Make reading fun this Summer by baking a book themed cakes as a reward! Below are a variety of book themed cakes for kids in grades kindergarten through fourth grade. Once your child completes a book – or series of books – bake a cake with that book’s theme. This is a fun and creative way to get kids to read this Summer.
Summer Brain Drain is real. Kids lose on average 1-3 months of learning over the course of the Summer. Your brain is like a muscle that goes weak without exercise.
You may want to start a Summer Book Club too. Simple choose an age-appropriate book, then meet a few weeks later to discuss the book and enjoy a book themed cake!
Book Themed Cakes
The below books are good for kids in Kindergarten – 4th grade.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Cake
Dolphin Tale: The Junior Novel
Cake
Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Cake
We Are in a Book! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
Cake
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Cake
If You Take a Mouse to the Movies
Cake
Bad Kitty’s Cake
Magic Tree House Cake
Disney Tangled Cake
The Emerald City of Oz Cake 
Ten Little Ladybugs
Book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Cake
Creepy Carrots!
Cake
The Lorax Dr. Seuss
Cake
LEGO City: Adventures in LEGO City Cake
Aliens Cake
Pinkalicious
Cake
Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss
Cake
When Blue Met Egg
Cakes
Read our When Blue Met Egg Review, written by Akron, Ohio area author, Lindsay Ward!
Follow our Summer Brain Drain thread for more ways to keep kids reading and avoiding Summer Brain Drain with your kids this Summer.
