Walter the Baker

A ridiculously stupid story about a Duke who is going to spite himself by exiling his favorite baker for messing up one single time. The ending depends on a really contrived bit of mishearing that put me in mind of Ryan George's YouTube videos about how different things got their names, except Eric Carle's version here is not at all funny or good.

We've owned this book for two decades, but I don't believe I've ever read it before. I should have kept the streak going.

Lots of disconnect in this one, but lovely art, and a background on baking.

This is fictitious story about a baker who gets himself into trouble because he used water to bake his rolls instead of milk. The duke and duchess were so upset with him that they threatened to ban him unless he created a new baked good for them. I would absolutely recommend this book for k-2 teachers to use for lessons focusing on retelling and summarizing. This story is engaging and has a great story line that is easy enough to follow along with great vocab words. Media: collage

Walter the Baker by Eric Carle is fictional fantasy children's book. This story has a cute storyline of a traditional baker and his family working in thee bakery and serving the duke and his duchess. Throughout the story children use problem solving skills and see that hard work can get you places. This would be a good story to use in the classroom to use in project of some sort, weather you want the students to make their own story off of this one or get a lesson out of it. Either way this is a great story to use for a fun lesson in the classroom. Also some things that you could talk and discuss with your class would be some of the values that are shown throughout the book.
The illustrations in Walter the Baker are simple water colors show more with a white background that leave enough room for your own imagination to explore other avenues. show less

Great illustrations. Our two-year-old loves this book. Portions are definitely lost on her. She does enjoy that it contains dialogue. I'd say it's more appropriate for older children in the four-year-old or older range. Good to read with pretzels.

This is a great book with an interesting plot that is sure to keep the reader's attention. Would be a great book to read when discussing jobs such as working in a bakery. The unique collages bring the story to life and make the text more enjoyable.

A great book about a baker that teaches never to give up. It also teaches not to be satisfied with anything but the best.