  | Plenty of pancakes Author: Finison, Carrie | |
| Price: $23.28 | ||
Summary:
Topsy makes pancakes for her bear friend to enjoy when she wakes from hibernation, but someone keeps eating all the pancakes.
| Illustrator: | Farley, Brianne |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (10/15/25)
School Library Journal (+) (01/16/26)
Booklist (11/01/25)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/01/26)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 11/01/2025 In this stand-alone sequel to Dozens of Doughnuts, it’s been a long winter and Topsy (an opossum) misses her hibernating friend LouAnn (a bear). Now that spring has come, Topsy has planned a grand feast for LouAnn, and she has already delivered invitations to their friends. On the morning of the feast, Topsy works long and hard, preparing stacks of pancakes for all to enjoy. But wait! There are pancakes missing from one of the platters. Is a pancake thief nearby? Refusing to accept defeat, Topsy makes increasingly large batches, but still the delicious pancakes are disappearing nearly as fast as she can make them. When LouAnn begins to stir in her cabin, all their friends gather to welcome her back, along with her two new cubs. While the solution to the mystery of the missing pancakes isn’t revealed in the text, the culprit(s) will be evident to children who study the detailed illustrations alongside Finison’s well-cadenced rhymed couplets. Other listeners will simply be yearning for pancakes. - Copyright 2025 Booklist.
School Library Journal - 01/16/2026 Toddler-Gr 1—Topsy has a surprise for her friend, LouAnn. LouAnn is a bear who has been hibernating all winter, and Topsy, sure she's going to wake up soon and be hungry, is preparing pancakes. Except that every time she makes a stack of pancakes, they disappear! Topsy is sure that the birds are eating the pancakes. When some of her friends show up, she asks them to help make pancakes and try to find out who's been stealing them. This is a fun story to read—rhythmic, rhyming text adds to the charm. Lots of young readers will enjoy guessing who has been stealing the pancakes and then looking for clues to confirm their predictions in repeated reads. The warm palette lends to the book's cozy feel. The endpapers hold an enticing array of pancakes, making this a great addition to any library collection. VERDICT A solid book to talk about the life cycles of bears, kindness to others, using pictures to make predictions, making pancakes, and seasonal changes.—Debbie Tanner - Copyright 2026 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
