Dads Win Prizes Book Cover

What's the Book About?

Top TV chef Denzil Doonut boasts he can teach anyone to cook – but can he teach Dad? Level 12, Pack B

Book Details

  • Band:
  • Scheme: Tree Tops
  • Type: Fiction
  • Author: Debbie White

Reviews from Our Readers

Ethan D (Age 6)

Rating: 5 / 5

This book is about
In assembly, the head teacher tells the pupils about a cake competition where you can win a new bike. Her Dad tries to make a cake, but he always fails. Jackie makes her Dad go onto a TV show, which is called Desperate to Cook. On the show, Dad splats cake mixture everywhere because he whisks it at a fast speed. Denzil Doonut the TV chef is angry. At the judging of the cake competition, Dad gets given a cake from Lack's Bakery and Jackie gets a bike from Sid's Cycles because they thought that Dad was funny on the TV cookery programme.

The main characters are
Jackie, Dad and Denzil Doonut.

My favourite part of the book is
When Denzil Doonut's trousers set on fire.

I would also like to say
On the front cover Jackie puts flour over Dad's head because she is angry with him for not doing well on the TV cookery show.

Vishali (Age 8)

Rating: 5 / 5

This book is about
Dad is told to enter a baking competition by his son. So they both try to work together but it all goes wrong when they find out what they are doing

The main characters are
Dad, Son

My favourite part of the book is
When they make a big mess

I would also like to say
To the author, Please do a book about mums that they can do anything. I love this book

Summer (Age 8)

Rating: 4 / 5

This book is about
Dad is a brilliant cook, but no good at baking a cake but he wins a cake competition.

The main characters are
Jakie Dad and Nan.

My favourite part of the book is
when Jakie tips flour on Dads head.

I would also like to say
well done to the author!

Ciaran (Age 5)

Rating: 3 / 5

This book is about
Jackie Dad´s cannot bake cakes. There is a cake baking competition where you can win a bike. Jackie wants to win the bike. Jackie´s Dad tries to bake a cake and keeps getting it wrong. She calls the local newspaper and enters him onto a TV cookery programme, where a TV chef can help her Dad to cook a cake. The cake mix goes everywhere. Jackie´s Dad does not win the cake baking competition, but they still get a prize because her Dad made the judges laugh when he was on TV.

The main characters are
Jackie and her Dad.

My favourite part of the book is
When Dad shouts at Nan and Jackie for ´phoning the local newspaper and making him go onto TV.

I would also like to say
There are eight chapters in this book.

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