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Keywords

author's note, careers, celebration, christmas, community, deception, folktale, food, greed, holidays, magic, nutrition, poverty, seasons, winter

Title

The bakers dozen

Description

Jan Van Amsterdam is a well known baker. People travel from all over to buy his goods. When he begins to get greedy, he starts to use less ingredients in his cookies. When a woman asks for a bakers dozen, he only gives her 12 She puts a curse on him and his baked goods. When he finally realizes that a bakers dozen is 13, the curse is broken.

Author

Forest, Heather

Publisher

Harcourt Brace & Co

ISBN

0-15-205687-4

City of Publication

San Diego

Year of Publication

1993

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Sarah Inglis, 1995

Citation

Forest, Heather, “The bakers dozen,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed May 28, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/9894.