Thunder Cake is a story about a girl who is afraid of thunder. A storm comes while she is at her grandmother's house, and she hides under the bed because she is scared. Her grandmother helps her to get over her fear by making a "thunder cake." They get ingredients from the animals on the farm in order to bake the cake. After the bake the cake, the girl is no longer afraid of thunder.
Type: picture book, advanced
Genre: realistic fiction
Illustrations: painted

This book is good for comforting a child through thunderstorms that might be scared. I think it might be fun to actually bake the thunder cake to with children, I think it would give them an ease through what they might be scared of.

A storm was brewing in the distance and Babushka could feel it in the air. She knew that if she was going to make a thunder cake, she'd better get her ingredients quick. Babushka's grand daughter was visiting during the summer. She was afraid of thunder and lightening but Babushka told her not to be afraid. They were going to make thunder cake. They needed tomatoes, strawberries, chocolate, milk, and eggs. Everytime it would thunder, Babushka's grand daughter would count. Soon the storm was only 3 miles away. They scurried about to put the cake in the oven. When the storm was right over them, the cake was ready. They enjoyed thunder cake and Babushka's grand daughter was not afraid of thunder any more.

This story is about how Grandma Babushka helped her grandaughter overcome her fear of thunder and storms. The grandaughter was never afraid of thunder again after she made the special Thunder Cake with her Grandma.

This book talks about a little girl and her grandma during a storm. The grandma is trying to help her granddaughter not be scared of thunder. So, she teaches her to count inbetween lighting and thunder to track the storm. As they are tracking the storm, she is teaching her that thunder is not bad and they can make Thunder Cake. So they gather all of the ingredients to make the cake and her granddaughter has to do it while the thunder and lighting is going on. So they get everything and keep tracking the storm to ensure it happens while they are eating the cake. So the cake is baked and is cooling off. As they are putting the icing on, a great thunder shakes the windows. So, the grandma tell the little girl she is proud of her and she is brave. The little girl does not understand and asked why. Her grandma says that she is brave because she gathered everything and baked a cake during a storm and did not run from the thunder. Ever since that day, the little girl has not been scared of thunder.