Flicka, Ricka, and Dicka were three little girls who lived in Sweden. They had blue eyes and yellow curls, and they looked very much alike.When they decided to bake a surprise cake for their mother’s birthday, their friend Aunt Betty helped them. She told them how to make Mother’s favorite cake, and she watched them put it in the oven.”Remember — your cake should bake just half an hour, ” Aunt Betty told the girls as she went out.What happen after that surprised everyone!

This story was originally published in the United States in 1955, Flicka, Ricka, Dicka Bake a Cake was one of a series of treasured books created by Swedish author-artist Maj Lindman (1886-1972). She also wrote and illustrated stories about three little Swedish boys, Snipp, Snapp, and Snurr.

Related: Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, Sweden

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• ISBN: 9780807524923
• Author: Lindman, Maj
• Published: 1995, Albert Whitman & Company
• Themes: Birthday, Cooking, Mother, Sister
• Descriptors: Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, Sweden