The Poppy Seed Cakes
Margery Clark
illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham 1924
Maud and Miska Petersham are fun illustrators to collect. Their work is always so bright and colorful. I've noticed that thrift stores tend to have many of their books.
Auntie Katushka makes the most delicious poppy seed cakes (with poppies she's brought from the old country) for little Andrewshek. But he never can seem to obey her when she tells him to keep an eye on things! Anderwshek reminds me a bit of Astrid Lindgren's Emil. A little boy who doesn't intend to be naughty, but gets into mischief easily! The other stories involve a little girl named Erminka and her beloved red boots that seem to be the source of her trouble!
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