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Tyler Makes Pancakes! (2012)

by Tyler Florence(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0062047523 (ISBN13: 9780062047526)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

HarperCollins

review 1: Food Network chef Tyler Florence and Illustrator Craig Fazier team up in this cute book. Tyler, is a little boy who dream of pancakes when he wakes up he decides to surprise his parents with pancakes for breakfast and heads out on his bike with his dog Tofu. [ hmm.... young child heading out on bike while parents sleep to buy ingredients for pancakes??]Mr. Jones from the local market gives Tyler an education as to where all the ingredients for pancakes come from -- eggs, wheat, butter, milk, maple syrup etc, [ this aspect of the book was well done and informative for young children]When Tyler returns home he gets a little help in preparing breakfast for his parents and all sit down to enjoy a tall tall stack of pancakes.My Thoughts - Well from the cover of this book, one ... morewould think a cute kids book for very young preschoolers, but the story, although well done left me feeling iffy about a young child heading off too the store on a bike while parents sleep, using the stove to cook pancakes? Perhaps the real audience might be 6-8 year range. The illustrations are a bit simplistic, and not all that colorful, but it was very informative for children to learn where our food comes from. In the end, I probably would not buy this book, but suggest borrowing it from the library instead. - 3.5/5 stars
review 2: Tyler Makes Pancakesby: Tyler FlorenceIllustrated by: Craig Frazier5 Star RatingProduct Details ISBN-13: 9780062047526 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Publication date: 4/24/2012 Pages: 40 Sales rank: 111,989 Age range: 4 – 7 Years Product dimensions: 10.24 (w) x 9.86 (h) x 0.42 (d)I’ve recently discovered that I have a very hard time finding anything wrong with a picture book. I sat down with my niece, who is a squirmy almost 2-year-old to read through Tyler Makes Pancakes. With some help from her, we flipped through pages, pointed out cute drawings, and went through the entire book in about fifteen minutes. This was the perfect amount of time because she wouldn’t have stayed relatively still for much more than that. This have everything a child needs.1. It is a simple storyline that is easy to follow. Tyler wakes up from a dream wanting pancakes. He goes out to the market with his dog to purchase the ingredients, goes through the store with the owner to get all of them learning a little as he goes, and then goes home to make the pancakes.2. The illustrations are simple and funny to look at.3. The pace goes quickly with no more than about five sentences on each page. This is a must since I’ve noticed that some children’s books have too many words on a page and when the child wants the page turned, it goes whether you have finished reading the lines or not. If there are fewer words on each page, I tend to get through the story without making things up.At the end of the story, the book comes with a recipe for the pancakes that Tyler makes. This may be fun for someone who wants to whip up a batch with the help of their child after reading it. I would caution that Tyler is the one that does everything, including the stove work, so you may want to explain that Tyler may have been allowed to touch the stove, but your child is not. Also, there is a cute section about fun facts. I did not get through that with my niece, but the adults enjoyed that part as we laughed about certain unknown aspects of pancake making. All together, it’s hard to find flaws with such a cute book. The only thing that may be an issue with a child that is getting a little older is that Tyler leaves the home to go to the market while his parents are sleeping, gets all of the items with no mention of money, and does all of the cooking himself. It’s safe to say that you don’t want your child following that example. less

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