Walter the Baker

 By Eric Carle

I was pretty disappointed in this one.  I got it because my daughter is all into baking.  We love "Pancakes! Pancakes!" by the same author, and she likes to help me make bread in the bread machine.

It's a folktale.  I'm not sure if it's original or based on an existing one, but the duke and duchess demand that he make a bread that the sun can be seen through three times or something.  Anyway, I'd seen the last page, so I knew the answer and it just made the riddle sound really contrived.

So, here it is.  I've ruined it for you.  If it doesn't sound contrived to you, then it's probably just a hang-up that I have.  The pictures are still pretty great.