How We Share Cake
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From the creator of multi-award-winning I Am the Subway.
A Kirkus Best of 2024
A 2024 Horn Book Fanfare
? "[A] sweetly hilarious tale" --Kirkus Reviews
? "clever, humorous" --Horn Book Review
? "delicious" --Shelf Awareness
Making sure you get your rightful share in a family of five siblings is never easy. Everything must be carefully calculated and precisely measured to make sure no one misses out. How We Share Cake is a hilarious exploration of the timeless struggle for fairness and justice among brothers and sisters. This delightful story captures the very essence of family dynamics.
About this Author
Kim Hyo-eunis an award-winning author and illustrator based in Seoul. She studied textile design and illustration at the Ibpil Future Illustration Research Institute. Her book I Am the Subway won a World Illustration Award and was named a New York Times/New York Public Library Book of the Year. Her stories capture the essence of family and social dynamics with a unique Korean perspective.
Deborah Smith is an internationally renowned translator. She founded Tilted Axis Press to learn, share, and support a more nuanced and equitable awareness of our mutually entangled lives. In 2016 she was co-winner of the Man Booker International Prize for Literature, alongside author Han Kang, for her translation of The Vegetarian .
Reviews
"Sharing isn't always caring, but affection and scheming go hand in hand in this sweetly hilarious tale."
--Kirkus Reviews, 'Best Books of the Year'
? "Kim Hyo-eun's delicious How We Share Cake, her second Korean import after the award-winning I Am the Subway ...focuses on the pursuit of familial fairness ... stylized pencil, watercolor, and collage illustrations--outlined in black and white, strategically enhanced with detailed colors and patterns--are reminiscent of comic panels with their generous use of white space, whimsy, and humor."
--Terry Hong, Shelf Awareness, starred review
? "In this clever, humorous Korean import, a young girl describes how she and her two brothers and two sisters share things fairly."
--Horn Book Review, starred review
? "In a family of five siblings, this book's narrator--the second-oldest--describes how 'we can split anything' ... Kim employs pencil and watercolor textures in sweetly amusing spreads that show how a wealth of items are allotted, in this moving work about divisions and connections."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"A perfect summation of interpersonal family dynamics rendered in whimsical pencil and watercolor illustrations. Laugh out loud funny, the warmth that radiates from this picture book cannot be understated; How We Share Cake is sure to be a crowd pleaser at any read aloud!"
--Taylor Carlton, Brazos Bookstore
"This picture book is translated from Korean, with a few Korean words remaining for keen readers to learn. The story functions as an entertaining introduction to maths while beautifully capturing and celebrating family. For ages 3+."
--Kim Gruschow, Readings Monthly
"Kim Hyo-eun brilliantly captures the essence of family dynamics in this outstanding story. A heart-felt, joy-filled delight."
-- Louise Ellis-Barrett, Armadillo Children's Books
"Sharing is a hard concept to understand for young children, whether it is at home or at school and this is tackled here with so much empathy, humour, and sweetness."
-- Shelf Awareness
"This is a book to share, both as a family and even more, perhaps, in a classroom where it could give rise to interesting comment and discussion."
-- Books for Keeps
Praise for I Am the Subway:
SIX STARRED REVIEWS
? "Lucky readers, climb aboard: extraordinary explorations await." --Shelf Awareness
? "I Am the Subway makes for an unforgettable journey." --Bookpage
? "[S]ensitive, closely observed portraits." --Publishers Weekly
? "A contemplative, poignant rendering of everyday journeys." --Kirkus Reviews
? "[B]eautiful and unusual." --Youth Services Book Review
? "Bewitching." --Foreword
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