Picture Book 9 / Ella takes the cake

Title	Ella takes the cake
Author	Carmela and Steven D’Amico
Illustrator	Carmela and Steven D’Amico
Publication Year	2005
Awards	n/a
Publisher	Arthur A. Levine Books
ISBN	0-439-6662794-X
Readability Score (GLE = Grade Level Equivalent)	Lexile	520L
	DRA	18
	GLE	2.7
	Guided Reading	K
Genre /      Sub-Genre	Picture Book / Comedy and Humor
Theme	Ella has to deliver a cake and volunteers for other things along the way.
Primary Character	Ella
Secondary Characters	Ella’s mom, Belinda, Miss Melba, Mr. Sneed
Classroom Use	This would be a good book to teach about determination, perseverance, responsibility and helping in the kitchen .
Book Summary	Ella wants to help in the bakery but her mother will not let her. Finally her mother was in a pickle and let Ella deliver a cake. On the way to deliver the cake Ella volunteers to pick up a friend, deliver bananas and return books. Ella almost damages the cake but ends up saving it and finally delivers it. She gets back to the bakery and her mother finally lets her help bake a cake.