Lack of self-control has shocking consequences, but inventiveness
carries the day in a contemporary fairy tale from Newbery Medalist Nancy
Willard, with art by Kevin Hawkes.
Little Tom Drum loves strawberry pie so much that he creeps down to the
kitchen at night to get one more slice of that sweet, flaky goodness
resting on the windowsill in the moonlight . . . pie his mother made for
tomorrow's birthday party. If only he had thought twice! Bearing the
marks of his greediness, Tom Drum resigns himself to a reclusive life,
but soon gains fame as a child inventor. Can his imagination and
ingenuity lead to his own reinvention? Kevin Hawkes's comical
illustrations, brimming with creativity, add to the fantastic and the
cautionary in this original fairy tale by award-winning poet Nancy
Willard.