Thunder Cake

I really enjoyed this book for many reasons. The biggest reason was because the main idea of it is being brave even when you are scared, as well as spending time with family. I found the characters to have a believable grandmother-grandchild relationship. Another part I really liked is the

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illustrations. I thought they were colorful, cozy, and really showed what was happening in the story. They are drawn running down the path to get the next item on their list. I thought the plot was excellent. Once the child in the story was told to count the amount of time between a flash of lightning and the thunder, the sense of urgency increased:"'1-2-3-4-5-6-7' I counted. BOOOOOOM BA-OOOOOOOOM, crashed the thunder. It scared me a lot, but I kept walking with Grandma." The child also constantly mentions how everything Grandma is requiring her to do scares her, but at Grandma's insistence the child does it anyway. I loved that there was a climax, when they put the cake in the oven minutes before the storm actually reaches the house. The falling action, where Grandma tells her grandchild how she was brave even though she was scared of the storm, the hen, the cow--she did what she needed to do to make the cake in time.

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A little girl spends time with her grandma but is afraid of the lightning. With her grandmother she tells her about counting in between lightning and thunder. She gathers materials fr the Thundercake. When she is done her grandmother tells her how brave she was.

This story is about a girl who is afraid of thunder. Her grandma uses baking a "thunder cake" as a way to distract her from the storm. Her grandma convinces her that she is brave and she isn't afraid of thunder anymore.

this is a story about a little girl and how her grandmother helps her get over her fear of lightning. the little girl must round up ingredients for a cake, such as milk and eggs, all while counting the seconds between the thunder and lightning to determine how far away it is. This would be a great

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book to get children talking about fears that they have and how one can overcome them.

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I love this book! It is great to read aloud to students on a rainy day in the spring. I loved this book as a child and it comforted me during thunderstorms. This is a book I would read aloud to the class.

Thunder Cake is about the author, Patricia Polacco, learning to get over her fear of thunder storms. When she was younger her grandmother wanted to help her get over her fear of thunder by making a thunder cake. She and her grandmother had to get all of the ingredients together in order to make the

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thunder cake. Once they had gotten all of the ingredients, while it was thundering the entire time, her grandmother pointed out how brave she was to go out during all of the thunder. From that point on she was no longer afraid of thunder storms.

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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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

This is a great story that explains a childs terror of storms. The author explains that the grandmother tells stories to keep the childs mind of the weather. The pictures are always really good in Polacco's stories but I really enjoyed the pictures tremendously in this story. Her stories are so

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good for children because she always explains things that children can relate to. In this story it is thunderstorms.

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This is a story about a little girl who was afraid of storms, and her grandma helped her overcome her fear. The would count from the lightning to the thunder to see how far the storm was. As they were doing this they were gathering materials for the Thunder Cake. Finally, they made the cake just in

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time and enjoyed while the storm went on. She was never afraid of the thunder again.

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In Thunder Cake , a grandmother helps her granddaughter overcome her fear of thunder by baking a special cake while a storm. It has great pictures and is fun to read. I think it would be appropriate for ages 4-11

Thunder Cake was a story introduced to me in Summer School for incoming third graders. This story is about a young girl and her grandmother who make a cake during a storm to conquer the girl's fears about thunder. Fun story with interesting dialogue from the grandma. All the kids wanted the recipe

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- good connection with young readers!

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A young girl is terrified of an coming Michigan summer thunder storm, but her Babushka distracts her with the fun of making a thunder cake. The girl is asked to gather eggs, pick tomatoes, go to the shed, etc. in preparation for making the cake, proving that she is much braver than she thought. It

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shows the power of a adult who believes in a child, and she is able to overcome her fear.

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Heartwarming story of a little girl who faces her fears about thunderstorms with the help of her grandmother.

This was a favorite from my childhood. Reading it as an adult reminds me of why I liked it so much.

This is a story about a young girl who is afraid of the thunderstorm that is about to come into her town in Michigan. The little girls Babushka or grandmother helps her overcome her fear by helping her bake a thunder cake and in the process the little girl begins to loose her fear of the storm. The

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books shows how the grandmother was so proud of the girl that she was able to overcome her fear and to help make the thunder cake.

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While at her grandmas house, a thunderstorm approached. She was scared and hid under the bed. To help her overcome her fear, the grandma kept her occupied by gathering ingredients to bake a cake. They counted how long it took in between thunder and lightening to see how far away the storm was. In

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the end, they eat the cake and she wasn't scared of the storm at all.

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Long but awesome, a grandma teaches her granddaughter how to be brave during a storm. They make a thundercake, gather all the ingredients, at each step the little girl has to overcome her fear, soon she forgets all about the storm and has yummy cake to eat. Recipe in the back-cake has tomatoes in

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it?!

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This was a very good book; this reminds me of what my grandmother used to do to distract us from those bad summer storms. Being from New Orleans with all of the tropical storms that children have to come to school in, this would be a good book to read and make thunder cake for one of those horribly

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rainy days when half the students show for class. I would definitely have to read it again to the whole class, of course!

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A story about being brave and learning to deal with fear.

A young girl is afraid of storms. ONe day, when a storm is approachingm, her grandmother teaches her to face her fear. Together, they gather the ingredients to make Thunder Cake. They make the cake and enjoy it during the storm. The girl learns that you can be brave AND scared. Bravery is

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persevering even though you are afraid.

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"Thunder Cake" by Patricia Polacco is about a young girl and her grandmother's adevnture making a "thunder cake". The young girl is afraid of the stormy weather and the loud sounds of thunder. To cope with the weather and the fear, her grandmother suggests that they bake a cake together. The girl

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ends up confronts many of her fears throughout the book.

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