing her family, Rose dutifully creates the recipes for Glo-Balls, Mooney Pyes, Dinky Doodle Donuts, King Things, and The Dinky, all the while secretly creating antidotes for the vile effects they cause. With the help of her talking cat, the chefs under her control in the Mostess kitchen, and her less-than-serious brothers, Rose attempts to disrupt the nefarious plot of Mr. Butter and the International Society of the Rolling Pin to take over the world through mass-produced baked goods. Though, predictably, good magic triumphs over evil, it is not clear until the very end that Rose's plan will succeed. Sure to entice aspiring chefs as well as lovers of sweets and stirring adventures, readers should start with the first book in the series to get the true flavor of the characters, while those who have already taken a bite will enjoy another delightful treat in this third installment. Like a good cup of hot chocolate, this book will leave readers satisfied, but with the hope of another cup soon.—Clare A. Dombrowski, Amesbury Public Library, MA

School Library Journal

2013-11-20
Picking up where A Dash of Magic (2013) ended, inimitable Rosemary Bliss pits her baking skills against the Mostess Snack Cake Corporation, which is intent on world domination through bite-sized cakes infused with magical ingredients. After defeating her nefarious aunt, Lily Le Fay, in the Gala des Gâteaux Grands baking contest and recovering the Bliss family's Cookery Booke, 12-year-old Rosemary emerges "the most famous baker in all the world." Now that she's home in Calamity Falls, paparazzi make Rosemary's life unbearable, prompting her to wish she "never had to bake again," a wish she regrets when a bizarre new law closes the Bliss Family Bakery. Then she's kidnapped by Mostess' owner, Mr. Butter, who forces her to perfect recipes for his snack cakes, designed to enslave America. Determined to undermine Butter's sinister plan by secretly devising antidotes, Rosemary finds her baking talents sorely tested, even with help from a clever cat, a musical mouse and her zany brothers. As in the earlier Bliss novels, slapstick action revolves around Rosemary's experiments with outrageous recipes from the Cookery Booke, to the delight of all. Spot art highlights story themes. Bliss fans will revel in more improbable baking feats, comic action, exaggerated characters and outlandish ingredients in this latest delicious addition. (Fantasy. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews